Dear Colin Brooks: defunded Victorian arts organisations address Creative Industries Minister

Four of the eight organisations abruptly defunded by Creative Victoria share their message for Creative Industries Minister Colin Brooks.
Janice Gobey, Writers Victoria's Chair. Image: David Patston

Last week, ArtsHub reported on the concerns of several Victorian arts organisations that had lost their four year organisational funding – without notice or warning – in the latest round of Creative Victoria’s Creative Enterprises Program.

That article focused primarily on the impact to the organisations concerned, and their plans for the immediate future as they fight to survive.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in early 2020. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association in 2021, and a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Photo: Fiona Hamilton. Follow Richard on Bluesky @richardthewatts.bsky.social and Instagram @richard.l.watts