Creative Commissions Grants Program (Australia)

Deadline: September 08, 2025

The City of Greater Geelong invites applications for the Creative Commissions Grants program, which supports established professional artists and creatives in delivering large-scale creative projects within the city.

The program empowers artists and creatives to deliver high quality, inspiring works that push the boundaries of traditional artistic expression.

Objectives

The objectives of the Creative Commissions Grants are to:
- increase community/public engagement interest and connection to high-quality locally developed work, experiences and stories
- build the reputation and reach of local artists and creatives
- maximise the capacity of mid-career to established artists to work collaboratively and innovate together in the creative domain
- facilitate and encourage the development and connection of partnerships within the municipality, contributing to a positive and strong economic and creative ecosystem.

Funding Information

You may request up to $20,000.
The total amount of funding available for Creative Commissions Grants is $80,000.

What can you apply for?

They will fund:
- Types of projects:
  - Projects within the City of Greater Geelong’s municipal boundaries.
  - If your activity has been delivered before, you may apply for funding to expand, enhance, or take a new approach.
  - Examples of projects:
    - Temporary immersive installations and/or experiences that engage the community and create opportunities for public participation
    - Cross artform/industry artistic projects that include collaboration and partnerships
    - Experimental, contemporary, and innovative work delivered in unique spaces
    - Arts and creative projects that invite diverse community participation
    - The use of new and emerging technologies (such as Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality)
    - Telling and sharing of stories embedded in local places to strengthen the community’s connection to place, their own history, stories and culture
- Types of expenses:
  - examples of costs:
    - Venue hire, (including City of Greater Geelong venues)
    - Contractors engaged to deliver a project
    - Artists/creatives fees – artists and creatives should be appropriately paid
    - Materials
    - Production costs
    - Equipment purchases or hire
    - Inclusion and access costs
    - Documentation and evaluation

Who is eligible to apply?

This grant is available to applicants whose primary practice is within the arts, creative and cultural sector.
Being eligible means, you can receive a grant, but it does not guarantee funding. To apply for this grant, you must be one of the following:
- incorporated not-for-profit organisation
- unincorporated group with an auspice
- registered charitable organisation
- business
- individuals operating as sole traders (with an active ABN).

Who cannot apply?

You are not eligible to apply if you are any of the following:
- school or learning institution
- individual (without an ABN)
- previous applicant with an outstanding acquittal for grant funding from the City
- applicant who has not complied with the terms of a previous funding agreement
- entity involved in legal proceedings related to winding up its operations, experiencing insolvency or bankruptcy (includes any legal bankruptcy related actions against an entity’s directors or officers)
- entity with outstanding debt to the City of Greater Geelong or in legal proceedings with the City.

For more information, visit City of Greater Geelong.