Australia: Regional Arts Development Fund

Deadline: 29-Oct-21

The Rockhampton Regional Council is seeking appications for Regional Arts Development Fund to promote the role and value of arts, culture and heritage as key drivers of diverse and inclusive communities and strong regions.

RADF invests in local arts and cultural priorities, as determined by local communities, across Queensland.

The Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) is delivered as a partnership between the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland and eligible local councils across the state. The RADF is a flexible fund, enabling local councils to tailor RADF programs to suit the needs of their communities.

Objectives

RADF objectives are to support arts and cultural activities that:
- provide public value for Queensland communities
- build local cultural capacity, cultural innovation and community pride
- deliver the Queensland Government’s objectives for the community.
RADF is not intended to be used as the main income source for any professional artists or arts worker or for recurrent funding of projects or organisations, (e.g. for the same component of the same event every year.)

Priorities

Regional Partnerships
- To encourage innovative and energising arts projects where artists, communities and councils work together in their community, or in partnership with another community, to achieve enhanced outcomes.
RADF will prioritize projects that can demonstrate a partnership between:

Artists and local industry
Artists and community arts organisations
Artists and non-arts community organisations
Cross council collaborations

Categories

Quick Response Grant
- For any project or activity that requires funding outside of the grant rounds.
- Assistance is available for up to 65% of the total costs to a maximum of $1000
Development Grant
- This grant covers the following activities:
  - Professional career development
  - Skills development workshops
  - Concept development
  - Creative development of new work
- Assistance is available for up to 65% of the totals costs to a maximum of $5,000.

Project Grant
- This grant covers the following activities
  - Exhibitions
  - Performances
  - Festivals and events
  - Public presentations
- Assistance is available for up to 80% of the totals costs to a maximum of $10,000.

RADF Funding could support

Development and delivery of diverse, exciting and accessible arts and cultural activities, projects and initiatives for, by and with local communities
Value adding arts and culture into existing non-arts projects or events that could support growing new audiences or markets
Strategic arts and culture initiatives in local communities
Initiatives or programs to deliver cross-cultural arts and cultural outcomes
Professional, career and skills development opportunities for local artists and arts workers
Engagement of key target groups – youth, new arrivals and outer regional communities
Contract of expertise to develop and/or produce arts and cultural outcomes

Eligiblity Criteria

The following categories of individuals and organisations can apply for a RADF grant:

Individual professional artists, emerging professional artists, artsworkers, cultural workers and project coordinators who:
- Are based in the Rockhampton Region, or those based outside the Council Regional that are able to demonstrate how the project will directly benefit arts and culture in the Council area.
- Are permanent residents or Australia citizens
- Have an Australian Business Number (ABN) or who will be auspiced by and incorporated organisation or individual with an ABN
Organisations: Incorporated arts and cultural organisations based in the Council area. Eligible organisations include arts and cultural not-for-profit organisations and Australian companies that are either based in Queensland or able to demonstrate how their project will directly benefit Queensland arts and culture.
- Organisations must be registered under law as either incorporated associations or a company limited by guarantee.
- One person must be nominated as the accountable representative of the collective for management, reporting and financial matters.
Groups: Collectives or cooperatives are community groups or groups of artists that are not incorporated but must be auspiced by an incorporated organisation including Local Government, or an individual with an ABN.