Excitement grows as Alice Springs prepares for art at the heart this October A rare chance to see inside the lives of the Arrernte people of the Alice Springs region and gain an insight into their cultural and artistic practices will be one of many opportunities open to delegates at art at the heart, Regional Arts Australia’s 6th biennial conference, to be held in Alice Springs from 3 to 5 October. [Read More] Queensland Arts Council CEO on Queen’s  Birthday Honours List Queensland Arts Council’s CEO and Artistic Director, Arthur Frame has been recognised for his services to the performing arts and to regional communities in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List announced on Monday.  He is one of 22 Queenslanders to receive an AM (Member of the Order of Australia). [Read More] Playing Miss Havisham is set to delight Queensland audiences Following a highly successful New Zealand tour, Queensland Arts Council’s Ontour onstage presents the wondrous and intimate Playing Miss Havisham, a classic tale of expectations spliced with modern and cheeky twists that are delightfully unexpected. [Read More] 2008 On the Up and Up program launches in Mount Isa Over 50 regional Queensland teens are taking part this month in an innovative new program which focuses on social cohesion for ‘youth at risk’. The program, currently held in Mount Isa, is initiated by Queensland Arts Council and involves a series of workshops and performances aimed to develop self-evaluation skills and social transition. [Read More] Ontour onstage presented the hit play Walking by Apple Tree Creek free to over 250 Emerald residents on Tuesday 4 March. Emerald was devastated by flood after the Nogoa River broke its banks and joined with heavy rainfall in the Central Queensland town. QLD Premier Anna Bligh becomes QAC Vice Patron Queensland Arts Council is delighted to announce that the Honourable Anna Bligh has become our Vice Patron. [Read more] art at the heart Regional Conference Following the success of The Pacific Edge conference in 2006, it's now the Northern Territory's turn to host Regional arts Australia's national biennial conference.  [Read more] So You Think Jack Can Dance? One of Queensland Arts Council's favourite artists, Jack Chambers, has made it to the Top 10 of the Australian series of So You Think You Can Dance. [Read more] Ontour onstage 2008 Season brochure out now! Outlining all 22 shows touring the state with the program, full colour and full of town by town itineraries for each tour, you have no excuse for not being lovingly filled with arts in 2008. [Read more]   A passport to safety Students in Mackay have commenced a series of documentaries as an effort to educate Australian youth in the issues of workplace health and safety in tribute to their peer, who was tragically killed in a workplace accident in 2005. [Read more]   QAC Summer Newsletter Click here to download your copy of the QAC Summer newsletter to find out what's happening in Queensland over Summer, and to get the whole wrap-up of QAC from 2007.