Mornington Peninsula Shire - Creative Grant Open to community groups and individual artists interested in initiating arts and cultural activities and programs with public outcomes.
Mornington Peninsula Shire - Performing Arts Development Grant Creative organisations and individuals that seek to deliver new and innovative artistic works in the performing arts.
Other Grants and Funding Offering links to additional internal and external funding sources with an emphasis on connecting you to the best grants for our creative community.
A Way of Seeing: Mornington Peninsula – Kelli Lundberg A multimedia event that invites viewers on an intimate journey into the creative worlds of local artists Baden Croft and Liam Waldie.
Across the Waters - Save Westernport Incorporated The project 'Across The Waters' comprises multiple Eco Arts initiatives based on Westernport Bay.
Art-making - Robyn Monty Nurturing children’s creative expression by providing platforms for them to explore and use everyday items in their art-making.
Broadway Seniors – Broadway Academy This innovative initiative allows older adults to experience the joy of performing by rehearsing and staging a beloved Broadway musical.
Cymatic Harmony & Living Culture Healing Album Collaboration – Daniel Dan Byrne (Cymatic Harmony) and Lionel Lauch (Living Culture) are collaborating to create a sound healing album.
Debut Album – Suzannah Yaghmoor Suzi will record, mix and master her debut album in November 2024 at Capel Sound Studios
Deep See Survey Season 2 – Undercurrent Group After the sparkling success of Deep See Survey’s Opening Season, DSS presents Season Two.
Discovery Series – Peninsula Beer Garden A unique, innovative, inclusive 7-month program that supports creating opportunities to build better career paths for young musicians.
Duet Arts – Playable Streets A program of workshops that engage people living in aged care in experimental music making, collaboration and playful socialising.
EP ‘When the water stills’ - Mietta Symmons-Joyce A 7-track EP and experiential storytelling series, designed to foster connection with the lands and waters of the Mornington Peninsula.
Everything is Country – Penelope Gebhardt Everything is Country is a sub-project that sits within the broader program of PULSE - a large-scale place responsive public art project
Focus All-Abilities Sound Art Installation – Focus Individualised Supp A recording and performance opportunity designed to support musicians with an intellectual disability.
HOWL: A short, queer doco – Roe Bonnici A short documentary exploring what it means to live as transgender openly, the consequences that transgender people can face.
IMAGINE Live – Jolyon James Delivering two performances of IMAGINE LIVE at Flinders Hall on Saturday 3 May 2025 which will be free for the community.
Lander —Se Spring/Summer Season Program - Lander —Se A contemporary, spiritual portrait of Australian Landscape through a series of three (3) multidisciplinary Spring/Summer exhibition programs.
Mastering of Debut Album - MAXON This project funding is to support the Dolby Atmos formatting of MAXONs debut 10-track album.
Mornington Art Show – Rotary Club of Mornington The 2025 Mornington Art Show will be the 53rd Art Show run by the Rotary Club of Mornington.
Music On The Hill – Robin Griffiths Community music event Music On The Hill (MOTH) will provide live performance opportunities for Mornington Peninsula-based artists.
Mutual Colour Sophomore Album – Dominique Garrard Mutual Colour’s production (recording, mixing, mastering) and release of their sophomore album including five local musicians.
Ode to the trees – Flinders Fringe Festival ‘Ode to the trees’ tells the stories of four magnificent trees located across the Mornington Peninsula, on Bunurong Country.
Play for Now & I give you my word(s) #1 ‘Play for Now & I give you my word(s) #1’ is an exciting new theatre season by leading Peninsula Youth Theatre Company – Dreamhouse.
Portrait of an Eco-Warrior – Noa Smith Fletcher In celebration of the talented and dedicated educators and environmental advocates/activists of the Mornington Peninsula.
PULSE – Spill Projects PULSE is an exciting program of place-responsive art and performance being developed to take place at Coolart Homestead and Wetlands.
Salt Of The Peninsula Mobile Museum – Salt Of The Peninsula A community-led surfboard museum celebrating the history and heritage of surfing on the Mornington Peninsula.
