Projects including visual arts, community construction, theatre and workshops are among eleven successful projects in the latest Regional Arts Development Fund grant round from Cairns Regional Council.

$75,000 from the Fund, a partnership between the Queensland Government and regional councils, we will see a number of regional projects receive a much needed boost.
 
Successful RADF grant recipients are:

Michael Marzik - $11 546
The artist will produce series of photographic portraits of practising Cairns Artists, to be presented at Kick Arts.

Kuranda Arts Co-op - $4631
A qualified curator will be engaged to work with 10 local artists to host a large-scale exhibition at Kick Arts.

Arts Nexus - $8707
Business Development Workshops for the participants of Culture Muster 2013.

Yasmini Kemen - $4800
A community construction event in Machans Beach -El-Barco – The Boat.

Sasi Victoire - $5000
Experimentation and preliminary preparations towards the exhibition  Water-mark.

Julie McEnerny - $7681
Production of a botanical artwork exhibition – Super-foods of the Tropics

Eva Wanganeen - $8700
Researching pattern development and design application techniques to fit patterns suitable for resort wear.

CADCAI - $5200
To engage a professional consultant to identify the storage and display needs for CADCAI's proposed Chinese Cultural and Heritage Centre.

Nathan David Kelly - $4500
The Road North is a photographic documentation of the people, places and architecture between Cairns and Townsville.

Knock-Knock Contemporary Artists Initiative - $2575
A curator will be engaged for an exhibition featuring work of both emerging and established female artists form the Cairns region and interstate.

JUTE - $11 660
To employ and develop regional theatre-makers to generate quality, distinctively regional work to export nationally and internationally.

“All of these projects contribute to the creative fabric of the Cairns region and help our artists gain recognition on a wider scale,” Mayor Bob Manning said.

Arts Minister Ros Bates said the Regional Arts Development Fund supported more than 3000 arts and cultural projects each year in communities across the state.