We’re committed to investing in the arts and supporting our city's creative community, especially when times are tough. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we're providing $2 million in grants to artists and creatives to invest in new works, and digital presentation of works and performances.
Page Content
Take a look through the works that have been made possible through our quick response arts grants.
Quarry: A Story About Grief
Quarry is a digital story about fear, grief and creativity, describing the experience of developing a show in a huge sandstone quarry soon after the death of artist Bridget Mackey’s mother.
Within Walking Distance
Echo on Echo is a contemporary take on sound meditation with a focus on connecting mind and body through relaxed, attentive listening, as well as a rediscovery and reconnection with nature and country.
Dance for Parkinson's online classes
Dance for Parkinson's (D4P) programs offer regular, positive creative dance experiences to people with this progressive neurological condition. We delivered x 3 live-streamed classes and recorded one with royalty free music, for use in perpetuity.
Challenge: Get Famous
Challenge: Get Famous is an online experiment that follows 9 young people (ages 15 – 23) as they try to get internet FAMOUS in 3 weeks. Each person developed their own plan to get famous and attempted with varying levels of success to gain followers. The results are in this video.
The clouds have died
When Laura Carthew's exhibition 'The clouds have died', was affected by Victoria's first wave of coronavirus, it became clear that she had to try to film the installation in situ to reach an audience online.
Go to page