Calling for big ideas and bold creative works for 2018 regional centre for culture

The Andrews Labor Government will commission three major new creative projects to premiere in 2018 as part of the Regional Centre for Culture program – and is calling for applications from local artists and organisations with big ideas.

Member for Macedon, Mary-Anne Thomas encouraged local artists to apply for the Regional Centre for Culture 2018 – Commissions program, which will consist of three grants of $260,000 to support the creation of major new projects in any creative form from visual art to performance, screenbased activity – including digital games – design, fashion or a combination these.

Victorian creatives are invited to propose ground-breaking works inspired by the 2018 Regional Centre for Culture region which will take in the City of Greater Bendigo, Mount Alexander, Central Goldfields and Hepburn Shires.

The three selected works will be presented within the City of Greater Bendigo, in partnership with the City, between mid-August and mid-October 2018.

Applications are open to all Victorian creative organisations or creative practitioners working as part of collectives, with a priority for those based in the designated regional centre for culture area.

The program will give also give priority to projects that:

• are made for, by, or with young people and their families

• reflect the rich history and contemporary presence of Victoria’s Aboriginal people, and

• are developed through collaborations between creative practitioners or companies of different sizes or from different creative fields.

The Commissions program complements the Regional Centre for Culture – Local Grants program which will provide grants of between $1,500 and $30,000 to support local creative projects and activities taking place in 2018. This program is also open for applications.

Regional Centre for Culture 2018 is an initiative of the Victorian Government, to find out more visit www.creative.vic.gov.au/regional-centre-for-culture