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ARTS GR TS GRANTS PR TS PROGR OGRAM 2 M 2013 - 2

• 2014

What’s it all about?

• For artists, creative teams and not for profit arts
• rganisations for activities taking place between

July 2013 and June 2014

• $21,000 in arts grants available annually in

addition to current Council grants

• Designed to support the delivery of the Arts and

Cultural Strategy & Public Art Strategy

• Focus on development of creative, innovative

and original art

Ø Individual artists Ø Creative teams Ø NFP and incorporated arts

• rganisations

Who can apply?

Assessment Criteria

• 1. Creativity, innovation and
• riginality
• 2. Capacity to deliver the concept
• 3. Capacity for engagement
• 4. Addressing Council’s vision for

arts and culture

• 5. Project Outcomes

Arts Grant Categories

There are four categories of Arts Grants:

• 1. Community Arts Grants
• 2. Youth Arts Internship Grants
• 3. Arts and Cultural Tourism Grants
• 4. Sharing Cultures Grants

• 1. Community Arts Grant
• Present a project of any art form to the community
• There must be a public outcome for the arts activity

in Kingston, and it must be open to all residents to attend or view

• Maximum grant request is $3,000
• Example: Yarn Graffiti Documentary Teaser

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72icK- BED6A&feature=related

• 2. Youth Arts Internship
• To fund a young artist between 18 to 27 years old to

work with a professional artist in a residency or mentorship from 6 to 12 months

• There must be a public outcome as a result of the

internship

• Maximum grant request is $3,000
• Example: Making “The Not Quite White Apartment
• n Irolo”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEttUFd8tsk

• 3. Arts and Cultural

Tourism Grants

• To exhibit, stage or produce work in the municipality to

attract audiences beyond the municipal borders and raise the profile of arts offerings in Kingston

• This grant is open to artists, creative teams and not-

for-profit arts organisations outside of Kingston

• Maximum grant request is $5,000
• Example: Flashmob ABC3 at Fed Square

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4dgOzvdGn4

• 4. Sharing Cultures

Grants

• To fund a project that specifically aims to

expose, display or encourage engagement between multicultural/indigenous arts groups and the greater community

• Maximum grant request is $5,000
• Example: Chooky Dancers

http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=9rl9TBOdUH0

More Info…

• You can apply for one Arts Grant per funding

round

• Applications are made on line through Smarty

Grants

• Applying for an Arts Grant does not stop you

from applying for another Kingston grant

• utside the arts grants
• Applications close 30th September 2013

Support…

• For support with Smarty Grants, contact

Marie Brookfield on 9581 4647 or marie.brookfield@kingston.vic.gov.au

• For support with project proposals,

contact Suzanne Snooks on 9581 4692 or suzanne.snooks@kingston.vic.gov.au