Multicultural Arts Victoria (MAV)
Multicultural Arts Victoria (MAV) has evolved over four decades into one of Australia’s most important bodies for the discovery, development and promotion of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) contemporary art, heritage and cultural expression. The organisation also offers expertise in audience development, community engagement and artistic excellence with CALD communities.
MAV has a profound commitment to arts and artists shaping the narratives that define who we are as a multicultural nation.
We make art as a visceral response to the forces of bigotry and intolerance, which seek to undermine the hard-fought battle for pluralism.
We make art to understand who we are as migrants on Indigenous land.
We make art to draw attention to the work that is still needed to future proof our identity as a society that deeply values its diversity.