Funding and support
Arts Response Grants
Three streams of small quick response grants have been developed by the City of Port Phillip to support local artists, cultural organisations, and creative groups dealing with the ongoing impact of COVID-19.
Glitch, Rubiks Collective 2019. Photo Cameron Jamieson
Cumulus Nimbus, Fog Theatre. Photo: Paul Dunn
Cultural Development Fund (CDF) - Key Organisations
Cultural Development Fund (CDF) - Key Organisations is a City of Port Phillip arts funding initiative developed for significant arts and cultural organisations in the City of Port Phillip.
Cultural Development Fund (CDF) - Projects
The CDF is an annual arts and heritage grants round for artists and related organisations in Port Phillip. Applicants to the Fund may apply for up to $12,000 per project.
Glitch, Jacob Abela, Rubiks Collective 2019. Photo: Cameron Jameison
Space 2B Laneway Festival, photograph courtesy, Tatiana Castelo Chaves Scott
Local Festivals Fund
The Local Festivals Fund aims to support Not-For-Profit community groups to stage small to medium scale local festivals or community events
The Rupert Bunny Foundation Visual Arts Fellowship (RBFVAF)
The Rupert Bunny Foundation Visual Arts Fellowship (RBFVAF) was established in 2005. The RBFVAF aims to support a contemporary visual artist with an identifiable commitment to visual arts excellence.
PluginHUMAN, Breathe, 2019 (Immersive, interactive media art installation controlled by data from natural environments: White Night Festival, Melbourne Museum 2019)
Daniel Coulson, exhibition at Carlisle Street Arts Space, 2019
THRIVE Creative Grants
THRIVE Creative Grants is a brand-new grant that aims to assist and encourage Victorian Deaf and Disabled artists to develop professional skills and realise creative projects in the City of Port Phillip.