Sophomore Album Production – Mathilde Anne Album explores the profound themes of connection and community through the lens of her experience as a woman on the autism spectrum.
The Music Industry’s Songwriter Academy – Cheryl Beattie The Music Industry’s Songwriter Academy offers a dynamic platform for eight (8) emerging artists to engage with industry experts.
The Ranch Documentary: Roll-Out/Community Engagement–Balnarring PS Mornington Community Support Centre (MCSC) and Peninsula Films partnered to make this documentary about the homelessness crisis.
Too Hot to Handel – The Gospel Messiah – Peninsula Chamber Musicians Funds will support a large-scale choral outreach, presenting “Too Hot to Handel – The Gospel Messiah.”
Wildflowers in Concrete Album – Heidi Luckhurst An original album exploring the joys, challenges, and unwavering love of motherhood through the lens of music & poetry.
Womindjeka Festival – Balnarring Pre School Womin Djeka Balnarring Ngargee - an event where the whole community gather to share/begin conversations/walk with First Peoples.
Workshops and Beyond – Baluk Arts Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander Co Baluk Arts will offer a series of free, hands-on workshops led by renowned Aboriginal artists.
‘MADison Daniel’ Album and Short Film – Madison Daniel To record, mix and master Madisons’ debut album, including filming, editing and creating docu-style ‘behind-the-scenes’ presentations.
Baluk Arts Programs 2023/24 Baluk Arts Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation will continue delivering a series of hands-on art-making workshops.
Danielle Singleton – Salty Filmmaking for Youths Project ‘Salty’ is a 10-minute short film about four teens as they encounter prejudices after a mishap causes a PTSD episode.
Dreamhouse Theatre Company Inc – The Cow People and Play For Youth The Cow People and Play For Youth are two exciting theatre projects that involved an ensemble of 25 young members.
Film Festivals Australia - Filmmaking Workshops Film Festivals Australia ran free and low-cost filmmaking workshops aimed to upskill emerging and established filmmakers.
Flinders Fringe Festival Incorporated – Sea Wolves Howl An intergenerational group of 60 Mornington Peninsula based women and non-binary people, who take part in a bay swimming ritual 365 days a year. Inspired by their lived experiences, a stellar creative team produced an invigorating theatrical work incorporating music that featured seasoned local & Melbourne based performers. It was included in the 2023 Flinders Fringe Festival program.
Gabrielle Leah New – Reclaim the Crone. Performance Installation Reclaim the Crone explores the archetypal energy of the Wise Woman or Crone delving into current cultural attitudes toward older women and the feelings of invisibility that older women experience to raise awareness of these issues.
Jolyon James – IMAGINE LIVE – First Stage Rehearsal 2024 IMAGINE LIVE is based on the award-winning book ‘Imagine’ by Alison Lester and is a 60-minute live performance for families.
Joshua Searle – Wall of Gold Rising star of the fine art world, Joshua Searle has created a street art piece using a stencil image.
Katrina Waters – Songs for Loud Women Songs for Loud Women is theatrical song-cycle conceived by mezzo soprano and academic, Katrina Waters.
Maddison (Max) Wilson – MAXON – Debut Album and Music Experience Funding will allow production and release of a debut 10-track album to promote the music (and all involved) with a local Mornington Peninsula debut showcase to launch the album.
Marty Williams – Cousin Leonard Album Supports the recording of Cousin Leonard's third album and production of a documentary showcasing the creative process.
Max Stringer – The Bloody Norahs Band Launch The primary aim of the activity is to launch The Bloody Norahs. This will be achieved with three interlinking parts, including the recording of the debut album, a live set recording of the album and a free, all-ages, accessible live show.
Melissa Jackson – Opera Closets Eccentric creative collaborators mezzo soprano Dimity Shepherd and fashionista Melissa Jackson present “Opera Closets.”
Mornington Peninsula Films – Shoot and production of dramatic film Funding is to support our latest artistic work: a thirty-minute dramatic film that treads the linebetween sci-fi and psychological thriller. Shot entirely on the Mornington Peninsula, the film highlights the unique natural beauty of the area and has themes about love, family, death and nature.
