Arts Queensland Resource Update - Issue 16 of 2014
- 19 Jun 2014
Leadership and Disability Forums
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 information sessions Brisbane
The Emerging and Experimental Arts section of the Australia Council invites you to an information session to learn more about the 2014 funding programs.
Information will include:
- inaugural Australia Council Fellowship for Emerging and Experimental Arts
- Creative Australia – New Art (Creative Development) initiative for ambitious and innovative new works
- Experimental Art Grants for projects at all scales and stages of development.
Australia Council will also give tips on how to submit a more competitive application, explain how the assessment process works and how you can get involved as a peer assessor. This information session is open to all artists, practitioners and managers working in experimental arts. June 26, 2014 from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM at the Cube QUT Gardens Point.
One-on-one sessions are also available with Pip Wittenoom, Program Manager of Emerging and Experimental Arts Australia Council on Friday 27 June2014 between 9 am and 5 pm.
Australian Evaluation Society: Application of Geographic Information Systems and mapping to evaluation
AES free lunchtime seminar on data visualisation methods which are receiving increasing attention in evaluation. Mapping data using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is one such method that has potential to increase communication and engagement of evaluation stakeholders through bringing meaning and relevance to evaluation data. Date and time: 23 July 2014, 12:30 to 1:30 pm
Venue: Community Meeting Room, Brisbane Square Library, Ground Level, 266 George Street, Brisbane
Tim Fairfax Family Foundation
The Tim Fairfax Family Foundation (TFFF) supports Australian charitable organisations and initiatives aimed at addressing the particular needs of communities in rural, remote and regional areas within Queensland and the Northern Territory in the areas of the arts, education and community. Applications can be made at any time.
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
New posts include:
- Arts Queensland's analysis of quantitative data from the annual reports of its funded small to medium arts and cultural organisations from 2005 to 2012 is now available.
- Sue Hackett, General Manager of the Australian Festival of Chamber Music provides her insights and experiences on engaging with the tourism industry.
- Read the case study about the Gold Coast Art Festival held in March 2014, new on the Arts for all Queenslanders case studies page.
- Arts Queensland wants to start a discussion about demand-driven frameworks – how they inform investment, planning, programming, development, growth and evaluation
- Sandra Fields shares her top tips for surveying audiences
Articles & Reports
- Sex equality must be pushed higher up the museum agenda Yasmin Khan The Guardian UK
- The art of Facebook: how to make the social network work for you The Guardian UK
- Touring Interactive Map AMPAG