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From the Premier and Minister for the Arts
Ted Baillieu MLA
Premier celebrates our State of the arts
Saturday, 19 May 2012
Premier and Minister for the Arts Ted Baillieu celebrated the creativity of Victoria's regions today as part of Regional Arts Victoria's Annual General Meeting.
New chief for the State Library of Victoria
Thursday, 17 May 2012
A new chapter has begun for the State Library of Victoria with the announcement that John Wylie AM will become President of the Library Board of Victoria.
Latest grants to help Victorians make history
Monday, 14 May 2012
Fifty-eight Victorian community groups will undertake important local history projects this year thanks to more than $340,000 in grants through the Victorian Government's Local History Grants program.
Funding to safeguard Victoria’s cultural treasures
Tuesday, 01 May 2012
Safeguarding Victoria's great cultural treasures is the key focus of a boost for the arts announced today as part of the 2012-13 State Budget.
Entries now open for 2012 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards
Thursday, 26 Apr 2012
Premier and Minister for the Arts Ted Baillieu today called for entries for the 2012 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, including Australia's most valuable literary prize, the Victorian Prize for Literature.
Cheap Arts: entertainment on a shoestring
Thursday, 26 Apr 2012
Art lovers can pursue their passion – without breaking the bank – thanks to Arts Victoria's first ever Cheap Arts Guide, released today by Premier and Minister for the Arts Ted Baillieu.
Clunes joins the world stage as Australia’s first International Booktown
Friday, 20 Apr 2012
The central Victorian township of Clunes has been declared Australia's first International Booktown – the first such appointment in the southern hemisphere.
Golden oldie: Old Treasury Building celebrates 150 years
Tuesday, 17 Apr 2012
Premier and Minister for the Arts Ted Baillieu visited the Old Treasury Building yesterday to mark its 150th anniversary and launch a new biography on the life and work of the building's architect, JJ Clark.
Victoria’s art treasures join Google Art Project
Wednesday, 04 Apr 2012
Art lovers across the world will be able to get up close and personal with some of Victoria's greatest cultural treasures as part of the Google Art Project.
Victoria hosts meeting of Australia’s Arts and Cultural Ministers
Friday, 30 Mar 2012
Premier and Minister for the Arts Ted Baillieu today hosted a meeting of Australia's Arts and Cultural Ministers in Melbourne.
NGV ranks with world’s most popular galleries
Wednesday, 28 Mar 2012
The 150th birthday celebrations may be over, but the gifts keep coming for the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), with the announcement that the NGV was Australia's most visited gallery and the 25th most visited art gallery in the world in 2011.
Twice as nice – California Gully artist voted the People’s Choice
Wednesday, 28 Mar 2012
California Gully artist Simon Penrose has been honoured for a second time at the 2012 Victorian Indigenous Art Awards, after being voted the winner of the $2,500 Arts Victoria People's Choice Award.
Record visitors drawn by Bendigo’s style and Grace
Thursday, 22 Mar 2012
It has been open less than a fortnight but already more than 12,000 people have flocked to Bendigo Art Gallery's latest blockbuster exhibition Grace Kelly: Style Icon.
Creative energy ignites new Old Courthouse
Wednesday, 21 Mar 2012
Premier and Minister for the Arts Ted Baillieu today flicked the switch to illuminate the Old Courthouse building as Geelong's newest arts space.
Premier announces leadership duo for the NGV
Wednesday, 29 Feb 2012
Premier and Minister for the Arts Ted Baillieu today announced the appointment of Mr Tony Ellwood as the new Director of the National Gallery of Victoria, and the re-appointment of Mr Allan Myers AO QC as President of the NGV Council of Trustees.
Bollywood biopic Bhaag Milkha Bhaag to be filmed in Melbourne
Wednesday, 22 Feb 2012
A new Bollywood film about one of India's greatest sporting heroes will shoot key scenes in Melbourne, Premier of Victoria and Minister for the Arts Ted Baillieu announced today.
Grants bring music to our ears
Friday, 10 Feb 2012
Victorian musicians, bands and music organisations are gearing up to make, share and promote local music in the coming year, with support from Arts Victoria's Contemporary and Live Music Development Program.
Shortlist announced for 2012 Victorian Indigenous Art Awards
Friday, 27 Jan 2012
Twenty artists are in the running for prizes totalling more than $50,000 as part of the Victorian Government's 2012 Victorian Indigenous Art Awards.
Funding announced for new arts projects across Victoria
Thursday, 19 Jan 2012
From local festivals to literary projects, cutting edge theatre to contemporary dance, Victoria's arts sector is set to get an injection of new ideas thanks to the latest round of Arts Development grants announced today by Premier and Minister for...
Latest arts grants bring top shows to regional Victoria
Tuesday, 17 Jan 2012
Some of Australia's leading arts companies will tour across regional Victoria in 2012 following the latest announcement of funding through the Victorian Coalition Government's Touring Victoria program.