Our latest round-up of jobs, grants and opportunities relevant to regional Victorian creatives and organisations.
List of opportunities
Expressions of Interest for Arts portfolio board appointments | Aus Government Office for the Arts | Apply anytime (the register remains opens indefinitely)
Events Account Coordinator | Geelong Arts Centre | Apply by 14 November
Venue Experience Officer | Bass Coast Shire Council | Apply by 16 November
Youth Arts Educator and Program Coordinator | East Gippsland Art Gallery | Apply by 18 November
Community Development Officer | Mitchell Shire Council | Apply by 20 November
Museum Officer | Macedon Ranges Shire Council | Apply by 21 November
Finance Manager | Back to Back Theatre | Apply by 23 November
Curatorial Lead | Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery | Apply by 30 November
Manager, People and Culture | Foundation for Rural Regional Renewal | No Deadline – apply as soon as possible
Head of Partnerships | Foundation for Rural Regional Renewal | No Deadline – apply as soon as possible
CaPT Professional Development Series: Technical Management for Safe & Inclusive Contemporary Circus Touring | VAPAC | Tuesday 28 October (in-person)
Public Art Professional Development Series: Public Art 101 | Multiple council collaboration | Tuesdays 11, 18 and 25 November, 6.30pm-8.30pm (online)
Workshop – An Ecology of Objects + Actions with Aleks Danko and Jude Walton | McClelland Sculpture Park + Gallery | 8 & 9 November, 10.30am to 3pm each day
CaPT Professional Development Series: Shared Ground: Rethinking Residencies for Artists & Venues | VAPAC | Wednesday 12 November (online)
Knowledge Series: Gifts in Wills with Marlin Communications | Creative Australia | Thursday 13 November, 11am-12:30pm (Register by Thursday 6 November, 5pm)
Fundraising Coaching & Advice | Creative Australia | Ongoing
Governance Conversations webinar series | Creative Australia | Online webinar series, listen anytime
Creative Futures Fund 2025 | Creative Australia | Stage 1 closes 11 November
Small Grant: Round 3 2025 |Pride Foundation Australia | Closes 17 November
2026 Joan and Betty Rayner Development Initiative | ACTF | Closes 1 December
Touring Victoria funding | Creative Victoria | Closes 4 December
Create Lab 2026 Small Grants | City of Greater Bendigo | Closes 12 December
Australian Antarctic Arts Fellowship | Australian Government | Opens 15 December 2025, closes 1 February 2026
Visual Arts General Grants | Gordon Darling Foundation | Various closing dates in 2025
Performing Arts Development Program | Kingston Arts | Ongoing
Australian Cultural Fund | Ongoing (100% of donations to artists or organisations!)
Crisis Relief Grants – Support Act | Ongoing
VicScreen — Development Funding for writers and producers | Ongoing
VicScreen — Victorian Production Fund | Ongoing
VicScreen — Travel Funding & Support | Ongoing
Gallery 2 program for 2027-2028 Expressions of Interest | Wangaratta Art Gallery | Closes 14 November
Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship | Writers Victoria | Closes 16 November
Ephemeral Art Projects – Immerse 2026 | Knox City Council | Closes 5 December
The Theodore Urbach Landscape Prize and Studio Scholarship (The Urbach) | Shepparton Art Museum | Closes 15 December
SMALL! 2025 | 45 Downstairs | Closes 18 December
Creative Register | Mornington Peninsula Shire | Join anytime
Young People: First Nations Arts & Culture Project Fund | Creative Australia | Closes 11 November
Flourish: First Nations Fashion and Textiles Fund | Creative Australia | Closes 11 November
Space to Create: First Nations Music Residency | Creative Australia | Closes 11 November