Regional Arts Development Fund

The RADF program promotes the professional development and employment of arts and cultural workers in regional Queensland. It is a partnership program between Arts Queensland and Council. Council makes a bid for funding from Arts Queensland. Local arts and cultural workers’ can apply to Council for funding for; professional services, travel costs to attend seminars, productions, exhibitions, workshops, research and promotion. The elected RADF committee make recommendations to Council for allocation of funds.

Scenic Rim Regional Council Arts and Cultural Policy (Large Document)

Funding Available

During each funding round, individuals and organisations are encouraged to seek assistance for:

• Professional services and amateur arts activity.
• Travel costs for artists attending specialised seminars/workshops for Individual Professional Development.
• Professional components of projects such as residencies, productions, commissions, exhibitions, short term workshops, research and promotion.
• Networking, training and professional development for local artworkers
• Cultural policy development and implementation.

Download the RADF Overview here.

Scenic Rim Regional Arts Development Fund

RADF 2012/2013 Major Grant Round One - Opens 1 August 2012

Grant Round One will close COB Friday 17 September 2012 for projects that commence after 1 December 2012 through into the following year.

2011/2012 Round 1 - Successful Grant Recipients

Council approved a totoal of $29,615 as follows:

Rebecca Andersen (Cultural Tourism) $11,840 - To stage a knitted, knotted or crocheting installation in Doughty Park, created by the local community.
Christine Grimmett (BADCAP) (Building Community Cultural Capacity) $4,300 - Sculpture in the Grove, a feature event to be held at Arts in the Olives 2012. To showcase a variety of sculptural artforms and to offer workshops to encourage the creation sculptures in stone, iron, fibre, clay and ephemeral works.

Julie Valenzuela (Concept Development) $4,500 - Writing, directing, rehearsing and producing works to be performed at Boonah Cultural Centre. The works are the result of collaboration between interstate dancers and a local singer/songwriter.

Peter Kuttner (Contemporary Collections/Stories) $8,975 - To take 13 years of unedited video footage (showcasing biodiversity of Tamborine Mountain and surrounding regions) shot in a variety of formats: to edit, reformat and timecode reference the footage so that it can be archived by the State Library of Queensland.

To view RADF 2010/2011 Successful Grant Recipients please click here.

Grant Recipients

Grant recipients are expected to:

• Expend money in the approved manner.
• Seek approval from the RADF committee for any changes to the purpose of the grant.
• Provide the appropriate acquittal, including artistic and financial reports, to the RADF Committee.

Funding Information

On behalf of Council and Arts Queensland, individuals and community groups are invited to apply for arts funding. Funds are available for professional development and special projects.
When funding becomes available, local arts and cultural workers are encouraged to make application to Council for funds for: Professional Services; Travel costs to attend seminars; Productions; Exhibitions; Workshops; Research and Promotion.
The elected RADF committee make recommendations to Council for allocation of funds. Applicants are notified if they are successful.
Artists can download an application form from the arts queensland website.

RADF Committee Members