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We are inviting regional Victorian creatives who work with children and young people to take part in a short online survey.

The Port Fairy Folk Festival, a proud member of RAV, is one of Australia’s most loved and enduring cultural events.

The Regional Arts Fund supports participation in, and access to, Australia’s arts and culture through developing and supporting cultural expression.

Gunditjmara musicians will perform at the Share the Spirit Festival on 26 January supported by Fletcher Jones Family Foundations. All are welcome, entry is free!

We’ve partnered with Victoria’s First Nations peak creative organisations to establish a First Nations Reference Group to ensure First Nations creatives in regional Victoria are visible and heard.

RAV has successfully established two significant partnership projects with VicHealth that use creativity and community connections to enhance health outcomes and promote wellbeing.

The Making Change program has concluded but RAV stays committed to supporting creative communities across regional Victoria through our continued on-the-ground presence.

RAV is working with Creativity and Wellbeing Research Initiative to help young people in regional Victoria thrive through creativity.

Eight Project Grants have been awarded a total of $182,454 in funding through the Australian Government’s Regional Arts Fund.

RAV will be working with VicHealth on Shifting the Playbook, a collective journey towards creating culturally safe spaces across Victoria.