This document provides an overview of Arts Queensland's priorities and programs. It discusses Arts Queensland's goals to grow quality arts, capitalize on technology, and partner with local governments and other sectors. It then summarizes Arts Queensland's strategic plans and initiatives to support various art forms, including Creative Communities projects, funding programs, and support for Indigenous arts. Details are provided on specific programs like Career Development Grants, Development and Presentation Grants, and the Artist in Residence program.

1. Arts Queensland Presentation
Susan King
Arts Development Officer, Creative Communities
E: susan.king@arts.qld.gov.au
T: 07 3224 5767

2. AQ Priorities
• Grow and promote quality
• Capitalise on digital technology
• Partner with local government
• Partner with other sectors
• Strengthen independent artists and arts and cultural workers

3. Arts Queensland ....An Overview
• Sector Plan (2010 – 2013)
• Regional Strategy artbeat (2010 – 2014)
• Arts culture + me – youth strategy (2008 – 2011)
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Policy (2009 –
2013)
• Art form specific actions and priorities

5. Sector Plan Goals Regional Strategy Goals
• Great arts and culture • Stronger communities
• Engaged audiences and culturally • Participation
active communities • Arts and cultural practice
• Strong and diverse creative economy • Skills, knowledge and networks
• Creative spaces and places •Creative spaces and places
• Commitment to ongoing learning
Under the Sector Plan the collections and heritage priorities are:
•Best practice case studies on collecting and preserving heritage.
•More equitable access to state collections through digitalisation.
•Supporting communities to collect, preserve and curate local arts and
heritage.

6. Creative Communities
One of four
art form areas
with a focus
on:

7. Creative Communities
Small to Medium (s2m) organisations

8. Creative Communities projects
1. RADF evaluation
•An evaluator will be engaged to
undertake a comprehensive
evaluation of the RADF program,
its guidelines and objectives in
2012.
•Extensive consultation will be
undertaken with RADF
participants and stakeholders.
•Steering Group made up of a
representative from each of the
five RADF population classes
will guide the evaluation.

9. Creative Communities projects
2. Cultural Places—Rockhampton Pilot
•3 year, $1.5 million project
•Partnership between Australia Council, Arts Queensland and
Rockhampton Regional Council
It will:
•build arts and cultural activities into
planning processes of the local
community and government authorities
•involve artists from across artforms
•create opportunities for both local and
touring artists
•make available venues operated by local
government authorities
•have an enduring, whole of community
benefit beyond the life of the program.

10. Creative Communities projects
3. Creative Recovery Arts Corps
•$330K pilot project (2011–2012)
•Partnership between Arts Queensland and
Australia Council
•arts-led community recovery in the disaster-
affected regions of Ipswich, Lockyer Valley and
Cassowary Coast
•Creative Resilience Alliance engaged to
undertake project
•local teams of artists and arts/cultural workers
trained in ‘creative recovery’
•local projects to enhance community capacity,
disaster resilience and wellbeing
•resources and training will be developed

11. Creative Communities initiatives
Queensland Regional Arts and
Culture Conference
Conference held biennially.
The Artspoken conference held in
2011 in Bundaberg brought
together arts and cultural workers
from across the state to explore
new ideas in regional arts. EOI to
Councils to host in 2013.
Regional Arts and Culture
Awards
Inaugural awards delivered at
Artspoken 2011.
These awards help to realise the
artbeat strategy vision that sees
arts and culture at the heart of
regional communities.
Regional Arts and Culture Award recipients in 2011

12. Arts Queensland
Funding Programs
www.arts.qld.gov.au/funding

13. art+place Queensland Public Art Fund
art+place is designed to breathe new life into public spaces, buildings,
parks and facilities across the state.
Budget: $10 million over four years 2010-14
• Stream 1: requests over $400 000 to $2 000
000
• Stream 2: over $100 000 to $400 000
• Stream 3: $50 000 to $100 000
Co-contributions from non-state government
applicants
Curatorial Panel: seven members advise on
public art and assess applications
Highlights: major public art projects
• five artworks for Kangaroo Point Park
• International Cruise Ship Terminal Ports North
• Cairns-Brisbane Tilt Train
• Andy Goldsworthy Strangler Cairn Conondale
Scott Redford, The High/Perpetual Christmas, No
For more information visit: Abstractions, 2008. Collection: Queensland Art
Gallery|Gallery of Modern Art. Photograph:
www.artplace.arts.qld.gov.au Natasha Harth

14. Backing Indigenous Arts
Backing Indigenous Arts (BIA) is a Queensland Government initiative
started in 2007 to build a stronger, more sustainable and ethical Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander arts industry in Queensland. BIA is the only
state government initiative of its kind in the country. BIA supports all
artforms.
• Funding of $13.2 million until 2014-2015.
• Provides support for access to arts infrastructure,
professional development and creates pathways for
artists to showcase export ready work on the world
stage.
• Key programs include working with Indigenous art
centres, the establishment of the Cairns Indigenous
Art Fair, and the Cairns opening in 2009 of the
Djumbunji Press KickArts Fine Art Printmaking.
• The Queensland Indigenous Arts Marketing and
Export Agency (QIAMEA) - promotes Qld
Indigenous arts and artists through strategic
marketing and export initiatives internationally.

