Opportunities and Engagement.
We are always looking for opportunities to showcase or enhance the Convent’s tenant community. You can find information regarding grants, courses and engagement opportunities here.
Rupert Bunny Foundation Visual Arts Fellowship
Established by the City of Port Phillip, the Rupert Bunny Fellowship aims to support a contemporary visual artist with an identifiable commitment to visual arts excellence. The successful Fellow will be granted $30,000 to extend their arts practice to a new level and make a contribution to the City of Port Phillip.
Apply by 20 May
City of Yarra: Sustainability Arts Grants
Sustainability arts grants of up to $1,000 are in place to support artists, creative organisations and community groups to invest in making what they do more sustainable and to reduce waste.
Applications open until 31 May
Banyule Arts and Culture Project Grants
Banyule City Council Arts and Culture project grants provide up to $10,000 to local creative individuals and groups to undertake high quality creative projects that benefit the Banyule community.
Apply by 31 May
Creative Australia Fellowships
Creative Australia is currently offering Fellowships of $80,000 to support outstanding, established artists’ and arts workers’ activity and professional development for a period of one to two years.
There are nine Fellowships offered in the areas of: Arts and Disability; Community Arts and Cultural Development; Dance; Emerging and Experimental Arts; First Nations; Literature; Music; Theatre; Visual Arts.
Apply by 4 June
Emerging Artist Grants Program
The Ian Potter Cultural Trust are offering grants of up to $15,000 to support artists working across the spectrum of the arts, from traditional art forms through to experimental mediums.
Apply by 18 June
Community Participation Grant for Individuals
Merri-bek City Council are offering grants of up to $750 to support initiatives that help residents participate in community life and improve personal outcomes.
Apply by 30 June
Copyright Agency: Author Fellowship
그리고 Copyright Agency’s Author Fellowship will provide sustained support for a year to one Australian author to create a significant new work (or a series of books). Applications are open to novelists, playwrights, poets, children’s and young adult writers, picture book illustrators and journalists.
See also: Copyright Agency’s Fellowship for Non-Fiction Writing.
Apply by 22 July
Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups
This Creative Australia program offers grants from $10,000 to $50,000 to support a range of activities that deliver benefits to the arts sector and wider public, including national and international audiences and communities.
Apply by 3 September
Maribyrnong City Council: ArtsBox Residency
ArtsBox is a vibrant, intimate converted shipping container based outside Footscray Library. It is a versatile space for artists of all career stages and creative disciplines, offering short-term (six-week) residencies suited to the development of new work, testing and exploring ideas or the development of your arts practice.
Apply now
Convent Made e-Store
We love having a platform to show off some of the beautiful creations made right here at the Convent.
To set up a profile on our e-Store, you can register 여기.
To list an opportunity or engagement, please reach out to the Marketing and Communications team.