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The
Regional Arts Fund is an ongoing program that provides approximately
3.6 million dollars per year to support artists and communities in
regional and remote areas. The Regional Arts Fund is part of the
Australian Government’s Arts and Cultural Development Program that
supports participation in, and access to, Australia’s arts and culture
through developing and supporting cultural expression.
The
Regional Arts Fund is managed by Regional Arts Australia on behalf of
the Australian Government and administrated by Flying Arts in Queensland.
To learn more, visit the Flying Arts Website here.
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SUCCESSFUL CULTURAL TOURISM GRANTS ANNOUNCED FOR
QUEENSLAND
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regional Queensland arts and cultural organisations and local councils
are sharing a total of 65 Cultural Tourism Accelerator grants for
activity between April and October 2022 worth almost $600,000, funded
by the Australian Government.
The
successfully funded projects include:
- profile raising for Cooper,
Australia’s largest discovered dinosaur, in Eromanga, the town
further from the sea than any other settlement in the country;
- multi-disciplinary creative Scott
Maxwell to be the Artist-In-Residence for the Desert Daze Festival
at Lake Dunn, Barcaldine;
- Delta Yarns, a dynamic two-part arts
project that comprises creative storytelling workshops, a vintage
shop window spectacle and an intimate performance by Kate
Miller-Heidke in the world-renowned Mt Alma wetlands in the
Burdekin;
- All Fired Up, a time-travelling rock
cabaret featuring numerous hits from the 1980's sung by Cairns
local music legend Roz Pappalardo, in Mareeba; and
- development of Mugul Mountain Retreat
as a cultural tourism hotspot for the Gladstone region through a
partnership with the Traditional Owners, the Gooreng Gooreng
people.
The
Cultural Tourism Accelerator Program is a $5 million targeted measure
announced in July 2021 by the Australian Government as part of the Regional
Arts Tourism package, enabling arts organisations to promote and
develop cultural events for tourists across regional Australia. The
program is designed to increase tourism visitation in regional, rural
and remote communities across Australia by providing financial support
for arts and cultural activity.
The
Cultural Tourism Accelerator Fund is aimed at increasing visitation
to existing arts and cultural venues, events and programs through four
complementary grant streams, and full details can be found here. To view the
official media release click here.
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Art and culture are Everywhere. In regions, towns, and cities, in remote
communities, across landscapes and geographies. In town halls, on
streets, in parks, community centres, libraries, schools and hospitals.
In galleries, museums and concert halls. On stages and on screen, in
music and media, in print and online.
Art
and culture are Essential in the creation of livable regions and are
central to thriving, healthy communities and sustainable social and
economic growth.
We
have been working with our colleagues to create messaging that is cross
art form, cross geographies and unifies the Arts and Creative
industries messaging and election asks. The concept is to provide
messaging that supports a ‘whole of sector’ approach.
We
ask that you please consider joining Regional Arts Australia, Flying
Arts Alliance and our sector colleagues in this Art
& Culture Messaging Campaign to increase visibility
and demonstrate unity in our broad sector in the lead up to the Federal
election. This is just one small piece of a larger campaign to push
for a commitment to a National Cultural Plan, which
will provide a framework for greater support for every artist and
organisation in our sector.
You
can start by sharing messaging images and tagging socials. Access an
Election Toolkit with downloadable posters, templates and files for
your social media. View here
Please
tag all posts with:
#ArtAndCultureAreEverywhere
#ArtAndCultureAreEssential #VoteForArt
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Regional Arts Fund Quick Response Grants - May
Round
Quick Response Grants are intended to assist regional artists, arts
organisations, and communities to take up professional or skills
development, or small project opportunities, and aim to support small
arts or cultural projects that cannot be funded by other means because
of their nature or timing.
The
May Quick Response Grant round is now open for applications and closes
11:59pm 31 May 2022. All applicants will be notified of
decisions by 9 June 2022.
Successful
Quick Response Grant recipients from the March 2022 round can be found here.
Learn More
Regional Arts Fund Project Grants
The
Project Grants stream supports applications
which benefit the community, increase access and participation, and/or
provide direct benefits to artists/arts workers. Project Grants provide
major funding for high-quality arts projects benefiting regional or
remote artists, arts workers, audiences, and communities.
Round 1 of the 2022 RAF Project Grants is now
closed.
Round 2 of the 2022 RAF Project Grants dates to be
announced soon.
Learn More
Regional Arts Fund Support Materials and Resources
Regional
Arts Fund resources including Guidelines, Eligibility Notes, Frequently
Asked Questions and Application Resources can be accessed here.
To
see a list of past recipients of the Regional Arts Fund, click here.
If
you have any questions about Regional Arts Fund grants, please contact
the Flying Arts RAF Team on (07) 3216 1322, or email Nate at raflead@flyingarts.org.au
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Case Study: Regional Arts
Fund Quick Response Grant
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Asplenium |
Artist Julie McEnerny | Image credit Julie McEnerny
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Date:
January, 2022
Location:
Cairns 4870
Quick
Response Grant Round: November 2021
Amount
Awarded: $2,900
Epiphytes: from sea level to cloud forest was an eight-week creative development project
undertaken and lead by Cairns based artist Julie McEnerny. With
assistance from the Regional Arts Fund, McEnerny was able to purchase
materials and conduct field studies within local Mangrove and Melaleuca
swamps to photograph and sketch native Epiphytes found in these fragile
ecosystems to create a series of works for exhibition at NorthSite
Gallery in Cairns.
As
part of the creative development project, McEnerny created a series of
preliminary drawings and completed two works in preparation for a final
exhibition which will comprise watercolor and graphite botanical
artistic works of the Far North Queensland Epiphytes found in the
fragile ecosystems of mangrove forests and higher altitude
mountaintops.
