Creative Recovery 2020-2021
After the devastating Victorian fires over the Summer of 2019/2020, Regional Arts Victoria received funding from Creative Victoria and Bushfire Recovery Victoria to undertake creative recovery activities.
Project Type: Past
Victoria Together Festival Commission
In 2020-2021, Regional Arts Victoria partnered with Victoria Together to commission eight regional arts festivals across the state to create or adapt work from their events into a digital format hosted by Victoria Together.
Step Up Program
To continue addressing the far-reaching impacts of the 2019–20 bushfire season, Regional Arts Victoria delivered the Step Up program to support the social recovery of disaster impacted communities through arts and cultural activation.
Eco-Cubby
Celebrating children as designers of sustainable architecture, Eco-Cubby supported them to develop an Eco-Cubby project for their own community.
Creative Workers in Schools
Creative Workers in Schools saw 150 creative industry workers undertake a six-month residency program in Victorian government and special schools.
Student Voices for Recovery
Student Voice for Recovery was a student-led bushfire recovery program providing student recovery, wellbeing and connection opportunities.
Circus Active
Our Circus Active partnership program looked at the efficacy of circus-based arts programs to increase physical activity amongst adolescents.
Creative Leaders Program
This program saw 24 school-aged artists in South West Victoria matched with industry mentors, who worked with them to explore pathways to an arts career.
Creative Recovery – Gippsland
Creative Recovery in East Gippsland in 2023 is an extension of our previous work in the region following the 2019/2020 bushfires.
2009 Bushfires Anniversary
We administered the funding for creative arts projects that reflected the experiences of local communities directly affected by the 2009 bushfires.