From time to time, ILBIJERRI will highlight opportunities from industry colleagues and friends. The content varies from casting calls and grant opportunities to upcoming productions. Please visit this page regularly for updates.
Design the new VIPA Award!
ILBIJERRI Theatre in conjunction with SONGLINES, 3KND and CIRCUS OZ is seeking design submissions from Visual Artists for the development of an iconic object that will become the (VIPA) Victoria Indigenous Performing Arts Award. The intention is for this sculptural work to build a strong, unique and recognizable identity for the VIPA Award.
A fee of $2000 will be paid to the selected artist to work up the design and get it ready to be produced for the 2012 awards.
Expressions of interest close 25th June
Click here to download the Artist Brief
Playwright’s Award
The Balnaves Foundation Indigenous Playwright’s Award is a $20,000 award for the creation of a new play by an Indigenous playwright.
This national award will be presented for the next three years. The award comprises $7,500 prize money and a $12,500 commission for a new play each year. Applications will be accepted from writers of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent. They will be assessed by a panel including both Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists.
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Applications close Friday 31 August 2012
Entries now open for 2012 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards
The Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards include five categories – Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, Drama and Young Adult Fiction – each with a prize of $25,000.
The winners of these categories are then eligible for the major title, the $100,000 Victorian Prize for Literature.
In addition, two biennial awards will be presented in 2012 – the Award for an Unpublished Manuscript by an Emerging Victorian Writer, and the Award for Indigenous Writing. Each winner will receive a $15,000 prize. Entrants to the Award for Indigenous Writing are also eligible to enter their work in any of the five general award categories.
Entries for the remainder of the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards close on May 24.
The winners will be announced in September.
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FREE Indigenous Arts grants workshops
Are you an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander artist with a project idea you’d like to bring to life in the City of Melbourne?
Did you know the Indigenous Arts Grants offers funding to make it happen?
Come along to the City of Melbourne’s informative and FREE workshop to find out all you need to know about the Indigenous Arts grants and how to complete your application.
This year we are taking the roadshow to Shepparton, Ballarat, Preston & Abbotsford.
When: Friday, 18th May 2012 Time: 10am – 3pm Where: Shepparton Arts Museum; 70 Welsford St, Shepparton.
When: Tuesday, 22nd May 2012 Time: 10am – 3pm Where: Ballarat Aboriginal Cultural Centre, 403 Main Rd, Ballarat.
When: Tuesday, 29th May 2012 Time: 10am – 3pm Where: Songlines Music Aboriginal Corporation, 48 Mary St, Preston.
When: Friday, 1st June 2012 Time: 10am – 3pm Where: Abbotsford Convent,Wurundjeri Wellbeing Room, 1st Floor, Providence Building, 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford.
For workshop registration or information, please contact Sarah Bond on 0402 626 932 or sarbon@melbourne.vic.gov.au
Indigenous Arts Grants applications close Monday, 18th June 2012
