War-Rak/Banksia Festival for La Mama's Reopening. Darren Gill

Presented by Vyshnavee Wijekumar

This video walks you through what’s involved in writing a grant application, in order to help you present your ideas with conviction.

From studying eligibility guidelines to tips about keeping your language clear and concise, this video in our Artists Essential Toolkit series explores the ins and outs of grant-writing.

Presented by Vyshnavee Wijekumar, this video acknowledges that language and literacy issues can impact on some people’s ability to write a grant application and offers some advice to help navigate those issues. We also discuss the importance of budgets and breaks down the meaning of some of the terms commonly used in grant applications, in order to make them less confusing.


This episode contains footage from:

  • Old Chinese Proverb 1946
  • Detroit: City on the move 1965
  • Office Courtesy 1952
  • Century 21 1964

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