Baw Baw Shire is calling all local artists and creatives to apply for up to $2,000 in funding through Council's new Arts and Culture Fund program.
The Arts and Culture Fund is a new initiative by Council to support local creatives in their work, focusing on their professional development and building on their portfolios.
Eligible applicants can apply for a monetary grant of up to $2,000 to support their work.
The fund is designed to support projects that:
- Help grow creative projects in the community,
- Add value to the local creative community and/or to their own work,
- Help to develop the local arts community,
- Provide the wider community with the chance to experience and/or participate in the arts, and
- Create opportunities for creatives to work together with other artists, residents and local community groups on projects.
The first round of applications will be open from Monday 9 September and close at 5pm on Monday 11 November 2024.
Mayor Cr Annemarie McCabe said Baw Baw Shire was home to a vibrant arts community and welcomes applications from artists to help further their local creative projects.
"This is a great opportunity for local artists and creatives to access funds to help bring creative projects to life, or to support professional development to improve their works in the future," said Cr McCabe.
To be eligible for funding, applicants must be residents of Baw Baw Shire or creative practitioners with a creative practice primarily located in Baw Baw Shire.
Submissions can be made online via SmartyGrants on Council's website at Arts and Culture Fund.
All successful projects from first round submissions must be delivered by 30 June 2025.
A second round of funding will open early in 2025.
This funding opportunity has been made possible by Baw Baw Shire Council's Arts and Culture Advisory Committee.
