Deadline: 6-Mar-23
The Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) Activate Arts program is now open for applications to support Gold Coast creative individuals, organisations, community, and collectives to deliver arts and cultural activity across all art forms and supports artists at all stages of their career.
Activate Arts supports arts and culture-based activities that have a clear connection to the Gold Coast and deliver artistic excellence, community benefit, collaboration, sustainability, and innovation.
Objectives
The RADF objectives are to support local arts and cultural activities that:
- provide public value for Queensland communities
- build local cultural capacity, cultural innovation, and community pride
- deliver Queensland Government’s objectives for the community.
Aims
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RADF programs aim to:
- support a richness of cultural experiences that celebrate and express our City’s diversity
- increase opportunities and audiences for cultural product in the city, with more locals participating in arts and culture
- support professional and emerging local artists to develop skills, networks, and profile
- support excellent contemporary practice, creative collaborations, and sustainable outcomes
- grow the number of people employed in local creative industries, and grow and diversify our economy through creative enterprise
- grow the city’s reputation for cultural tourism and unique visitor experiences.
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Applications that address the following will strongly align with the Culture Strategy 2023:
- new ways of engaging young people in arts and culture
- developing and promoting First Nations culture and heritage
- supporting our artists and creative industries to explore new and emerging digital platforms
- providing opportunity for the city’s culturally diverse population to express their culture and connect to community.
Funding Information
- Funding of up to $15,000 per application is available.
Eligible Activities
Funding supports diverse and enterprising arts and cultural projects of all kinds, including:
- the creation, development and/or presentation of work
- opportunities to connect with and develop new audiences/markets
- collaborations that develop innovative and quality arts and cultural experiences
- activities that build the capacity of the local arts and cultural sector
- initiatives that activate existing community and cultural infrastructure
- the exploration of new and emerging digital platforms
- other eligible arts and cultural projects in any art form.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible:
- applicants must be a Gold Coast resident (individuals/collectives) / based on the Gold Coast (organisations) OR the project being applied for must have significant outcomes on the Gold Coast and must benefit the Gold Coast community
- applicants must have an Australian Business Number (ABN) in the name of the applicant
- individual applicants/collectives must be Australian citizens or permanent residents
- applicants must be, or engage, practicing artists or arts professionals.
Ineligible
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The following applicants are not eligible to apply:
- applicants that received a RADF Activate Arts grant in 2022 (applicants cannot receive consecutive year funding)
- organisations funded through Stream Two of the Arts Organisations Triennial Funding Program and Council entities and strategic partner organisations~ — however, these entities can partner on projects
- applicants that have not completed and acquitted any previous RADF funded projects
- applicants who are current employees of City of Gold Coast Council.
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Individual applicants who are current employees of:
- an organisation funded through the Arts Organisations Triennial Funding Program
- a Council entity
- a strategic partner organisation
For more information, visit City of Gold Coast.