Arts Queensland Resources Update – issue 5 of 2015
- 27 Feb 2015
Regional Arts Fund
The Regional Arts Fund is an Australian Government initiative that supports sustainable, community-based cultural development in regional, remote and isolated areas of Australia. Round 1 2015 of the Community Projects Grants closes on 16 March for projects commencing after 1 August 2015. It is anticipated that the majority of grants awarded in this category will be for short-term projects in the range of $10,000 to $15,000.
2015 Queensland Reconciliation Awards
Do you know a business, community organisation, educational institution, local council, partnership or project working towards reconciliation in Queensland? Nominate now in the 2015 Queensland Reconciliation Awards. There’s a total of $25,000 in prize money. Nominations close 6 March 2015.
Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade – Grants for projects with China, Japan, Korea
This year the annual grant rounds of the Australia-China Council (ACC), the Australia-Japan Foundation (AJF) and the Australia-Korea Foundation (AKF) will launch online on 27 February 2015. These Australian Government advisory and funding bodies are dedicated to strengthening the cultural, education, business, and more broadly, people-to-people relations between Australia and China, Japan and Korea respectively. In 2015-16, the ACC, AJF and AKF will deliver approximately $700,000 each in grants for organisations and individuals. The ACC, AJF and AKF invite interested organisations and individuals from all over Australia to apply online. For further information and to apply go to:
Australia Council grants
Australia Council 2015 grants programs – rounds close on 3 March, 2 June, 1 September and 1 December 2015 and potential applicants are encouraged to contact Australia Council to seek guidance on formulating your proposal. The funding categories are:
- Development Grants for Individuals and Groups – $5,000 – $25,000
- Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups – $10,000 – $50,000
- Arts Projects – Organisations – $10,000 to $150,000
- Six Year Funding – Organisations
The Artists with Disability Funding program is currently open closing 3 March 2015.
Articles & Reports
- 4114.0 – Attendance at Selected Cultural Venues and Events, Australia, 2013-14 Australian Bureau of Statistics
- What can crowdfunding offer the arts beyond money? The Guardian UK
- If copyright’s a dud, what business models do work for creatives? Nicholas Sheppard The Conversation
- Ed Miliband: Labour will put arts at ‘the heart’ of government Nick Clark The Independent UK
- Creative Industries worth £8.8 million an hour to UK economy Department for Culture Media & Sport UK
If you found this update useful you might also be interested in these new posts on this blog:
- Is Art only for the Posh? – Mark Robinson discusses the role of diversity in creating resilience
- Queenslanders are actively participating in the arts – participation statistics from the Arts in Daily Life: Queenslanders and the Arts survey
- Case study – Vis and Ramin is a new work by Iranian-Australian theatre collective Baran resulting from creative development at Metro Arts
- Arts Acumen – Anna Marsden, CEO of Queensland Ballet shares from her experience heading up one of Queensland’s major arts companies and offers great advice on long term business planning, finding a point of difference and how to structure your business plan so that you will actually use it.
- The Rings of Value – the arts and culture value story is like an onion with rings of data that evidence value creation. This post sets out the importance of data and has links to useful data sets.
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