Indelabilityarts reflects on the inclusive model its developed by working with artists and people with a disability

Surveying clients using paper-based surveys is business as usual for Flying Arts Alliance Inc. CEO, Kerryanne Farrer reflects on what the organisation learnt about surveying educator workshops using Culture Counts' digital platform as part of Arts Queensland's 2016 pilot.

Blue Roo Theatre Company Inc. was one of 10 companies to participate in the 2016 Culture Counts pilot. Clark Crystal reflects on how Culture Counts helped Blue Roo to measure their ability to connect with their community.

Cassandra Ramsay and Edwin Parra share insights gained in using Culture Counts in surveying audiences for UPLIT’s two events – INSPIRE Festival and Brisbane Writers Festival 2016.

Vanessa Gillian, General Manager, Cairns Indigenous Art Fair talks about her organisation's involvement in Arts Queensland's 2016 Culture Counts pilot and what they learned about audience diversity and how peer and public views compare . . .

Sarah Houbolt considers how we ensure that creative success for people with disability is not just a once-off rarity or token act of good will. It all starts with access and attitude...

Louise Campbell shares the insights Culture Counts has provided Red Ridge as organisers of the Channel Country Ladies Day 2016 held annually in remote Queensland . . .

Fiona Vuibeqa and Lara Russell discuss the new Green Arts category in the Mackay Regional Arts Development fund….

Shelley Pisani reflects on the valuable new insights Creative Regions has gained from using Culture Counts . . .

Luke Harriman, Creative Broker arTour, is the go-to-guy for getting your production tour-ready, finding funding and knowing your audience. We sat down with Luke to pick his brain about all things touring… 

Chris Fisher and Abby Smith Fisher talk about the development of Destination Blues, a Queensland musical steam train experience.

Madonna Davies from Full Throttle Theatre in Townsville talks about the inclusive community project the Lullaby Movement….

Janelle Insley and Tony Coonan talk about the Reminiscence Program at the Cobb+Co Museum and the impact it has been having in aged care facilities in Toowoomba.

Liz Bleechmore from Noosa Library Services talks about Behind Queensland Words celebration.

Queensland artist Maryann Talia Pau is collecting one million individually weaved stars from across the globe to form an impressive installation with a powerful message.

James Alley talks about the mural project he has just completed with young people at the Brisbane Youth Detention Centre.

Melissa Lanham traces the development of her dance work, Vincent, from a small RADF grant to national and international touring interest…

Dr Jude Pippen shares her experience of volunteering at The Old Ambulance Station for volunteer week.

As part of Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Month we talk to Ann Alcock from PhotoVoice Australia about her reflections on the role photography can play in breaking the silence on domestic violence. 

To mark Youth Week Grace Jarvis, winner of the Queensland Theatre Companies Young Playwright Award, writes about her experience as a young writer.

DRASTIC  “A place I can just be me - even when I don’t know what that is” Libby Harward talks about the DRASTIC program and the impact it is having...

Brentley Frazer from Bareknuckle Poet Journal of Letters talks about poetry and how Bareknuckle are celebrating World Poetry Day...

To celebrate Harmony Day, we asked three dancers from China who are now performers with the Queensland Ballet about their experience of living and working in Australia.

This week on Happy Mondays, we feature Alison Shaw, Arts and Cultural Officer at Blackall Tambo Regional Council…

In this week's Happy Mondays we talk with Stephen Clark....

In this week's Happy Mondays we talk with Deborah Murphy...

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Louise Campbell from Red Ridge talks about the Lost Art Project in central Queensland…

At the recent Queensland Literary Awards, Libby Connors received the Queensland Premier’s Award for a Work of State Significance for her book, Warrior: A legendary leader’s dramatic life and violent death on the colonial frontier. We asked Libby to write about the importance of telling stories of local Aboriginal history and the writing techniques she used to bring the characters to life:

In this week's Happy Mondays, we talk to Megan McGrath...

Ayla was awarded the 2014 Billy Thorpe Scholarship. She describes how the award has impacted on her career… 

Mackay-based Jodie Connolly shares her experiences in sustaining a career in the arts…

This week's Happy Monday is Rebecca Jensen...

Adrienne Ward tells us about how Creative Gladstone is helping to build vitality in the region’s arts community.

This week in Happy Mondays, we talk to Lynne Seear....

