More than a thousand artists will pursue their unique creative ventures and test new ideas, thanks to the City of Melbourne's Annual Arts Grants program.
Council has allocated more than $1 million for 94 arts projects taking place in 2023, supporting creatives and strengthening Melbourne's economic and creative recovery.
Grants of up to $20,000 are available to artists and small art organisations across three categories: Arts Projects, Aboriginal Arts Projects and general Arts Residencies.
The program provides financial or in-kind support needed to develop and deliver projects within the municipality.
Highlights from the 2023 Annual Arts Grants recipients include:
- Gender Euphoria: Mighty Real - a live art show led by Mama Alto and directed by Maude Davey, showcasing transgender experiences, identities and excellence.
- Oceanic Feeling by Elena Betros López - a moving image project looking at the Southern Ocean as a place of resilience and fecundity in the face of global warming and climate change.
- Duality by Lior - a studio album and concert, musically and lyrically exploring ideas surrounding duality in identity.
- Memory, Material and Cultural Agency by Brian Martin - a visual art project utilising living trees and other Indigenous cultural materials.
- Of The Land On Which We Meet by Na Djinang Circus - a contemporary circus work acknowledging and exploring connection to Country.
- Disconnected by Olivia Muscat - an autobiographical theatre work exploring anxiety and fear in the face of love, loss and connection through a disabled lens.
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