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.
Develop and promote the ‘MADison Daniel’ Album and Short Film – Madiso To record, mix and master Madisons’ debut album, including filming, editing and creating docu-style ‘behind-the-scenes’ presentations.
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.
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.
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.
Marty Williams – Cousin Leonard Album Supports the recording of Cousin Leonard's third album and production of a documentary showcasing the creative process.
Melissa Jackson – Opera Closets Eccentric creative collaborators mezzo soprano Dimity Shepherd and fashionista Melissa Jackson present “Opera Closets.”
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,
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 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.
Poul Grage – Moments of Impulse: A music improvisation project incorpo 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.
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.
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.
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.
Undercurrent Group – Deep See Survey Deep See Survey is an artist collective which develops and presents new performance works created by Janenne Willis, Bri Horne, Leyla Bulmer and Curtis Hill in Shoreham.