Executive Director of the Queensland Theatre Company, Sue Donnelly, explains the ‘why’ and the ‘how’ of developing a Reconciliation Action Plan.....

At Arts Queensland we’ve started the journey to make our blog posts accessible to the widest possible spectrum of readers. Here’s some points to consider in making your own website more accessible:

As part of Mental Health Week 2015, Andrew Gibbs, Creative Director of Human Ventures, shares his experience of delivering a mental health digital storytelling and advocacy project on the Gold Coast. 

Michael Balfour is the Professor and Chair of Applied and Social Theatre at Griffith University whose research is in the social applications of theatre. For Mental Health Week, we asked Michael to write about his work using arts-based approaches to explore the issues facing returning military personnel
 

Of the more than 4000 pieces of legislation that may impact on a board, we look at the four statutory requirements that not-for-profit directors should know about...

Abby Johnson shares her personal professional development journey as an independent dance artist…

Rachel Gaffney-Dawson talks about the Camera Wanderers program at Access Arts and the artists involved...

Disability Action Week is being celebrated from 13-19 September this year. The aim is to empower people with disability, raise awareness of disability issues, and improve access and inclusion throughout the wider community. We thought we’d share some recent data about arts and cultural participation to stimulate thinking about how we can better engage disabled artists, audiences and carers.

Brisbane based artist Lucas Stibbard tells us about his work, some of his favourite things and his Mondays…..
 

From an Asialink residency in Phnom Penh to an exhibition in Logan, Pip Kelly talks about the development of the Jorng Jam project and exhibition and how it has involved Cambodian-Australians

In 2013, Gary Thorpe from 4MBS wrote about the benefits of Silver Memories program. Two years on Gary talks about the changes that have been occurring with Silver Memories and how they will be marking Seniors Week

Pat Swell, CEO, shares Access Arts’ experience of the Culture Counts platform, used to gather audience and artist insights from the Undercover Artist Festival…

In this week’s Happy Mondays, we talk to Kyle Page,  Artistic Director and dancer

Instigator of Textile Beat, a Brisbane-based social enterprise with strong rural connections, Jane Milburn shares her passion for slow fashion – what she describes as ‘fashion with a conscience’.

Vivien Harris shares her passion for Brisbane as a Brisbane Greeter and tells how the Greeters program enriches everyone’s experience of the city, including its vibrant cultural life.

Liesel Zink shares her experiences of Dance Massive and the National Dance Forum.

Deb Suckling shares her journey as a song writer in capturing the heartfelt experiences of what it means to be a soldier’s wife.

While contemplating what a thriving music industry might look like in five to ten years from now, QMusic Executive Officer Joel Edmondson proposes greater collaboration is needed to solve the music industry’s biggest challenges.

Artistic Director Todd MacDonald explains why La Boite Theatre which is celebrating its 90^th birthday this year has survived and thrived for so long.

Theresa Famularo shares some insights into the role of the independent producer in generating work for artists and developing new audiences for contemporary arts.

This week in Happy Mondays, Barbara Piscitelli share some of her favourite arts spaces in Queensland and her most interesting work experience in 2015…

Queensland Museum exhibition curators Michael Aird and Mandana Mapar celebrate NAIDOC Week 2015 through mementoes and stories of shared life experiences and with a deep love of and respect for culture

Paul Osuch from Anywhere Festival talks about his experience with different audience surveying platforms, including Culture Counts… 

Today marks the sixth Social Media Day – a day to recognise and celebrate social media’s impact on communication. To mark the occasion we’ve published a couple of quick tips you might like to consider when starting or reviewing your social media account….

This week in Happy Mondays, Jane O’Hara shares her passion for the Writers + Ideas program at the Brisbane Powerhouse.

Today in Happy Mondays we share recommendations, thoughts and the current work of David Fenton, CEO of Metro Arts in Brisbane…

The Wondai Regional Art Gallery has grown from a small gallery to being a cultural hub for the whole community. President of the management committee, Elaine Madill explains how this has been achieved:

In this week’s Happy Mondays, we feature Aboriginal artist Brian ‘Binna’ Swindley, co-owner and artist-in-residence.

Pam Bigelow from the Indigenous Art Centre Alliance based in Cairns talks about the importance of art centres to remote Indigenous communities and how the Alliance is helping the artists realise their potential.

