Over €1.16 million were allocated to a total of 268 art projects since the Malta Arts Fund was launched at the end of 2009.

The majority of funds went to the performing arts

With a broad spectrum ranging from film to music, dance and literature, theatre and the visual arts, the fund aims to support quality and excellence in the arts.

The majority of the funds were allocated to the performing arts – 140 projects receiving just under €500,000, followed by the visual arts (€338,193 going to 64 projects), multidisciplinary arts (€210,985 going to 37 projects) and literature (€113,609 to 27 projects).

As the funding mechanism of the Malta Council for Culture and the Arts (MCCA), the Malta Arts Fund aims to support artists and arts organisations in fulfilling their potential and in improving their skills and level of professionalism.

Last year alone, over €420,000 were allocated to a total of 100 projects. Of these, 52 projects in the performing arts received around €144,422; 20 projects in the visual arts received €134,036, while another 20 multidisciplinary projects received around €119,000. Eight literature projects received just under €23,000.

Last November, a new literature strand called Spreading Words, was added to the Arts Fund programme, bringing the current number of strands to four.

With an annual allocation of €20,000, Spreading Words was devised to offer support to authors, translators and publishers for the translation of works written in Maltese. The aim is to make Maltese literature accessible to new reading communities, which will, in turn, expand and strengthen the Maltese literary scene. Application deadlines close on March 1.

Other programmes include the Project Support Grant, the Organisation Support Grant and the Mobility Grant. The first is divided into large and small projects. Projects with requests for funding up to €5,000 qualify as small projects; applications are open every three months. The large projects, whose funding ranges between €5,000 and €20,000 are allocated on a half-yearly basis.

The Organisation Support Grant caters for organisations seeking funds to support their operation in the arts sector and/or to operate an artistic programme.

It provides organisations whose aims are in line with the goals and priorities of the National Cultural Policy with funds towards both programming and organisational costs.

The Mobility Grant caters for outgoing artistic mobility for short training courses, workshops, participation in artistic activities overseas, and international collaborations.

Submissions to the Malta Arts Fund are competitive and therefore not all applications may be awarded. Anyone interested in the Arts Fund can attend Arts Talk, a series of open public discussions related to the Malta Arts Fund.

Application forms and the new and updated guidelines are available online or from the MCCA offices at 230, Republic Street, Valletta.

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