Creative Victoria
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'Creative Victoria is the state government body dedicated to championing, growing and supporting Victoria's creative industries. We invest in the ideas, talent, organisations, events and projects that make Victoria a creative state.' (https://creative.vic.gov.au/about)

Latest Winners / Recipients (also see subcategories)19572158

Year: 2023

Year: 2023-2024

Indexed selectively.
recipient (Creative Projects Fund) Alice Robinson To develop a historical fiction work,Walsh Street, exploring the lives of the women who lived and worked with modernist architect Robin Boyd.
recipient (Creative Projects Fund) Blackfire To present a regional tour following the recent release of the album Regeneration.
recipient (Creative Projects Fund) The Bloomshed To support the creative development of a new theatre work for young people based on Jane Austen's novel,Pride and Prejudice.
recipient (Creative Projects Fund) Bridget Balodis with Kit Lazaroo, to support the script development for I Know This River From Somewhere, a play about climate change.
recipient (Creative Projects Fund) Catherine Lazaroo with Bridget Balodis, to support the script development for I Know This River From Somewhere, a play about climate change.
recipient (Creative Projects Fund) Chi Vu To support the development and international presentation of The Island Project, a multilingual theatre work involving an international collaboration between artists from Australia and Taiwan.
recipient (Creative Projects Fund) Going Down Swinging To support the commissioning of new collaborative works and to develop the online capability to accept open submissions.
recipient (Creative Projects Fund) Kristen Smyth with Ben Anderson, to develop and present a re-imagining of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
recipient (Creative Projects Fund) Linda Kouvaras To present a new narrative musical piece celebrating Australian poet Gwen Harwood.
recipient (Creative Projects Fund) Story Box Library To support the creation of 18 Auslan translations of children's books, including filming, editing and releasing videos on their online platform, to be freely accessible through public libraries and schools.
recipient (Creative Projects Fund) Trace Balla To support the creative development of a graphic novel memoir.

Year: 2022

Indexed selectively.
recipient Adena Jacobs with Aaron Orzech, Kate Blackmore, Kelly Ryall and the 11 performers from The Bacchae. To support the final development of Flames Danced In Their Hair But Did Not Burn Them.
recipient Aaron Orzech with Adena Jacobs, Kate Blackmore, Kelly Ryall and the 11 performers from The Bacchae, to support the final development of Flames Danced In Their Hair But Did Not Burn Them.
recipient Kelly Ryall with Adena Jacobs, Aaron Orzech, Kate Blackmore, and the 11 performers from The Bacchae, to support the final development of Flames Danced In Their Hair But Did Not Burn Them.
recipient Ahmarnya Price to support the creative development of The Splendid Anomaly
Michele Lee To Bureau of Works auspicing Michele Lee, to present new multimedia and theatre work How do I let you die?, by Michele Lee and collaborators.
recipient Christie Nieman to develop a new work of literary fiction.
Eliza Hull to present an international workshop on music accessibility and inclusion and to undertake knowledge exchange with international organisations.
recipient Glom Press To commission and produce works from Victorian creators ranging from graphic novels, to comics and zine-makers, distributed through a subscription service.
recipient Going Down Swinging To present, a year-long series of online collaborations by poets and artists culminating in a live launch. The program will also support an internship for an emerging editor.
recipient Hayley Singer To develop a new collection of essays spanning literary criticism and creative non-fiction.
Jenny Hedley To develop a new memoir which analyses Jenny Hedley’s late mother’s literary archives.
recipient Jessica Au To develop a new work of literary fiction that reflects on odyssey, art, class and exile.
recipient John Harding To develop Tick the Box, a First Nations led play combining satire, musical performance, melancholy and a love story.
recipient Jolyon James To support the creative development of Imagine, a translation of Alison Lester's illustrations into a live interactive musical and digital puppetry performance for children, by Jolyon James with composer Nate Gilkes.
recipient Katrina Mathers To produce and distribute Mr Chicken Goes to Mars, a short animated children's film following the adventures of the popular book character as he decides to visit Mars.
recipient Kill Your Darlings To present Kill Your Darlings magazine's New Critics Program, involving the development and publishing of feature pieces from two emerging literary critics mentored by Cher Tan, and programming several events that discuss the function, form and future of Australian literary criticism.
recipient Koraly Dimitriadis To develop Not Till You're Married, a creative non-fiction book about how a strict religious migrant upbringing manifests in adulthood.
recipient Marcus Ian McKenzie To present The Crying Room: Exhumed, a live performance based on a digital work that uses multiple spaces and technological elements.
recipient Miranda Middleton To present Pear-Shaped, a semi-autobiographical play about body dysmorphia and disorded eating which blends narrative drama, puppetry and music.
recipient Rory Godbold To present Code of Conduct, a thought-provoking drama about workplace discrimination, queer solidarity and intergenerational responsibility, by Rory Godbold in collaboration with Mark Wilson.
recipient Santilla Chingaipe To develop Afrofutures, a multi-channel film exploring the past, present and future of people of African descent in Australia.
recipient Vidya Rajan To produce and present Crocodiles, a play exploring the experiences of immigrant workers in the aged care sector, written by Vidya Rajan and produced by theatre company Elbow Room.

