ISAAC REGIONAL COUNCIL

Regional Arts
Development Fund (RADF)

Do you have an idea for a
PUBLIC ARTS PROGRAM?

 Are you an ARTIST wanting to
DEVELOP skills through eligible TRAINING?

Do you belong to a group
that wants to HOLD A WORKSHOP with a provider?

Do you have an
ARTS OR CULTURAL PROJECT
that may be eligible for funding?

The Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) is a grants Program to fund arts and culturally focused projects and training.  The program is a partnership between the State Government and Isaac Regional Council.

The purpose of the RADF Program is to support professional artists and artsworkers to practise their art, for and with communities, resulting in mutual development of the professional artists/artsworkers and communities in regional Queensland.

Arts Queensland’s and Isaac Regional Counci’sl vision for the RADF program is to:

• promote the professional development and employment of arts and cultural workers in regional Queensland
• foster the creation of innovative works that reflect the cultural diversity of regional Queensland and support traditional practices where they have significance for communities
• advocate for a regional culture that values artists and arts and cultural development
• develop community capacity by skilling regional Queenslanders in arts and cultural practices
• contribute to the building of sustainable cultural industries
• improve the quality of life of regional and rural communities through community cultural development
• contribute to regional planning through ongoing support for the development of arts and cultural policies
• make access to arts and cultural activities more equitable by focusing on social justice areas including youth, artists with disabilities, culturally diverse groups and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Queensland.
  
  

Isaac Regional Council offers three RADF funding rounds each year. Funding rounds for the 2009/2010 financial year are as follows:

• Round One

For projects/activities to be held in September, October, November, December 2009 and January and February 2010

Submissions close – 7^th August 2009

• Round Two

For projects/activities to be held in March, April, May and June 2010

Submissions close – 11^th December 2009.

• Round Three

For projects/activities to be held in July, August, September and October 2010

Submissions close 25^th June 2010.

Applications are invited from organizations and individuals in the Isaac Regional Shire in any of these funding rounds.

RADF Application kits are available at all Isaac Regional Council Offices and Libraries or you may download an application kit below.

Arts Queensland   or RADF Application Kit

For more information or to request an application kit contact Jennifer Clarck on 4964 5408, mobile 0427 147 493 or email jennifer.clark@isaac.qld.gov.au