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      • WORKSHOPS - PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
      • COWRIE MARKET
      • CHILLIN WITH TUNES
      • 60's MUSIC REVIVAL GIG
      • POSTCARDS EXHIBITION
      • SCA AGM 2022
    • Classes
    • Dance
    • Galleries
    • Music
    • Theatre
  • Spotlight
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    • Business
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    • DISCUSSIONS
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RESOURCES

This page will be a work in progress as we add links to help you learn more about our region, your area of interest and to build your skills base. Suggestions are always welcome.

FIRST NATIONS

The Surf Coast ARTS inc committee acknowledges the Wadawurrung and Eastern Maar people, the traditional custodians of the lands of which me meet, live, create and celebrate. We pay respect to their elders and leaders past, present and emerging, who continue to care for this incredible region.
Wadawurrung Aboriginal Corporation
> www.wadawurrung.org.au/resources
Wadawurrung’s RAP area covers over 10,000 square kilometres on the western side Melbourne and including the major regional cities of Geelong and Ballarat. Wadawurrung Country also incorporates the start of the Great Ocean Road.

www.wadawurrung.org.au/resources
> Artists
> Healthy Country Plan
www.wadawurrung.org.au/services
> Traditional Ceremony Booking Form
> Education Session Booking Form
Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation
> easternmaar.com.au
The Eastern Maar are Traditional Owners of south-western Victoria. Our land  extends as far north as Ararat and encompasses the Warrnambool, Port Fairy and Great Ocean Road areas. It also stretches 100m out to sea from low tide and therefore includes the iconic Twelve Apostles.

easternmaar.com.au
> Eastern Maar Country Plan
easternmaar.com.au/services-2
> Traditional Ceremony Booking Form

INDUSTRY INFO / FUNDING / AWARDS

If you want to get serious about your practice or small creative business, learn more about your area of interest, gain a broader perspective of how various industry bodies advocate on your behalf to government, or support you through their own resources, then this list will get you started. Many of these organisations are membership based, so working out a budget to accommodate annual fees is important in managing your finances.
BUSINESS > Starting/Growing a business | Copyright | Tax | ABN
  • Business Victoria
  • Australian Business Register - apply for an ABN
  • Australian Copyright Council
  • Australian Tax Office
GENERAL ARTS
  • Surf Coast Shire Community Grants
    Artists and Creatives Grants, Event Grants & Sponsorship, Community Inigtiative Grants
  • Surf Coast Shire
    Find: Community Events, Arts Culture & Heritage info, Venues for Hire, Surf Coast Youth, Small Business, Libraries, Neighbourhood Houses, Over 55s, etc
  • Art Education Victoria - membership
    For art and generalist educators, schools and tertiary institutions, arts and cultural organisation. Collective advocacy for visual arts education. 
  • ArtsHub - membership
    Access to leading independent arts news, insights, opinions, grants, jobs, opportuntities, education.
  • Australia Council for the Art
    The Australian Government's principal arts investment, development and advisory body. Grants.
  • Creative Victoria
    State government body championing, growing and supporting Victoria's creative industries. Funding calendar.
  • Federal Government - GrantConnect
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    Centralised publication of current Australian Government grant opportunities and grants awarded
  • Multicultural Arts Victoria
    Encouraging artists and communities of colour to access public and private resources for artistic and cultural development. 
  • Our Community
    ​
    Where not-for-profits go for help.
  • Our Community - Funding Centre
  • Philanthropy Australia
  • RAV - Regional Arts Victoria
VISUAL ARTS / CRAFT
  • Association of Sculptors Victoria
  • Basketmakers of Victoria
  • Craft Victoria
  • Geelong Gallery
  • Handweavers and Spinners Guild of Victoria
  • National Association of Arts (NAVA)
  • National Gallery of Victoria
  • Victorian Artists Society
  • Women's Art Register
DANCE
  • Ausdance VIC
FILM
  • ACMI: Australian Centre for the Moving Image
  • Film Victoria
  • MIFF: Melbourne International Film Festival
  • Screen Hub
  • VicScreen
  • Women in Film and Television Victoria
GAMING
  • Games Hub
MUSIC
  • Music Victoria
  • Victorian Music Development Office
THEATRE
  • Drama Victoria
  • The Victorian Drama League
WRITING / ILLUSTRATION
  • Australian Poetry - Victoria
  • Australian Society of Authors
  • Australian Writers' Centre
  • Children's Book Council of Australia
  • Illustrators Australia
  • KidLitVic
  • Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
  • Writers Victoria

LEGAL ASSISTANCE

> Arts Law: www.artslaw.com.au
Empowering artists and creative communities through the law. Get informed from a wide range of free or low cost resources, legal advice and education for artists and organisations in Australia.

> Not-for-profit Law: www.nfplaw.org.au 
​Justice Connect's Not-for-profit Law program provides free and affordable specialist legal help for not-for-profit organisations and social enterprises. We give community organisations the legal supports they need so that they can spend more time and energy realising their purpose. We prevent legal problems through plain language resources and education, and provide access to free lawyers when eligible organisations need specialist legal advice.


MAKING ART WITH COMMUNITIES:
A WORK GUIDE

> VicHealth - www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/media-and-resources/publications/making-art-with-communities-a-work-guide
The work of artists with communities is built on a solid foundation of learnt expertise and shared investigation. This publication will be a valuable resource for anyone exploring the potential for art in their communities and an asset for those already working in the field. (last updated 2018 - pre Covid)
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The relaunch of this website and professional development research has been funded by the Regional Arts Victoria and Creative Victoria:Sustaining Creative Workers Initiative 2022.
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