Epiphytes
are plants that grow on host trees, surviving on decomposing plant
matter and airborne nutrients while contributing to the micro climate
of the surrounding ecosystem. They include orchids, ferns, ant plants
and mosses. The project also allowed McEnerny to work closely with the
Australian Tropical Herbarium who assisted with the research,
identification, and access to specimens. This project consolidates the
foundations of a new body of work for a solo exhibition at Northsite
Gallery in 2023.
This case study meets the following RAF criteria
to a high degree: Support quality and viability of artistic and
cultural activity
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National Reconciliation Week 2022
27 May to 3 June
The
National Reconciliation Week 2022 theme, “Be Brave. Make Change.” is a
challenge to all Australians— individuals, families, communities,
organisations and government—to Be Brave and tackle the
unfinished business of reconciliation so we can Make
Change for the benefit of all Australians.
Learn More
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Artists to political candidates: ‘Inspire us’
Speaking
at the recent Federal Arts and Culture Policy Forum, Esther Anatolitis
called on our politicians to offer policies that invigorate and engage.
Article
by Esther Anatolitis, ArtsHub
Image:
Canva
Learn More
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Image
Credit: Jessica Maurer
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The Big Reach
26, 27, 28 May
Presented
by The Big Anxiety, Australia’s first mental health and arts festival,
the two-day event is designed for those looking to make a creative
change in mental health and suicide prevention and offers generous
concessions with a free Community Open Day on Saturday 28th May.
The
Big Reach welcomes creative thinkers, artists, mental health workers,
people with lived experience and anyone interested in practical steps
to social justice and emotional wellbeing. The intensive program will
explore how arts-based experiences – from high-tech interactive
environments to innovative conversation formats – can help us work
through trauma, suicidality, anxiety or stress, creating the
connections we need for better psychosocial health.
Learn More
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Art as Code: Symbols for Storytelling
10 am - 4 pm | 22 May | QLD College of Art
Dylan
Sarra is a Taribelang/Gooreng Gooreng artist who resides in Brisbane.
With a focus on exploring identity and place, Dylan uses a range of
disciplines such as print, digital works and sculpture to gently persuade
an audience into humanising the Indigenous experience prior to
colonisation. Dylan turns his indigenous art into a written language,
using traditional symbols and modern colours that, in turn, tell
important stories.
In
this workshop you will work with Dylan to explore how visual language,
symbol systems and art conventions can express ideas and feelings in
images, objects and experiences. This workshop is relevant to arts
educators, artists and arts workers. It also includes direct links to
the Visual Arts Senior Syllabus, providing teachers with ideas and
scaffolding for delivering Unit 2, Art as Code.
Image:
Dylan Sarra, Petroglyph IV lithograph (2021)
Register Here
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Get the Grant
10 June, 12pm to 1pm, your computer
In
this webinar Flying Arts’ Regional Arts Fund (RAF) team will discuss
the national cultural funding landscape of 2022, answering your
Frequently Asked Questions about the RAF Community Project Grant and
Quick Response Grant schemes.
Nate
and Nigel will speak to the context of the fund, what RAF aims to
support and strategies for navigating competitive arts funding in 2022.
We encourage you to ask questions prior to the webinar, to be answered
during the presentation.
Register Now
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Articulate Your Creative Concept
13 June, 12 pm to 1pm, your computer
Struggling
to find the words to articulate your art practice? Trying to tackle art
speak? Fiddling with exhibition labels, statements and artist bios?
Fear not!
In
this webinar, Hamish Sawyer, Brisbane-based independent curator and
writer, will impart practical skills for finding the right words to
communicate your creative concept to audiences of all types.
Register Now
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Regional Arts Fund Application Resources Kit
This
document contains links to helpful grant writing resources.
Learn More
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Celebrate creative community and join the Flying
Arts Crew!
Flying
Arts members are an important part of our community. Members not only
join a network of people keenly interested in celebrating arts and
culture, but also receive benefits like discounts and rebates on professional
development workshops and courses, voting rights at our AGM, discounts
with retail partners and more!
We
additionally offer Accredited Membership which includes general
liability insurance for artists and artworkers engaged in professional
practice.
Apply
for a policy covering your practice activity:
Visual
artists, designers, craft practitioners, curators
and registrars
Installers
and conservators
Arts
administrators and arts project coordinators
Writers
Musicians
Multidisciplinary
practitioners
Visit
our website or contact our team at members@flyingarts.org.au
to find out more!
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Support Flying Arts!
For
50 years we have made a big difference delivering art experiences and
supporting creative communities all over Queensland.
Help
us raise $50,000 to celebrate half a century of Flying Arts Alliance,
so we can be here for Queensland communities for the next 50 years.
To
make a donation, please click here
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Flying Arts Alliance is listed in the Registration
of Cultural Organisations, and has Deductible Gift Recipient and Tax
Charity Concession status.
All donation above two dollars are tax deductible
and will directly support programs and activities in schools and
communities in regional and remote areas.
Donate Now
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Flying Arts Alliance acknowledges the traditional
custodians of the lands and seas on which we work, live and create. We
pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Flying Arts Alliance is honoured to acknowledge the
Governor of Queensland, Her Excellency, the Honourable Dr Jeanette
Young PSM as our Patron. We also acknowledge Mr Tim Fairfax AC and Mrs
Gina Fairfax as our Cultural Patrons.
Flying Arts is a not-for-profit organisation inspiring the
appreciation, practice and professional development of the visual and
media arts as a lifetime interest or career throughout regional and
remote Queensland, supported by the Queensland Government through Arts
Queensland, the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation and corporate partners
and benefactors.
Flying Arts is the administrator in Queensland of the Regional
Arts Fund (RAF), an Australian Government program provided through
Regional Arts Australia.
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