regional arts funding - Victoria.

Throughout February, Arts Victoria will join forces with Regional Arts Victoria (RAV) to host a series of regional arts funding information sessions across regional Victoria.

The sessions will assist artists and arts organisations to navigate through the Government arts funding opportunities on offer, and aim to de-mystify the grant application process.

Arts Victoria will focus on the range of state government arts funding programs, including some with a specific focus on regional Victoria. RAV will discuss the Regional Arts Fund, an Australian Government initiative, administered in Victoria by RAV, which supports the arts in regional, ruraland remote Australia.

At several sessions, Arts Victoria staff will also be available to meet with potential applicants one on one to discuss their projects.The joint Arts Victoria and RAV Information sessions will be held in the follow locations:

2 February – Hamilton and Kyneton
3 February – Omeo and Ararat
4 February – Nagambie
5 February – Sale
17 February – Warragul

RAV will also hold additional information sessions regarding the Regional
Arts Fund at the following locations:

2 February – Mallacoota
3 February – Horsham, Colac and King Valley
4 February – Snake Valley and Bright
5 February – Swan Hill
6 February – Port Fairy
19 February – Leongatha

For further details about the information sessions, go to:
http://www.arts.vic.gov.au/content/Public/About_Us/News/Media_Releases/2009/On_the_Road_Again__Regional_Arts_Funding_Information_Sessions_in_a_Town_Near_You.aspx

For more on the Regional Arts Fund, go to:
www.rav.net.au