Multicultural Arts Victoria

Name

Multicultural Arts Victoria

Legal name

Multicultural Arts Victoria Inc.

Website

https://mav.org.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1973

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Arts and Multicultural Programming Services

NAICS

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (71)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Cultural Centers & Community Cultural Organizations (BPAGAHAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cultural Festivals & Events Organizations (BPAGAHAG), Arts Education & Community Arts Programs (BPAGAHAC)

Keywords

• Multicultural arts programming
• Community arts organization
• Artist capacity building
• Cultural equity programs
• Public art commissions

Headquarters

HQ city

Melbourne

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Grants and Funding: MAV receives substantial multi-year funding from federal, state, and local government sources including Creative Australia, Creative Victoria, and City of Melbourne. This forms the primary revenue base for operations and programs.
2. Donations and Bequests: The organization accepts donations and bequests from supporters to fund ongoing operations and creative programs.
3. Membership Program: MAV offers membership options that provide community connection and voting rights in board elections, generating modest recurring revenue while building stakeholder engagement.
4. Event Revenue: Some MAV events are ticketed, generating direct revenue. The organization also coordinates stallholder fees for community events like Block Parties.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Multicultural Arts Victoria is a not-for-profit community arts organisation that designs, delivers, and curates cultural programs supporting culturally diverse (BIPOC/CARM) artists and communities in Victoria, Australia. Its core offerings include capacity-building programs for emerging event producers (NEWPRINT), multi-year artist-led programs (Powered By), annual public art commissions (Ballarat Empty Plinth Project), reflection/research programming (Retrospection, Beyond Tokenism), community festivals (Art Souk), and curatorial programming (DIASPORAS). Programs are delivered through partner venues, ticketed and free events, public art installations, and grants/commissions paid to artists.

Product overview

Multicultural Arts Victoria (MAV) is a not-for-profit community arts organisation offering a portfolio of programs supporting culturally diverse arts and artists. Its core offerings include NEWPRINT (a live music production capacity-building program now in its fourth edition), Powered By (a multi-year arts program for artists of colour, 2025-2028), the Ballarat Empty Plinth Project (annual public sculpture commissions), Retrospection (a 50th anniversary living program generating research and community outcomes), DIASPORAS (curatorial programming for culturally diverse artists), and Art Souk (multidisciplinary community arts festivals). Additional initiatives include Wokeshop (wearable art concept), the Beyond Tokenism research report, the Being Biracial Live podcast, and a Culturally Responsive Guide to Theatre Reviews. These programs collectively support bold storytelling that shapes a more just and vibrant multicultural society.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• NEWPRINT A capacity-building program empowering Indigenous, Black, and People of Colour (IBPOC) and Culturally and Racially Marginalised (CARM) event producers to design, curate, and deliver live music events in Victoria. Since 2021, the program has supported 16 producers to deliver 30+ events and spotlight 200+ artists.
• Powered By A multi-year arts program (2025-2028) placing artists of colour at the centre of creative leadership and cultural production. Delivered through exhibitions, performances, symposia, workshops, and public interventions exploring memory, displacement, language, and intergenerational knowledge as creative frameworks.
• Ballarat Empty Plinth Project An annual public art initiative commissioned in partnership with the City of Ballarat, inviting artists to create temporary sculptural works for Ballarat's Intercultural Gardens as part of the city's Temporary Public Art Program.
• Art Souk A two-day multidisciplinary, community arts festival curated by Lebanese-Australian DJ and cultural curator MzRizk, bringing together Black, Indigenous and People of Colour creatives for exhibitions, performances, workshops, and live podcasts.
• DIASPORAS A program that gives artists from minoritised cultural and linguistic backgrounds the opportunity to set the agenda in curating and facilitating cultural programming, fostering cultural expression, solidarity, and connection.
• Retrospection MAV's living program of reflection and renewal emerging from its 50th anniversary in 2023. Generates critical research, creative dialogues, reimagined practices, community celebrations, and conceptual projects that both archive and provoke, celebrating what has been while shaping what is still to come.
• Metro Tunnel Creative Program Artwork Licensing One-time/perpetual artwork license fee for display of culturally diverse artwork on Metro Tunnel construction hoarding sites, contributing to Melbourne's cultural history. Pricing: $5,300 + GST for 6-month non-exclusive license.

Quantifiable outcome

• 16 producers empowered since 2021, delivering 30+ events with 200+ artists spotlighted
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• City of BallaratcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Ballarat Empty Plinth Project - City of Ballarat provides site (Intercultural Gardens), permits, heritage exemptions, and Cultural Heritage Management Plan. Joint delivery of annual temporary public art commission.
• Arts Centre MelbournecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor arts institution partnership for performances, exhibitions, and the IPDWD x IBPOC Disability Oration. MAV programs presented at The Show Room venue.
• No Vacancy GallerycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMelbourne gallery venue partnership for visual arts exhibitions including 'a world to inherit' exhibition as part of Powered By.
• RMIT UniversitymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with RMIT School of Design for Wokeshop conceptualization project. Students from Master of Communication Design program developed typography and design concepts.
• Monash UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTertiary institution partnership established as part of MAV's strategic development.
• Kings ARImajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArtist-run initiative partner for Isthmic Imaginaries project as part of Powered By program.
• University of Auckland - Waipapa Taumata RauminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership through Centre for Arts and Social Transformation supporting Isthmic Imaginaries project.
• Burrinja Cultural CentreminorOthersHosted photographic residency for Mariana Papaioannou as part of her arts practice.
• Metro Tunnel Creative ProgramminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to display culturally diverse artworks on construction hoarding sites, contributing to Melbourne's cultural history.
• MzRizkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLebanese-Australian DJ and cultural curator who curated Art Souk festival. Led creative direction for multi-disciplinary community arts festival featuring BIPOC artists.

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Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Strengths4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@MAVArtsAU
• Facebookfacebook.com/MAVArtsAU
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/multicultural-arts-victoria
• Instagraminstagram.com/mavartsau

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Funding overview

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Investors

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