The Victorian Government is proud to be investing $1.2 million in a second round of the successful program that honours remarkable women with public artworks, such as sculptures, murals and installations.
This program celebrates women’s stories and achievements by creating permanent records of the excellence and leadership of women in all their diversities right across the state.
Public art can be contemporary, thought-provoking and inspiring. It can show us all what is possible—if you can see it, you can be it.
This program supports the creation of six new public artworks. We are calling on land-owning organisations such as local councils, arts institutes and private companies to partner with artists and community groups to apply for the grants.
The work can be two- or three-dimensional permanent artworks accessible to the public, including sculptures, murals, installations; and works in new media such as projection or screen-based installations.
The Victorian Women’s Public Art Program is funded by the Victorian Government’s Community Support Fund and run in partnership with McClelland Sculpture Park + Gallery. McClelland supports contemporary artists to develop, create and present their work, and manages a range of significant commission programs.
For more information about the program and to apply, go to Victorian Women's Public Art Program.
This is the second round of the program. In 2023 we unveiled six artworks:
- Remembering Stella Young, Northern Grampians Shire Council
- Vera: Linton War Surgeon, Golden Plains Shire Council
- Creative Resilience, Queen Victoria Women's Centre, Melbourne
- Three Kurnai Women on Country, Baw Baw Shire Council
- Honouring Zelda D'Aprano, Victorian Trades Hall Council, Melbourne
- Yennaga Yettang/Come See, Mildura Rural City Council.
You can read stories about the six public art projects and many others at Finding Her, Australia’s first interactive state-wide digital map spotlighting women’s commemoration.