Murray Arts in partnership with the Cultural Round Table of the Border North East are very excited to announce our first round of UNLOCKED, open. UNLOCKED is a micro-funding round designed to acknowledge, support and encourage the independent creative industry practitioners, who live work and connect with the Murray Arts footprint during the age of COVID-19; AlburyCity, Greater Hume & Federation shires in NSW and City of Wodonga, Indigo & Towong shires in Victoria.

For the month of June 2020, we will pay one independent creative practitioner, per day, a fee of $333. That means 30 individual artists, across the month of June 2020 will be a part of this program.

Why $333 per day? Well if you divide $10,000 by the 30 days of June you get $333. Murray Arts has reworked our 2020 budget, shifted things around, had some wins qualifying for government COVID-19 support, cut back on what we can and want to inject the funds we can directly into our region’s creative economy. We researched many different quick response micro-funding programs, analysed your responses from the recent Border North East Independent artist survey and the UNLOCKED program is how we feel we can best support a cross-section of our creative community immediately.

Recipients might use the funds/time to:

• Work on their skills
• Create new work
• Develop existing work
• Develop/refine their creative business
• Work on a grant application
• Purchase material or equipment
• Collaborate
• Think, breath, pay some rent or purchase some food

 Friday 26 June -  7:30pm to 8:30pm
More details to come and Tickets onsale soon through hothousetheatre.com.au

Call for Expressions of Interest: Upstream - Festival of Art + Culture 2021 

AlburyCity and Wodonga Council are calling for expressions of interest from our local artists and cultural organisations for Upstream – Festival of Art + Culture 2021.

In its first year, the festival attracted more than 16,000 people who took part in a range of art and cultural performances, programming and activities across the two cities and over four days.

In its second year, the festival will build on being an event of regional significance, a collaboration and connection of art and culture with the finest local produce and magnificent brews and wines.

Upstream - Festival of Art + Culture will reflect the high calibre of our creative community through a carefully curated program of events, workshops and cultural experiences for all. The festival will offer a stage for professional creative artists and organisations to demonstrate the very best of their artistic ability.

The 2021 festival will be held across Albury-Wodonga on the March Victorian long weekend from March 5 to 9.

How to apply: Expressions of Interest for the 2021 event close on Friday, June 19 at midnight.

For more information and to apply click here