Arts Queensland Resource Update Issue 17
- 30 Jun 2014
Arts Queensland – Projects and Programs Fund
The Projects and Programs Fund is now open and closing on 1 August 2014 for projects and programs occurring in 2015. Applications for up to $60,000 can be made for projects or programs of activities by an individual, organisation or collective investing in vibrant arts and cultural experiences for Queenslanders.
Valuing Diversity Grants Program
The Valuing Diversity Grants Program offers grants to assist eligible organisations to deliver events that promote positive community relations, and strengthen Queenslanders’ understanding of cultural diversity and its benefits. Applications open in July every year for events being held in the following year.
BoardConnect – Webinar: Developing alliances and collaborations in the NFP sector: tricks and traps
With funding increasingly difficult to secure, the concept of teaming up with other organisations is being considered by many non-profits. This session will identify some of the drivers for approaching an alliance or collaboration, models to structure arrangements – including for possible mergers – and what might be needed to ensure the initiative is a success. To be held Monday 14 July 2014 3 pm to 4 pm. Free for Queensland arts organisations with an annual turnover of <$500,000 (subsidised by Arts Queensland), and $75+GST for other arts organisations.
Australia Council for the Arts – Jo Verrent Leadership and Disability Forum
Specialising in the development of diversity and access, Jo Verrent will be speaking in Brisbane. Jo is a UK artist, consultant and producer with disability who is the cofounder of Sync, a training program that focuses on the interplay between leadership and disability that provides a fresh perspective and challenges deep seated thinking about leadership. Please RSVP below by Friday 28 June 2014.
Date and time: Monday 7 July, 5:30-7:00pm
Venue: Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Cnr Grey and Melbourne Streets, South Bank
RSVP: events@australiacouncil.gov.au
Australia Council for the Arts – Community Relevance Guide
The Australia Council for the Arts developed the Community Relevance Guide to support arts organisations to create meaningful connections with communities. Within the Guide there are five stages of Community Relevance. Each stage contains questions to consider followed by practical information for action. http://www.cr.australiacouncil.gov.au/
Accelerate Ideas
Accelerate Ideas grants help Queensland-based organisations to demonstrate the commercial viability of a new or existing idea (i.e. a product, service, process or system). To be eligible, your project must include a partnering arrangement between a business and a public research organisation.
You can apply if your project is:
- close to market entry
- demand driven
- contributing to business growth
- overcoming barriers to commercialisation
- providing potential investment opportunities.
Grants of between $25,000 and $50,000 (including GST) are available. These will be paid as a co-contribution to project expenditure over a maximum time frame of 18 months. Your business must match the Accelerate Ideas grant with a cash contribution.
Australia Council grants
http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/grants
Grant programs closing in July/August include:
Market Development – Art Fare; International markets (Music Managers); International showcase (Music Makers); Hopscotch; Festivals Australia Regional Festivals Project Fund
Theatre – Australia Council Fellowship; Artform and Sector Development; New Work Creative Development; New Work Production; Skills Development;
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts – Projects; Skills and Arts Development; Indigenous Arts Worker; Australia Council Fellowship; Dreaming Award; Red Ochre Award
Community Partnerships – Kirk Robson Award; Ros Bower Award; Australia Council Fellowships
Dance – Australia Council Fellowship; Cite Residency; Creative Development New Work; Artform Development
Emerging and Experimental Arts – Australia Council Fellowship
Literature – Australia Council Fellowship; Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature
Music – Contemporary Music Touring Program; Don Banks Music Award; Peggy Glanville-Hicks Residency; Project Fellowships; Australia Council Fellowships
Visual Arts – Visual Arts Award; Australia Council Fellowship; Skills and Arts Development Residencies; Presentation and Promotion: Visual Arts; Skills and Arts Development: General;
Arts for All Queenslanders Strategy
The Strategy is a digital interactive strategy.
New posts include:
- Culture Champion Svenja Kratz describes her exploration of the intersections between art and science
- Jo Verrent lives the principle of the Arts for all Queenslanders strategy that embracing diversity gives us an edge.
- Sally Baisden describes a project run by the Police Citizen’s Youth Club resulting in two exhibitions during National Youth Week
- Fiona Maxwell provides tips for arts organisations seeking to build relationships with the philanthropic sector
- Leonie Sanderson describes crowd sourced and crowd funded approaches to creative engagement with communities
Articles and Reports
- Wisdom or Madness? Comparing Crowds with Expert Evaluation in Funding the Arts Ethan R. Mollick and Ramana Nanda Havard Business School http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/7551.html
- National Arts and Health Framework Standing Council on Health and the Meeting of Cultural Ministers http://mcm.arts.gov.au/article/national-arts-and-health-framework-released
- Ten global R&D projects that are changing arts and culture The Guardian UK http://www.theguardian.com/culture-professionals-network/culture-professionals-blog/2014/jun/20/global-research-development-projects-arts-culture?CMP=new_1194
- My audience, our audience Stuart Nicolle and Hannah Mitchell Arts Professional http://www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/274/article/my-audience-our-audience
Contact Linda Dreghorn on linda.dreghorn@arts.qld.gov.au if you have any items you would like to have included in the regular resource update.