7-Feb-2010
On behalf of the Board of Regional Arts Australia, President Julie Boyd has congratulated Mr Ken Lloyd for his award of ‘Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia’, as part of the 2010 Australia Day Honour’s List.
25-Jan-2010 JUMP is the first program of its kind to support young artists anywhere in Australia to work with industry leaders across a wide range of artforms.
Thirty six mentorship places of up to 10 months each are available this year for artists aged 18 – 30 and in the first five years of their career. More mentorships are available in 2011 and 2012.
Applications close Friday, 26 February 2010.
25-Jan-2010 Arts Minister Peter Garrett is calling on musicians to apply for Contemporary Music Touring Program funding so they can take their music to the regions.
Bands have until 5 February 2010 to apply under the current round.
11-Jan-2010 Festivals Australia is an Australian Government funding program designed to assist the presentation of arts and cultural activities at Australian regional and community festivals. The emphasis is on supporting new projects, which add to the quality and diversity of the arts and cultural programming of regular regional and community festivals.
The next funding round closes on 15 February 2010, for projects beginning after 1 July 2010.
8-Dec-2009 Innovation and Business Skills Australia, the Industry Skills Council for the Cultural and related industries, has just commenced a project to develop new higher level national qualifications in the areas of Visual Arts and Craft, Ceramics, Graphic Design (Diploma, Advanced Diploma etc)
23-Nov-2009 Regional Arts Australia has today released its goals for the next five years. After consulting with people across the country the views of regional Australians will be considered during a Regional Arts Australia National Roundtable Conference.
23-Nov-2009 Over $1.6 million will be distributed to regional communities in the latest round of the Australian Government’s Regional Arts Fund. 87 projects will be funded in communities across regional and remote Australia in all states.
16-Nov-2009 The National Institute for Rural and Regional Australia (NIRRA) at the Australian National University, invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for two Honours Scholarships available from 22 February 2010.
16-Nov-2009 Program announced for the Regional Arts Australia Volunteer Awards 2010. The Regional Arts Australia Volunteer Awards recognise, reward and encourage regionally-based artists and cultural volunteers who have made a substantial contribution to the arts in regional communities in Australia.
11-Nov-2009 The expressions of interest and call for presentations for Junction 2010 is now open. Expressions of interest are invited for creative concepts, projects, ideas, workshops, interactive events and presentations that respond to the conference core themes.
16-Oct-2009 Queensland Arts Council Chair Julie Boyd is the new President of Regional Arts Australia, following the key national body’s annual general meeting in Brisbane on 15 October
12-Oct-2009 Launceston, October 12th, 2009: Tasmania’s Minister for the Arts, Michelle O’Byrne today officially announced the title of the seventh Regional Arts Australia national conference: “Junction 2010- connecting the future’ and unveiled the conference logo and website.
18-Sep-2009 Arts Minister Peter Garrett has just announced the launch of a new Australia Council for the Arts program which will allow arts graduates to apply for grants of up to $10,000 to help build their art businesses.
18-Sep-2009 Arts Minister Peter Garrett has announced more than $3 million in Playing Australia funding for 19 performing arts companies to tour regional Australia
30-Jun-2009 Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, the Hon Peter Garrett AM has today announced funding for communities, artists and arts groups across large areas of rural and remote Australia who will benefit from the latest round of the Australian Government’s Regional Arts Fund. Over $500,000 has been allocated to 60 projects in the latest project round.