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Flourish: Arts Recovery Grants Program
Merri-bek City Council is committed to strengthening and investing in the creative community of Merri-bek and recognises the challenges the sector is currently facing. These grants aim to help Merri-bek’s arts and culture sector recover and flourish.
Objectives:
- To support local artists and arts organisations to recover and flourish.
- To strengthen the capacity of local artists and arts organisations.
- To support local artists and arts organisations to navigate new models of engagement.
- To build connection and engagement through community led arts and cultural activities.
- To support and encourage more people to be involved with arts and culture in Merri-bek.
Grant Categories:
- Individual Artists (up to $5,000)
- Arts Organisations (up to $10,000)
Open: August 2023
Close: September 2023
Information Session: To be confirmed
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The full recipient list for previous rounds of this program are below.
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The 2022 Flourish recipients were:
- Baris Uluso: Near Dark Productions (film)
- Julia Flaster: Debris Magazine (literature)
- Harrison Ritchie Jones: Creative Development for "Cuddle" (dance)
- Pink Ember Studio: New Studio space (visual arts)
- Coady Green: Tempo Queer at Tempo Rubato (music)
- Outer Urban Projects' Producing for Impact (digital production)
- Fleur Murphy: Plot. Hedda (theatre)
- Michele Lee: ‘The Lookalike’ (theatre)
- Emma Thompson: correspondences Creative Program (literature)
- Anna Dunnill: Side Gate (visual arts)
- Ruby Duncan: Creative Development for 'Bruv' (theare)
- Elle Sachs: The Travelling Sisters: Development Period (theatre)
- Brittany Devlin: Honey Bones Group Series (visual arts)
- Emma Riches: The Not New Project (dance magazine)
- Jeff Achtem & Tim Sneddon: The Merri-Bek Family Festival (community arts)
- New North: 2023 Concert & Development Program (music)
- Andrew Weldon: 'It's All Silver Lining' (graphic memoir)
- Collide Public Art Initiative: Expanded Field Artists (visual arts)
- Sofia Sabbagh: Trees of Moreland (graphic novella)
- Carole Yelland: Devilled Eggs (theatre)
- Jackson Castiglione and Tamara Searle: Imagination Ballet (dance)
- Honey Long and Prue Stent: photography workshop (visual arts)
- Richard Chadwick: Karen From Finance is Doing Time (performance)
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The 2021 Flourish recipients are:
- 7th Floor: 7th Floor 2022 Program
- Alison Adriano: Ali Adriano - EP Project
- Barry Solomon: Camping with Mrs Barb Wire
- Belinda Locke: Disability Pride Month
- Bonita Carzino: Purchasing Camera Equipment for Cinematography
- Chelsea Hickman: Lockdown Response: Digital Adaptation Project
- Commoners Press: 10 Press
- Ell Sachs: We Too Us Too Me Too Too Too - Rehearsal Period
- Gamaka Incorporated: Gamaka presents REVIVAL
- Georgie Darvidis: Georgina Darvidis - Music Video
- Jemma Cotter: The Fling - Short Film
- Josh Glanc: Josh Glanc - Vroom Vroom
- June Lamb: Writing, recording, production, mixing, and mastering of June Jones EP
- Jungle City projects: Movement Maps
- Lemony S Puppet Theatre: Lemony S Puppet Theatre Lab
- Margaret Mayhew: Queers Draw BEEF: Dancing, drawing, and colouring in for LGBTIQA+ people in Merri-bek
- Moreland City Band: Getting Better
- New North: New North 2022 Program: Elevating Exploratory Music with Concerts, New Works & Audience Development
- Norm Warehouse: Norm Warehouse Survival Reboot
- ON3 Studio: ON3 Artist Development Workshops
- Outer Urban Projects Ltd: TRANSMISSION
- Pink Ember Studio: Pink Ember Workshops & Open studio days
- Prue Stent: Still Almost Blue
- Roosevelt Street Studios: Surviving COVID-19 hardship
- Schoolhouse Studios: Schoolhouse Studios Rent Relief
- Seat at the Table: Race on the Table Vodcast Series
- Sofie Dieu: Hyper Sensorial Art
- Vardos ANTFARM: an Anthropomorphosis
- Zoë Bastin: Waves Are Disturbances
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The 2020 Flourish recipients were:
- Alana Holmberg: 'Porch Diaries' (Exhibition)
- Blakademy - Blak Dot Gallery: 'Around the Fire' (Blakademy Public Program 2020-2021)
- Bunk Puppets: 'Organisational Funding' - Company diversification and core planning
- Dylan Martorell: 'Sonaflora Field Guide' (Interactive Experience)
- Eddie Botha Creations: Fawkner Bowls Club Community Mural
- Fleur Murphy: Research and development of a new play script, 'The Fence'
- GalleryGalleryInc: 'Inside Out Projection Window' (Exhibition)
- Jade Imagine: Recoding of their second album
- James Ruse: Untitled short film project
- Jazzlab: Jazzlab Digital Corona Sessions (Pilot program)
- Joel Ma: Development of 'Joelistics Presents Film School' into a live performance and short film
- June Lamb: Creation of Video clip for 'Home', the 3rd single off June Jones' upcoming album release
- Kate Lefoe: Development of an online LGBTIQ community for 'Wicked Women' web series
- Lemony S Puppet Theatre: Open design process and puppetry workshops
- Melbourne Minute: Melbourne lo-fi hip hop radio
- Melbourne Sound School: Sound School - 'Watch and Learn' Program
- Merlo Art Collective: 'People on the Streets' (Exhibition)
- Milk Records Pty Ltd: Organisational Funding - Supporting Merri-bek based recording artists at Milk Records
- Nicola Castle: 'The Alt-Right Addiction' (Film)
- NOIR Darkroom: Organisational Funding - Supporting Exhibiting Merri-bek Artists at NOIR
- Norm Warehouse: Organisational Funding - Supporting Merri-bek Artists at NORM Warehouse
- Pink Ember Studio: Pink Ember Workshops Series
- Riot Stage: 'Everyone Is Famous' (short film)
- Roosevelt Street Studios Inc: Organisational Funding - Supporting Merri-bek Artists at Roosevelt Street Studios
- Simon Aubor: 'Moreland: 23/03/2020 to xx/xx/xxxx' (Photographic project)
- Stephanie Lake Company: Creation of new work, 'Manifesto' (Dance)
- TCB Art Inc: 'Mulana - First Nations Residency Programme'
- The Listies: 'SMELLOVISION!' Filmclips for forthcoming comedy album for children
- The Wandering Room: 2021 Solo Exhibition Program
- Varuni Kanagasundaram: 'Messages That Link Us' (Kolam Ritual Drawing)