Mornington Peninsula Films – ‘Homeless in Paradise’ – a short document In partnership with Mornington Community Support Centre, ‘Homeless in Paradise’ is a 6-minute documentary that tells three different stories about people that came to be without a home.
Natasha Lieschke – I Love You, I’m Listening: Reunited the Listener an Supports the recording of ‘I Love You, I’m Listening’ by Natasha Lieschke and featured collaborations with locals,
Nola Lauch – Jalgany sophomore EP promotion and launch Nola Lauch and her band Jalgany will produce and promote their sophomore EP
Peninsula Beer Garden – Mornington Peninsula Guitar Festival A family friendly, inclusive two-day event featuring and celebrating local musicians, guitar luthiers and food, wine, beer & sprit producers.
Peninsula Chamber Musicians – Rhapsodies: Peninsula Chamber Musicians The Peninsula Chamber Musicians (PCM) are developing a Chamber Opera series. The main work of the concert would be the Brahms Alto Rhapsody scored for Chamber Orchestra, Alto Soloist and Tenor and Bass Chorale.
Peninsula Studio Trail Inc. – Peninsula Studio Trail Annual Exhibition The Peninsula Studio Trail Inc (PST) will hold its Annual Exhibition to showcase the work of its artist members.
Peninsula Writers' Club – A curated program of literary events This project is a series of engaging and collaborative writing events to encourage and promote the storytelling voice and talent of writers of all abilities, genres and disciplines on the Mornington Peninsula.
Poul Grage – Moments of Impulse: A music improvisation project Aims to explore and celebrate the nexus of musical identity, creativity and place through presenting music improvisation.
Rodney James Art – John Baird: Painter, Printmaker, Sculptor Research, writing and editing of a manuscript on noted Mornington Peninsula painter, printmaker and sculptor, John Baird (b.1954).
Rondelle Designs – WTF is an NFT The "WTF is an NFT" project is designed to demystify the concept of Non-Fungible Tokens for both artists and the broader community.
Rosa Mar Tato Ortega – Currents of Practice ‘Currents of Practice’ is a contemplative project; a 10-day exhibition by selected emerging and established artists, to be held in May 2023 at Coolart Homestead and Wetlands, supported by a publication documenting the art making process
Rotary Club of Mornington – Mornington Art Show Running of the 52nd Mornington Art Show from 18-24 January 2024. Approximately 750 paintings and photographs will be on exhibition.
Rye Primary School – Creative Art and Wellbeing Mural The purpose of this mural is to celebrate visual arts, promote mental health, inspire positive emotions, and create a sense of unity and connection among students, teachers and the wider school community.
Salt of the Peninsula – Mornington Peninsula Surfboard Museum Salt of the Peninsula podcast features local surfboard manufacturers and Mornington Peninsula surfing icons from the 1960/70's up to 1990's. This project is to have the board builders create a replica of their board and have a mobile museum of one board per interviewee (surfboard builder).
Sheree Marris – A sucker for INK-credible literature Octopuses - Underwater Wonders showcases the breathtaking diversity of the planet’s most extraordinary animals, revealing how we have more in common with these otherworldly animals than we could have ever imagined while answering fascinating questions about their downright bizarre biology.
Silver Leaf Art Box – The Relevance of Form The Relevance of Form offers a unique opportunity for participants to experience a new commissioned performance, workshop and artist talk with leading Naarm/Melbourne based, queer identifying dancer and choreographer Zoë Bastin.
Simon Eeles – 10 Portraits of Her ‘10 portraits of Her’ is a project about the zeitgeist of the modern female identity.
Sorrento Portsea Senior Citizens Centre Inc – Exhibition A Photographic Exhibition, which runs for 10 days, followed by a Photo Expo for two days. The Photo Exhibition includes two separate exhibitions, The Leaving and Nine Men Nine Lives.
Southern Peninsula Choir Inc. – Creating and Sharing Our Music The funding will be used to promote classical and choral singing to young people through a scholarship program in 2023.
