City of Melbourne
2006 Young Artist Visual Arts Grants Program
HO CHI MINH CITY

To be young again. Now that I'm approaching 34, I'm now finding that I'm no longer in the young artist category. But it's a great opportunity for those 20-somethings..

Application deadline is January 9th! Act Now. (I just got word of it today) 

This project is proudly supported by the City of Melbourne Council in conjunction with the Australian Consulate – General, the Office for Culture and Information, Ho Chi Minh City University of Fine Arts, RMIT International University Vietnam to benefit Young Visual Artists.

Program Objectives

The City of Melbourne’s Young Arts Grants Program seeks to support the diverse arts and cultural activities for the benefit of Ho Chi Minh’s young artists. The program supports initiatives that achieve the following key objectives:

• Support the quality and diversity of visual arts practice of young artists in Ho Chi Minh and its role in reflecting its distinctive character;
• Express and explore the essential spirit of Ho Chi Minh as an exciting, contemporary and cosmopolitan city that values the culture of its community;
• Encourage innovative approaches to the visual arts;
• Result in the creation of new work that may be exhibited in Melbourne Australia:
• Encourage the imaginative and creative use of public spaces and galleries;
• Increase community participation in the cultural life of Ho Chi Minh.

Download the forms
Guidelines 
Application Form