The latest recipients of Creative Victoria funding

October 18, 2021 @booksandpublishing

Creative Victoria announced the latest recipients of funding from its Creators Fund and Creative Workers Fund.

Twenty-seven Victorian designers shared $ 995,902 in funding through the 2021 Creators Fund, which “supports research, development and experimentation that will allow Victorian designers to expand their skills and lay the groundwork. a new job stimulating their career “. The Sidney Myer Fund partnered with the government of Victoria, contributing $ 100,000 to the program and making it the largest round to date in terms of funding and number of creators supported.

The literary recipients of the 2021 Creators Fund are:

Dear Tan, to further develop his “first comprehensive book, tentatively titled ‘PERIPATHETIC: NOTES ON (UN) BELONGING’, a collection of experimental essays on globalized identities that are always on the move.”
Nova Weetman, to write “a book on bereavement, confinement and the creative process”.
Koraly Dimitriadis, for “undertaking in-depth research, experimentation, writing and mentoring with award-winning journalist and author Jenny Valentish” for her first creative non-fiction book, “Not Till You’re Married”.

The 2021 Creative Worker Fund recipients shared more than $ 2 million to ‘support practitioners working in all forms of creation’, including mentorships, industry development programs and the creation of new works.

Recipients include:

Literary reviews and festivals

Swinging down ($ 39,900) for “the creative development and programming of Swinging down, a fanzine that gives voice to established and emerging Victorian writers and artists.
Mascara Publishing Incorporated ($ 12,900) ‘to produce two special editions of Mascara literary journal which offers creative opportunities to Victorian writers.
RMIT on behalf of Jessica Wilkinson ($ 18,860) ‘for 12 months of development and production of Rabbit: A Journal for Non-Fiction Poetry ‘.

Books, writing and publishing

Gorkem Acaroglu ($ 20,000) “to undertake the development and production of a first draft manuscript entitled The color of the people‘.
Arts Access Victoria on behalf of Beau Windon ($ 29,600) for “the creative development of Wild against the world, a fantasy novel for young adults centered on a 15-year-old neurodiverse boy ”.
Arts Access Victoria on behalf of Naomi Fryers ($ 25,000) ‘for an advertising and distribution campaign to support the launch of A VERY long way, Naomi’s earliest memoirs that report on her lived experience overcoming mental health issues ”.
Rosalinde Bellamy ($ 17,850) for “creative research and development of a new novel exploring family, trauma and queer identity”.
My dream story ($ 26,900) for the “creative development and production of a new printed baby book, My Dream Story – Baby Edition. The book will follow the pregnancy while including key cultural characteristics for First Nations families like tribes, language and important Dreamtime stories.
MATERIALS UNDER PRODUCT ($ 40,000) for the “creation of I am not a fashionista, an illustrated story exploring misconceptions about luxury fashion and its relationship to ordinary women ”.
Kate Mildenhall ($ 19,440) for “the creative development of a novel examining the lives of workers during the Depression, particularly in Footscray in 1933”.
Thuy On ($ 4000) for the “creative development of a new collection of poetry”.
Sam elkin ($ 10,000) for the “creative development of a collection of personal essays that aims to explore rights, sexism, trauma, class and the law.”
Cigdem Cennet Serce ($ 34,831) “to develop a second version of a work of suspense fiction”.
SEVENTH Gallery Inc. ($ 47,563) for “the development of a one-year program that includes exhibitions, community engagement programs, commissions from emerging writers and a pilot mentorship program to support various emerging artists.”
Amy tsilemanis ($ 10,394) for the “creative production of the second season of GATHER with Minerva’s Books & Ideas podcast, which explores the reading experience and the ideas enlightened and ignited by books.”
Wendy tyrer ($ 20,000) for “the creative development and publication of The conservative, an 80-page graphic novel exploring the attitudes and experiences of women in the pursuit of an artistic career ”.
Female Art Register ($ 9,940) for the “creative development of Leaving Your Legacy – A Guide for Australian Artists, a workbook and a series of seminars which will provide practical and concise information to help artists plan their succession and take charge of their artistic heritage ”.
Young Jean ($ 21,415) for the “development and publication of an anthology that documents a 12-year cycle of contemporary art projects”.