Melt Open Development Program

Brisbane Powerhouse has launched the Melt Open Development Program, which will provide artist support that will be available for the inaugural event, taking place across venues around the city from 23 October to 10 November 2024. Melt Open offers a platform for the LGBTQIA+ community to celebrate through this city-wide festival as part of the 2024 Melt Open Festival of Queer Arts and Culture.

Melt Open Festival of Queer Arts and Culture program is divided into two strands, providing a total of $60,000 for South-East Queensland and $70,000 for Regional Queensland to support the promotion of arts projects and events by the state’s artists and producers as part of Melt Open. Applicants from across all arts sectors are eligible to apply with support offered in the range of $3,500-$5,000 depending on the scale and needs of the project. In addition, travel funds will be provided for regional Queensland artists to travel and tour Brisbane as part of Melt Open.
 
The Melt Open Development Program will provide the unique opportunity for approximately 20 projects in Southeast Queensland and approximately five projects from regions across Queensland to present work in a high-profile and nationally recognised festival context.

”The Melt Open Development Program is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland with the initiative also backing our government’s commitment to elevating the voices of people who are of diverse sex, gender and sexuality, as we continue the development of Queensland’s first whole-of-government LGBTQIA+ Strategy,” Minister for the Arts Leeanne Enoch

Brisbane Powerhouse presents...
MELT OPEN
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Brisbane | 23 October – 10 November 2024
meltopen.org

Applications for the Melt Open Development Program are open now via https://www.meltopen.org

MORE INFORMATION TO APPLY HERE

Melt Open is supported by the Queensland Government, through Tourism and Events Queensland, and Brisbane Economic Development Agency.