Meet the collective

Multicultural Arts Victoria (MAV) has a profound commitment to arts and artists shaping the narratives that define who we are as a multicultural nation. We make art as a visceral response to the forces of bigotry and intolerance, which seek to undermine the hard-fought battle for pluralism. We make art to understand who we are as migrants on Indigenous land. We make art to draw attention to the work that is still needed to future proof our identity as a society that deeply values its diversity. 

Arts Access Victoria’s vision is Cultural Equity for Deaf and Disabled people. We started in 1974 and are the peak body for arts and disability in Victoria. We are a disability-led organisation that plays a vital role in state, national and international discourse. We are the leading force behind a more accessible arts and cultural sector. We produce and platform the work of Deaf and Disabled artists, arts workers and creatives. 

Our purpose is: To lead transformational and systemic change that benefits all Deaf and Disabled people.
 

Arts Mildura is an art organisation whose voice spans over 42,000 square kilometers over the rich red earth of the Mallee region in Victoria, Australia. We are the creative leaders of this vast area, uncovering the artisans that live in our unique landscape, creating foundations for artistic exploration and growth. Through workshops, outback residences to mentoring – supporting our art community is a large element of what we do. Our vision is to create extraordinary experiences out in the Mallee landscape, creating our environment as a destination of discovery and wonder. 

Footscray Community Arts is a 50-year strong independent arts precinct dedicated to sharing stories. Our vision is that all communities are valued as makers of culture. 

Each year, we support, develop and present contemporary arts in collaboration with our communities of focus: First Nations, culturally and linguistically diverse, LGBTIQA+ and artists with disability and connect with an engaged audience. 

Next Wave is an engine room for art making and experimentation, dreaming and doing, exchange and connection. We support artists from across this continent, amplifying ambitious ideas, experimental practice and critical storytelling that reflects the zeitgeist of our times. We present, advocate, develop and collaborate. 

From a strong home-base in Melbourne at the Brunswick Mechanics, we are looking to outer-metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria, and across the continent. We prioritise processes that start with elders, community and place.

The Push is an Australian youth music organisation and registered charity based in Melbourne. Over three decades we have supported millions of young people with access to contemporary music programs and events. 

Our work is guided by our purpose of giving every young person the opportunity to participate and thrive in Australian music. 

Regional Arts Victoria (RAV) backs artists and communities across regional Victoria to make, participate in, and experience creative work. Regional Arts Victoria is an independent, not-for-profit, membership-based organisation working in long-term partnerships with every level of government, fostering contemporary and innovative regional cultural practice. We advise and impact on decision-making across multiple portfolios and levels of government. Regional Arts Victoria is the peak body for regional artists and arts organisations, and the leading organisation for regional creative practice in Victoria. 

Western Edge is a not-for-profit arts organisation creating safer spaces for young artists from Melbourne’s west to tell their own stories, with their own voice, in their own way.   

Working across three core programmatic areas we create opportunities for young people and artists to explore creativity, learn new artistic practices, gain on-the-job employment, and develop as artistic and cultural leaders. 

In the local languages of the Boonwurrung and Woiwurrung peoples, YIRRAMBOI means TOMMORROW. YIRRAMBOI festival platforms the interconnectedness and diversity of First Nations creatives, locally, nationally and internationally. A 10 day feast of mediums spanning the breadth of artistic expressions with a collective voice of resilience and evolutionary practices. Emerging, mid-career and established First Nations creatives taking back space to crack open the heart of Melbourne, revealing the hum of country beneath.