Since its inception in 2013, it has supported over 1,500 artists to create over 150 original works presented to roughly 80,000 patrons, receiving 45 creative industry awards and a further 125 nominations. Darebin Arts has backed many of the groundbreaking artists and companies that make Melbourne’s art sector so iconic: RAWCUS, Ilbijerri Theatre Company, Bloomshed, The Hayloft Project, Little Ones Theatre, Stephanie Lake Company, Elbow Room, MKA, Double Water Sign, and lead artists like Joel Bray, Alisdair Macindoe, Michele Lee, Emilie Collyer, Anna Seymour, Stella Young and Sammy J.