Cultural Grants offer financial support for organisations and individuals engaging in arts, heritage and culture across all art forms including but not limited to:
- Arts and Culture
- Pilot programs across all art forms
- Cultural and heritage programs and activities
- Worshops across all art forms
- Residencies-local, regional and further afield.
Cultural grants are available to:
- Applicants based within the City of Cockburn or can demonstrate that they primarily serve the Cockburn community or are looking to provide a service in Cockburn that will benefit the Cockburn community.
- Individuals, artists and/or artist collectives that can demonstrate a community benefit in their application and their capacity to deliver the project. Individual applicants must show evidence of public liability insurance to the value of $10,000,000 and professional indemnity insurance.
- Schools and other educational institutions in accordance with schools’ eligibility.
The maximum funding for Cultural Grants is $5,000 per applicant.
The City of Cockburn assesses applications based on various factors to determine their potential impact and alignment with the city’s cultural interests:
- Community benefit: The extent to which the project benefits the local community and contributes to the broader objectives of the City of Cockburn.
- Strategic alignment: How well the project aligns with Cockburn’s cultural interests.
- Financial management capabilities: The ability to manage financial affairs effectively, ensuring responsible and sustainable fund usage.
- Sustainability of funding: Preference for projects that do not require ongoing funding from the Council.
- Addressing community needs: The project's relevance in developing the local community or individual artists' skill base.
Cultural Grants should embody one of Cockburn’s diverse art and cultural interests through the following programs:
Artist in the Community Program:
- To assist the community with engaging an artist from any arts discipline to develop and nurture new skills in the community.
- To assist local artist/s across all art forms with associated costs when invited as an artist in residence at a regional, interstate, or international venue.
- To supplement venue hire costs for local artists for short-term pop-up art spaces/studios.
Live and Local Community Program:
- Create live music/performance opportunities for artists including opportunities for showcasing cultures.
- Support new and experimental live works.
- Arts activities with a public outcome – visual arts, digital arts and multimedia installations, film and photography exhibitions, theatre, and dance performances.
- Creative collaboration to reach and develop new audiences within the City.
- Re-energise public places within the City through arts and cultural activation/s.
Creative Development Program:
- Development or creation of new work by an artist or a group of artists or cultural groups.
- Development of activities and programs that promote community participation in cultural, creative, and artistic activity that will develop and nurture the community's skill base. This may include but are not limited to:
- New work
- Mentorships
- Pilot programs
- Workshops
- A joint project between artists and cultural or community groups to develop or create a new work or experience.
Telling Community Stories Program:
- Supports projects that enhance an understanding and interest in Cockburn’s heritage and history.
- Supports development of local community or historical stories across a range of creative platforms.
Additionally, special consideration will be given to:
- Contributions from applicants: Applications that demonstrate a financial or in-kind contribution.
- Diverse funding sources: Projects that have successfully sourced additional funding from other avenues will be seen as advantageous, reflecting broader support and financial viability.
- Prioritisation: Applicants who have not previously received funding may be given precedence, ensuring equitable distribution of resources.
Applications are invited twice per year, closing at the end of March and September.
To apply:
- Review eligibility: Review the eligibility criteria, limitations and conditions.
- Consultation: Before applying, discuss your proposal with the City's Art and Culture Coordinator to ensure alignment with grant criteria.
- Submission: Submit your application using the link below.
Apply for Cultural Grant
Please note:
- Applications will be assessed and applicants notified of the outcome within two months.
- Projects or events should not start within two months of the application closing date.
Before applying please ensure you are aware of the following:
- The maximum grant available to any one group or organisation in the Cultural Grants category will not exceed $5,000.
- Retrospectively for events or projects that have already occurred, or due to occur within two months of the application’s lodgment.
- For any activity or event that will be divisive in communities by denigrating, excluding, or offending community groups.
- If your activity or event may present a hazard to the community or environment.
- If you have not acquitted previous City funding.
- Funding for private or un-incorporated organisations unless via an auspicing agreement with an incorporated body.
- For the entire cost of any project.
- For ongoing or core organisational operating costs.
- For personal items such as costumes, food consumables or catering costs.
- Activities with political or religious purposes or are the responsibility of other levels of government.
- Activities for the sole purpose of fundraising.
For further information, please contact the Art and Culture Coordinator at 08 9411 3444 or email [email protected].gov.au.