The online Creative Victoria Grants Portal will accept VicArts Grants applications until
5pm, Wednesday 17 February 2016.
Use this tool to draft your application. Once drafted you will need to copy and paste your drafted text and budget into the corresponding boxes on the Grants Portal.
Before starting an application, make sure you have read and understood the program guidelines on creative.vic.gov.au/vicarts .
The fields in Section 1 are included in the drafting tool as they will need to be completed on the Grants Portal. The only field in this section that benefits from being drafted – that is, crafted and refined – is the Project Description.
Section 1 is a generic section that all applicants respond to across all programs .
Amount applying for ($)
Project start date
Project end date
Project title
Project description ( 500 characters max )
The description should be a simple overview of the activity in one to three sentences.
In addition to your projects details, Section 1 will also require you to answer the following questions.
If you choose Victoria you will then be asked to submit a single Victorian address where the project is taking place. If you are touring or working in multiple locations within Victoria, choose Statewide.
Primary location of activity
(tick one only)
Victoria Statewide
Interstate International
National
Primary artform
(tick up to three boxes)
Cross-artform
Literature
Theatre
Dance
Music
Visual Arts

Do you, your organisation or artists involved with this application identify as:
Youth Senior Adult Women
Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander
Culturally & linguistically diverse (CALD)
People with a disability
Is your project aimed at a specific audience or group of participants that identify as:
Youth Senior Adult Women
Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander
Culturally & linguistically diverse (CALD)
People with a disability
It is important to provide a clear and comprehensive description of your project and what you are proposing to do. Each response can have a maximum of 2000 characters, including spaces.
Revisit the VicArts Grants guidelines at creative.vic.gov.au/vicarts to make sure your application addresses the assessment criteria and aims of the program.
What is the artistic concept/idea of the proposed activity and how do you plan to deliver it?
How will the proposed activity contribute to the development and sustainability of the artists ’, organisation’s or participants’ practice; and what contribution does the proposed activity make to the quality and reputation of the Victorian arts sector?
What strategies will you employ to identify, engage and develop new audiences and/or which community will you engage with and how will you collaborate with them?
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Each response can have a maximum of 2000 characters.
List all the artistic personnel and organisations involved in your project, and their role.
Artist's / Arts Organisation's biography (You must provide at least one artist's biography, and a maximum of five).
Artist's / Arts Organisation's biography
Artist's / Arts Organisation's biography
Artist's / Arts Organisation's biography
Artist's / Arts Organisation's biography
Applications are assessed against the program aims and assessment criteria by one of six artform-based Advisory Panels.
Nominate from the following list the artform panel you would prefer your application to be assessed by. If you are unsure please speak to program staff before making your selection.
Cross-artform
Music
Dance
Theatre
Literature
Visual Arts
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What is the primary focus of your project/program?
Community-based arts Development of new work
Industry development Presenting / touring
Promotion / marketing OTHER
How many Victorian artists/artistic personnel are involved in this project/program?
How many non-artists are directly involved in this project/program (eg technicians, publicist, stage manager, etc)?
How many community participants from a specific community group will be directly
involved in creating the work?
To submit an application you will need to include a complete budget online.
To draft your budget, download and complete the Excel Creative Victoria Budget Tool , available from the VicArts Grants pages of the Creative Victoria website at creative.vic.gov.au/vicarts .
Applications should include uploaded supporting documents where appropriate. A full description of Application Documents and Supporting Material is available at creative.vic.gov.au/vicarts .
You can contact the VicArts Grants team on 03 8683 3100.
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