Six local artists have received a cash boost of $38,440 from Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) Grants.
The latest round of funding supports a number of diverse and interesting projects.
One recipient Paulie Maloney will use the grant to work with a group of local artists and creatives to document and create new work around a community of female surfers in Noosa.
“The funding will help provide these artists a platform to spread awareness for women in the surf and to show the work they’ve been doing,” Ms Maloney said.
With plans to involve local videographers, the women’s ocean documentary will further engage local creatives.
Other recipients were Pomona and District Community House, which will work with well-known zine artist, Jeremy Staples to provide a series of workshops and events to capture the voices of hinterland youth.
Studio 26 will use its RADF grant to create a season of professional development and networking events around reductive abstraction, which is a growing art form on the coast.
Cooroy-based ceramicist, Tania Edwards will bring Japanese master ceramicist, Kazuya Ishida to Arcadia Studio to deliver a number of woodfired ceramics events.
Cooroy-based gallery and social enterprise, Sonder Gallery will work with local First Nations artists to create professional development opportunities around their 2023 NAIDOC exhibition.
Pomona artist, Tia Carrigan will work with Pomona State School students and Landcare to create a mural featuring local flora and fauna at the school.
RADF chairperson Karen Finzel said, “We wish to grow a flourishing arts sector as we diversify the economy to elevate the Noosa Shire as a highly regarded creative cultural destination locally and across the globe. I see the RADF grants providing one of the many pathways to achieving this vision.”
The Regional Arts Development Fund is a partnership between the Queensland Government and Noosa Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland.
The next round of RADF grants will open on February 8. For more information, visit Council’s website at noosa.qld.gov.au
