Support and Advice for Artists

Support and advice for individual artists or organisations is available from the following peak bodies and organisations working in regional Victoria.

• Arts Access Society Inc
• Arts Management Advisory Group
• Ausdance
• Community Music Victoria
• Craft Victoria
• Cultural Development Network
• Express Media Inc
• Gold Museum Ballarat
• HotHouse Theatre
• Koorie Heritage Trust
• Multicultural Arts Victoria
• Museums Australia Inc (Vic)
• Public Galleries Association of Victoria
• Public Record Office Victoria
• Royal Historical Society of Vic Inc
• Regional Arts Victoria
• Victorian Association of Performing Arts Centres
• Victorian Writers' Centre Inc

Support for musicans - Resound Bushfire Appeal

The Music Council of Australia's Resound program, in partnership with the Dandenong Ranges Music Council, is organising donations of musical instruments to musicians of all ages and ability who have lost instruments in the bushfires.

If you have lost an instrument in the fires - whether it was a $30 uke or a violin worth thousands - you can register on the Resound website.

All applications will be considered and Resound intends to start replacing instruments as soon as possible.

Business Advice and Development

In partnership with the Victorian Government, the Victorian Employers' Chamber of Commerce and industry (VECCI) is offering Victorian businesses affected by the bushfires the opportunity to discuss their situations with qualified business advisors and be provided with strategic, independent advice on the future of their business. To arrange a meeting with an advisor, contact Ed Walta on 0417 314 933 or email: edwalta@netspace.net.au.

Business Victoria is also offering professional business advice and counselling services. Register your interest via the Business Victoria website.