Tasma Pittock – The House of Commons This project is a short film about the history of the Flinders General Store, focussing on the era of Frank and Olive Commons who owned the Flinders General Store from the 1950's to the 1980's.
The Wheelchair Guy – Online Clothing Store Launch Online Clothing Store Launch including an in-person launch event at Rita & Frank Creative Studios in Rosebud, celebrating inclusivity and disability awareness.
Andrea Rowe - PenZine: Writing and Creating Zines Funding will be used for specialist workshop materials for two 1-day workshops celebrating freedom of personal expression, written and collage combinations, discussion prompts around designing personalised collectible zines and dialogue inspired by art and creativity for healing and connecting.
Baluk Arts - Program Relaunch Baluk Arts will re-launch programs including traditional basket weaving workshops, painting masterclasses/workshops and jewellery making at their new location in Mt Eliza.
Eleesa Howard - Art Exhibition An exhibition giving reference to the buildings at Point Nepean Quarantine Station, the beautiful imperfections, peeling paint, exposed brick, old fires yet more importantly the stories and memories they hold of the people that have passed through them.
Flinders Fringe Festival – Seascape Symphonie Extraordinaire This work is a multi-faceted multidisciplinary piece comprising the performance practices of puppetry, theatre, movement, spoken word, music and digitisation. This
Floodlights - Floodlights Music Videos Suite Mornington Peninsula based band Floodlights, will be filming three music videos together with a production company to accompany the release of their second studio album.
Gabrielle New - Reclaim the Crone Reclaim the Crone explores the archetypal energy of the Wise Woman or Crone delving into current cultural attitudes toward older women and the feelings of invisibility that older women experience to raise awareness of these issues.
genU – artX Bayside Celebrating the diversity of artists within the communities in which genU operates, the artX exhibitions provide an important platform for participating artists, living with disability, to have their work seen by a wide audience.
Hastings Uniting Church – Western Port Craft Expo The Western Port Craft Expo is a low cost, family oriented, community event showcasing craftwork, to be held on Saturday 22 April, 2023 in Hastings.
Indigo Mckeon – To be soft is to be strong - Debut album A neo-soul/jazz album comprising of eleven songs, to be released in conjunction with live performances, workshops, two music videos and two installations curated by Indigenous artist Nathaniel Stewart.
Jolyon James – Live Stage Adaptation of Alison Lester’s book ‘ Imagine Creative development of 60min live stage adaptation of Alison Lester’s bestselling children book ‘Imagine’, reuniting the 2019 Helpmann awarding winning team of professional artists who created Robot Song/Arena Theatre.
Ms Carole Patullo – SENTINEL - A solo theatre performance ‘Sentinel’ will be a full length, solo theatre performance, featuring an original script developed from interviews with ‘ordinary champions’ living in the Frankston and Mornington Peninsula area.
Nathaniel Stewart – Digital Movement of the Land - Series The project concept consists of projection mapping multiple structures and monuments of the Peninsula. The content projected onto these landmarks will be my own design, while also appropriating local Indigenous styles of art to create a dynamic protectional space, atmosphere and experience.
Velvet Bloom - Self-titled Album Velvet Bloom will create a stronger Mornington Peninsula arts community through collaboration
Andrea Rowe - Front Beach, Beach Beach - Shoreline Stories Front Beach, Back Beach - shoreline stories will be a youth focussed, hosted story-sharing program for young people on the Mornington Peninsula in a contemporary, creative setting.
Dromana Primary School - School of Fish - Participatory art project The School of Fish participatory mosaic project offers Dromana Primary School students, staff, their families and wider community an opportunity to connect and create together after the lockdowns and isolation of 2020-21.
Peninsula Writers' Club - Accessible Program for Writers The Peninsula Writers’ Club is a not-for-profit organisation that connects, encourages and enriches amateur, aspiring and accomplished writers of all ages across the Mornington Peninsula.
Rotary Club of Mornington - Mornington Art Show The Mornington Art Show, on January 21-26 2022 will celebrate its 50th Anniversary.
