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$1.2 million funding allocated in recent VicArts grants program

Musicians, visual artists and dancers are among those to receive funding through the latest Creative Victoria VicArts grants program.

27 Nov 2019 12:00

Sabine Brix

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Laila Engle, flute, and Katherine Philp, cello, performing in Homophonic! 2019. Photo credit: Agatha Yim, Polyphonic Pictures.

Forty projects across Victoria have been supported through the latest round of Creative Victoria’s VicArts Grants program.

The funded projects, which collectively receive more than $1.2 million, will kick off from January 2020 and span dance, visual art, literature, theatre, podcasts, community collaborations, residencies and more.

The latest VicArts Grants round received 390 applications in total, meaning that 350 applications were rejected by the peer assessment panel, a success rate of just over 10%.

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