In this week’s Happy Mondays, we feature Lizzie Vilmanis from Prying Eye Productions

Welcome to our first Happy Mondays, a mini-Q&A series by Arts Queensland where we invite people in the arts and cultural sector to tell us about their favourite Queensland cultural experiences. 

The Gold Coast’s Bleach* Festival shares some insights about its 2015 festival based on audience and peer data gathered through the Culture Counts trial…

Kathleen Jennings has developed an international reputation as an illustrator and has created illustrations and cover art for many authors and publishers. We asked her for suggestions about how artists can find and make opportunities to sell work. Here are her six tips for Artist Entrepreneurs...

Ella Watkins writes about her experience as a young writer…

Singer Greta Stanley describes her year that was 2014..

Michael Ward writes about opening the arts world to people who are blind or have low vision

I’ve been deaf since age four, when I lost all the hearing in my left ear and half in my right from meningitis. When I learned to read, I consumed books voraciously because it was easier than socialising, which I found stressful, tiring and alienating. When I was 16, a careers advisor observed that I needed a creative outlet to process the frustrations of deafness, and when he mentioned creative writing I knew this was what I wanted to do.

Cairns is a place rich in history. What better place to learn about some of its stories than in one of the city’s oldest cemeteries at night…

With Harmony Day coming up, Lyn Thompson writes about how the State Library has promoted cultural inclusion in its work… 

We asked Queensland Poetry Festival Co-Directors Annie Te Whiu and David Stavanger what they are planning for World Poetry Day on 21 March…

Dr Kirsty Martin writes about the creative partnership to develop a narrative, song-based production by people with disabilities…
 

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Tara Zaicz shares her journey from Indigenous Art Centre Manager at HopeVale to being the Business Mentor to some very capable local women.

Arts Queensland recently talked with a range of experienced arts leaders and asked them to reflect on what has worked for them and the organisations they lead. The second in our series of Arts Acumen videos features Wesley Enoch from Queensland Theatre Company.

Tania Frazer gives an insider’s perspective on the benefits and challenges of being an Ensemble-in-Residence at a major performing arts venue…

On this International Day of People with Disability Belinda Wilson discusses the benefits of partnerships between health and arts organisations…..

Elliott Bledsoe highlights service issues for regional communities and shares some top tips for using social media…

Emily Philip relives the excitement of QPAC’s simulcast of American Ballet Theatre’s ‘Swan Lake’ and discusses the value of simulcast performances to Queenslanders.

It was a devastating flood that brought Artists and Farmers together across the Lockyer Valley to creatively explore resilience and community identity…

Award winning artist Sharon McKenzie describes the power of arts and science partnerships.

Joanne Orr shares her insights into the cherished place of galleries and museums in Scotland and advocates for making their public value more visible.  Joanne will be speaking in Brisbane on 30 October at the  2014 M&GSQ | UQAM Seminar

Michaela Partridge discusses the Sciensensory Day: A Sensory Friendly Family Event in the Sciencentre at the Queensland Museum

Mark Fawcett outlines a method for connecting communities with an art form they may not know they like…….

Aileen Burns and Johan Lundh from the Institute of Modern Art discuss a few strategies for diversification and growth……

In this her final post on the use of the narrative in telling convincing stories of public value, Catherine Althaus reminds us as arts practitioners and policymakers of the importance of truth in our storytelling.

What relevance does the art of quiltmaking have to measuring the social impact of the arts? In her second of three posts, Catherine Althaus offers some helpful insights into how the metaphor of the quilt can aid the telling of more persuasive stories about  public value.

Bob Dylan did it, Patti Smith did it, Grant McLennan did it and so did Seja Vogel……

Sally Baisden describes a project run by the Police Citizen’s Youth Club resulting in two exhibitions during National Youth Week...

Jo Verrent lives the principle of the Arts for all Queenslanders strategy that embracing diversity gives us an edge. 

Culture Champion Svenja Kratz describes her exploration of the intersections between art and science

 Sue Hackett, General Manager of the Australian Festival of Chamber Music provides her insights and experiences on engaging with the tourism industry.

Sandra Fields shares her top tips for surveying audiences…

Madeleine King and Nadia Buick examine the artistic, cultural and social value of fashion….

Evangeline Goodfellow explains how the The Body Language Project builds resilience and empowers people…