Positive Communities
How we support Queensland communities:
Queensland Arts Council has been supporting Queensland's regional communities since 1961. We present, fund and facilitate community arts and cultural development across the State.
We get this done by:
- Supporting a network of 60 community organisations, Local Arts Councils, including almost 300 on-the-ground, volunteer regional arts champions.
- Managing and developing funding programs for community arts projects.
- Presenting cultural development forums for community arts delegates in the form of our Regional Forum series
- Facilitating regional artists to develop performances from start to finish, with the artistic guidance of professional writers and theatre-workers. This was our Playing for Queensland series.
- Developing a series of specially tailored artists-in-residence projects that work primarily with Indigenous youth to explore serious issues affecting their lives, such as anti-social behaviour and alienation, through creative expression. This is our Reconnect program.
- Developing ArtsYakka, an online resource of practical information, ideas, web links, guides, tips, case studies and templates to help regional arts champions grow their communities’ creative engagement.
- Subsidizing performances to around 900 small and remote schools each year.
- Presenting, funding or facilitating around 100 arts projects in remote and isolated communities each year.
- Contributing to the employment of 1,300 artists and arts workers for a total 1,500 touring weeks.
- Travelling over 400,000 kilometres to ensure all Queenslanders have access to quality arts experiences regardless of their geographical location.
Use the links from the points above to find areas of interest, or use the menu on the left-hand side of this page.
If you want to join us in providing arts for Queensland communities, find out how in Get Involved.
Image credit: Fire It Up received over $9,000 from the Regional Arts Fund to hold workshops in fire performance, culminating in an event at the Village Festival 2007 in Yepoon. The project was designed for teens in the Yeppoon region, including youth at risk.