15. Career Development Grants
Career Development Grants support activities that provide a significant
and timely career development opportunity. They support professional
development activities that:
• Help practitioners advance their own career
• Develop skills or creative practice
• Raise their industry profile
• Provide significant benefits to the sector
• Represent a significant career milestone in
relation to past career achievements and future
plans
Grants of up to $5,000
Applications accepted all year
round, allowing five to eight weeks
processing time.

16. Successful CDG Example
Travis Dewan in 2012 - $1778
(Visual Arts, Craft and Design)
The grant funding will be used towards supporting a four week curatorial research
residency at 501 Artspace Chongqing, China with a view to creating ‘sister city’
networks and relationships for the applicant and his project, the Brisbane Emerging Art
Festival.
• The applicant has clearly articulated his proposed outcomes with clear potential to
become a catalyst of cultural exchange in the Queensland arts sector.
• The residency will continue the applicants’
career pathway towards becoming an
informed Queensland arts worker.
• This opportunity for the applicant to hone
his skills and form vital networks will benefit
the festival and the sector as it helps not
only to build his own career but will also
support activity developing a new
generation of Queensland arts and cultural
leaders.

17. Development and Presentation Grants
Development & Presentation Grants support one-off collaborative
projects that will result in excellent, innovative artistic work with public
outcomes and benefits for Queensland communities.
• The program is open to individuals, groups,
organisations and local government
authorities.
• Funding up to $50 000 per applicant is
available.
• Priority areas for 2012—Projects that
involve artists, cultural workers and/or
producers working in and with remote
communities. See heARTlands initiative in
artbeat strategy for more details.
Key dates
Round 1 closing date: 30 April 2012
Round 2 closing date: 31 August 2012

18. Successful DPG Example
Mt Morgan Museum - $28,160
(Creative Communities)
The grant funding was
used to research, design
and implement a local
Indigenous history
collection with the aim of
building community
inclusiveness via a
permanent display in the
social history collection
at Mt Morgan Museum.

19. Successful DPG Example
Scenic Rim Regional Council - $18,351
(Creative Communities)
The grant funding was used to improve promotion and engagement with participating
artists and associated cultural tourism activities that are part of the Studios and
Cultural Trails of the Scenic Rim initiative.

20. Artist in Residence Program
The AIR program gives artists an opportunity to broaden their experience
and share their skills, while providing school students, teachers and pre-
service teachers with greater exposure to the benefits of creative practice.
It creates opportunities for artists, teachers
and pre-service teachers to work together
on developing effective teaching methods
and practices for the arts.
• Queensland schools, pre-service teacher
training institutions, artists and artists’
organisations are eligible to apply.
• Minimum residency of 20 days or 100
hours in a Queensland school
Grants of up to $20 000
Key dates
Applications closing date: 30 March 2012

21. Some Tips for Grant Applications
• READ THE GUIDELINES
• RESPOND DIRECTLY THE SELECTION CRITERIA AND SECTOR
PLAN
• DEMONSTRATE QUALITY AND INNOVATION
• DEMONSTRATE OTHER SUPPORT FOR YOUR PROEJCT
• PROVIDE LETTERS OF SUPPORT
• PROVIDE ALL RELEVANT SUPPORT MATERIAL
(Quotes, Confirmation of Venue, CVs)

22. Evidence broad support for your project
To compete successfully, you need to demonstrate wide ranging industry
and sector support for your project. eg:
• diverse funding sources – share the risk
• Local government support
• presenting and/or producing partner
• arts sector and community support
• commercial business support & sponsorship
• Scoping surveys or rigorous research and consultation to inform
• the rationale for your project
Support material should include:
CV for key personnel, quotes, letters of commitment and confirmation from
all major partners including presenting partners and personnel involved in
the project, itineraries, reviews, and examples of work.

23. Outcome Reports
• Applicants who receive a grant are required to submit an
Outcome Report within four weeks of the end of their
project.
• TIP: When you start you project start the Outcome Report.
It’s much easier! As you achieve milestones write them
down.
• Applicants with grants that have overdue outcome reports or
who have not satisfactorily acquitted a previous grant, will be
ineligible for further assistance.

24. Other funding opportunities
• Australia Council
• Office for the Arts
• Regional Arts Fund (RAF)
• Events Queensland Regional
Development Program
• Brisbane City Council (Creative Sparks,
Lord Mayor's Young and Emerging
Artists Fellowships)
• Gambling Community Benefit Fund
• Jupiters Casino Community Benefit Fund
• Repair, Restore, Renew (RRR) Grant
Program
• Multicultural Affairs Queensland
• Festivals Australia
• Australian Artists' Grant

25. Contact Arts Queensland
For specific grant enquiries, ask to speak to the Arts Development Officer for your
artform.
Telephone: 07 3224 4896
Tollfree: 1800 175 531
Fax: 07 3224 4077
Tollfree fax: 1800 175 532
Email: reception@arts.qld.gov.au
Website: www.arts.qld.gov.au