Year: 2021

recipient (Arts Access Victoria) C.B. Mako $19,000 Creative development of a non-fiction literary work.
recipient (Auspicious Arts Projects) Alisdair Macindoe $15,000 Final development, rehearsal and premiere of REFERENCE MATERIAL, a dance work that explores the history of contemporary dance.
recipient (Auspicious Arts Projects) Catherine Ryan $5,000 Creative development and presentation of A Perfect Day, a new performance by Catherine Ryan, mentored by Mish Grigor, in partnership with APHIDS.
recipient (Auspicious Arts Projects) Heidi Everett $5,000 Creative development of a new theatre work about mental health and classical music.
recipient (Auspicious Arts Projects) Joel Bray $31,000 Creative development and presentation of a new dance-theatre work.
recipient (Auspicious Arts Projects) Katerina Kokkinos-Kennedy  $24,178 Creative development of an immersive and interactive performance exploring the topic of climate change in empowering and playful ways for young children, by Triage Live Art Collective.
recipient (Auspicious Arts Projects) Moira Finucane $116,000 To support Phoenix State, a two-year program of creative projects that will involve more than 60 Victorian artists and partner with many local, national and international cultural organisations.
recipient (Auspicious Arts Projects) Siobhan McKenna $17,135 Creative development of a contemporary dance work exploring time.
recipient Trace Balla $25,000 Creative development of a graphic novel about a fence coming down both literally and figuratively between neighbours.
recipient Andy Butler $15,725 Creative development of a video and performance work, by Andy Butler and Diego Ramirez.
recipient City of Darebin $29,040 Presentation of Talking Back, an art project by Darebin City Council in partnership with Multicultural Arts Victoria.
recipient Cordite Press $60,000 Delivery over two years of the Cordite Poetry's activities, including eight online journal issues and 10 printed books.
recipient Sarah Firth $20,000 Creative development of illustrations for a new graphic novel.
recipient Victoria Hannan $20,000 Creative development of Marshmallow, a fiction novel set in Melbourne that explores privilege, trauma and grief.
recipient Luke Horton $15,600 Creative development of a fiction novel that follows a documentary filmmaker over a month-long period of solo parenting, exploring themes of masculinity, mental health, parenting and grief.
recipient Kill Your Darlings $17,526 Delivery of Kill Your Darling's 2021 program, including online and print publications, podcasts and events with debut authors.
recipient (La Mama Inc) Glenn Shea $40,000 Presentation of An Indigenous Trilogy, an original play exploring issues facing young Indigenous people, family and racism, written and directed by Glenn Shea.
recipient Jessie Lloyd $50,000 Creative development of an album of songs of the Torres Straits to preserve and promote folk songs, stories and histories.
recipient Tariro Mavondo $12,192 Creative development of We Too, Roar, a work of music, sound art and spoken word poetry by spoken word artist Tariro Mavondo and trumpeter/composer Reuben Lewis.
recipient Nyadol Nyuon $20,000 Creative development of a collection of essays on race, identity and belonging.
recipient Sonia Orchard $10,000 Creative development of a non-fiction book incorporating memoir, evolutionary science, anthropology and social commentary to investigate some of the dilemmas of modern-day womanhood.
recipient Raspberry Ripple Productions $29,759 Presentation of That's Why the Lady Needs a Ramp, an original play exploring the reality, quirks, and misconceptions of living with disability, by Kate Hood and Raspberry Ripple.
recipient Maryanne Sam $25,000 Presentation of a comedy drama performance Coconut Woman.
recipient Sarah Walker $9,000 Creative development of The first time I thought I was dying, a collection of non-fiction essays.
recipient Sam Wallman $15,000 Creative development of a graphic novel.
recipient Cher Tan to develope her full-length work, provisionally titled 'Peripathetic: Notes on (Un)belonging'.
recipient Nova Weetman for writing a book on grief, lockdown, and the creative process.
recipient Koraly Dimitriadis for her creative non-fiction, 'Not Till You're Married'.
recipient Mascara Poetry Inc for two special issues of Mascara Literary Journal.
recipient y separately published work icon Rabbit Rabbit : A Journal for Poetry Jessica Wilkinson (editor), 2011 Melbourne : Cussonia Press , 2011- Z1820023 2011 periodical (35 issues) 'Rabbit is a new Australian journal for poetry, with an emphasis on new and emerging rabbits. Rabbit publishes all things poetry, including reviews, essays and interviews.' Source: www.cussoniapress.com.au/ (Sighted 31/10/2011). for 12 months of development and production [awarded to RMIT on behalf of Jessica Wilkinson for 'Rabbit'].
recipient Görkem Acaroglu for a first draft manuscript called 'The Colour of People'.
recipient Kate Mildenhall for creative development of a novel examining the lives of workers during the Depression, particularly in Footscray in 1933
recipient Thuy On for the creative development of a new poetry collection
recipient Sam Elkin for the creative development of a personal essay collection which aims to explore rights, sexism, trauma, class and the law

Year: 2018

recipient (VicArts Grant) Janine Mikosza
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