Deadline: 1-Aug-22
Applications are now open for Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF), an annual partnership between the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland and Fraser Coast Regional Council.
RADF promotes the role and value of arts, culture and heritage as key drivers of diverse and inclusive communities and strong regions.
Priorities
- Supports locally produced arts and cultural activities that deliver value for the local community.
- Provides opportunities for local communities to participate in arts and cultural activities.
- Invests in professional, career and capacity development opportunities for local artists and arts practitioners to fuel creative innovation, creative skills, creative impact, creative places, a creative economy and creative futures.
- Fosters resilience and adaptive use of digital solutions to enable ongoing delivery of arts and cultural programs, entertainment and learning resources.
- Encourages safe, innovative initiatives to support mental wellness.
What does the RADF program support?
- Development and delivery of diverse, exciting and accessible arts and cultural projects for, by and with local communities.
- Value adding arts and culture to existing non–arts projects or activities that have potential to support the cross-pollination of new audiences and markets.
- Strategic arts and cultural projects that increase amenity, community pride and liveability of local areas.
- Regional projects that deliver cross–regional, intrastate and/or international arts and cultural outcomes.
- Professional, career and capacity development opportunities for local artists and arts practitioners.
- Engagement with significant community groups including but not limited to, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, young people, seniors and people experiencing disability.
- Recruitment of specialist expertise or professional arts experience to support, develop and/or produce arts and cultural outcomes.
- Support individuals and organisations who wish to engage in professional growth through concept development, grant writing techniques, budgeting and project implementation.
- Documentation and sharing stories of regional creatives and successful RADF projects to grow awareness of regional arts and the RADF program.
Funding Information
- Creative innovation – up to $5,000
- Creative skills – up to $3,000
- Creative impact – up to $15,000
- Creative places – up to $2,000
- Creative future – up to $3,000
- Creative stories – up to $3,000
Eligibility Criteria
- Individuals
- To be eligible to apply, individual applicants must be:
- an Australian citizen; or a permanent resident of Australia
- 18 years or older (under 18 years will require representation by a parent or guardian)
- a professional artist, emerging artist, arts practitioner, cultural worker or project coordinator
- based in the Fraser Coast Regional Council area; or able to demonstrate how the project will directly benefit arts and culture in the local council area
- an ABN holder; or able to obtain auspice by a suitable party; and
- have Public Liability Insurance; or able to obtain auspice by a suitable party
- To be eligible to apply, individual applicants must be:
- Organisations
- To be eligible to apply, organisations must:
- be able to demonstrate how the project will directly benefit arts and culture in the Fraser Coast Regional Council area.
- be an incorporated arts and/or cultural organisation; or an unincorporated organisation/not-for-profit, auspiced by an incorporated body
- have Public Liability Insurance.
- To be eligible to apply, organisations must:
For more information, visit https://www.ourfrasercoast.com.au/radf#categories