CICADAS @ RAPAD

Red Ridge (Interior Queensland) Ltd

Growing Regional Community Arts

‘Making A Creative Difference’

Art from the Heart

Regional Community Art Project

REGIONAL ARTS DEVELOPMENT

1. Wood Working Timber Chaps

2. Mail Box Public Art

WOOD WORKING TIMBER CHAPS Target Group = Men

• Special interest for men • Arts experience that is friendly, manly • Men get equal access to Arts for all groups

WOOD WORKING TIMBER CHAPS – PROJECT DELIVERY COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS: Men’s Shed network in Blackall and Barcaldine APPROACH: Regional Residency 2 tutors 2 communities REGIONAL RESIDENCY: 4 days in Blackall 4 days in Barcaldine Different Skills BUT Common focus

Blackall – Community Focus

Blackall – Community Focus 17 participants 13 hand carved wooden boxes produced 14 observers 4.5 days with two artists in residency

Blackall – Community Focus

Barcaldine – A Mans Day • 8 participants • 8 carved boxes • 4 days

•All Happy Chappies

•Wood working Timber Chaps

WOOD WORKING TIMBER CHAPS SUCCESS FACTORS

• Exploring new skills and individual talent • Increased participation in the Men’s Shed network • Brilliant tutors

SUCCESS FACTORS

• Participants explored skills and talent • Skills exchange between the group • Socially rewarding and connected with people • New interest in the arts established • Challenging and Achieving • Social Networking – Evening BBQ’s • Drop in Drop Out Atmosphere

IMPACT

Men’s Shed embrace further arts projects •Furniture Restoration / Upholstery • Leather work

FLOW ON EFFECTS

Red Ridge - Creative Learning

• Unemployed and disability

Red Ridge Creative Learning Circle

Partnership: • RAPAD Employment Services • Blackall Men’s Shed

Program • Unemployed • Disabilities

ART FROM THE HEART MAIL BOX PUBLIC ART

Public art on roadside

MAIL BOX PUBLIC ART

Experimental process

Consultation with communities Barcaldine region responded

Muttaburra community elected

MAIL BOX PUBLIC ART

Regional artist Milynda Rogers

works with found and recycled materials

MAIL BOX PUBLIC ART

Community Workshops • Risk assessment - concern about community working with barb wire

Solution • Community working group agreed to experiment with virtual workshop via face book

MAIL BOX PUBLIC ART

Virtual Workshop SUCCESS: • Greater audience to follow the public art work in progress • Public showcase for artist and the art work • Secured further public art projects for the artist

• Public arena

MAIL BOX PUBLIC ART

Virtual workshop – step by step process from design concepts through to installation Virtual room shared comments and discussions

MAIL BOX PUBLIC ART

Making and Fabricating Relationships with the art began through the virtual portal

Artist talked about her work online

MAIL BOX PUBLIC ART Installation and public celebrations

Life size Dinosaur

MAIL BOX PUBLIC ART

SUCCESS FACTORS • Community Driven • Employed regional artist – exposure and recognition • Regional engagement via virtual workshops • Experimental

ART FROM THE HEART

Wood Working Timber Chaps Mail Box Public Art

Funding Partners • Arts Queensland – Presentation & Development Grants • RADF – Community Art Workshops • Leverage / Partnerships

RED RIDGE REGIONAL CAPACITY

PHILANTHROPY - Leverage Red Ridge (Interior Queensland) Regional arts organisation providing a platform to grow arts and cultural activities Red Ridge Foundation Public Fund - accepts public funds and holds in trust for community projects TCC Status = Tax Concession Charity DGR Status = ATO endorsed Item 1 (Doing Foundation to accept funds and do projects) Build Regional Capacity with community partnerships leveraging government, private and corporate support

Philanthropy / Government / Community Partnerships

LEVERAGE There are two main kinds of DGRs: Item 1 DGRs, known informally as ‘doing’ DGRs. These are the organisations which carry out the hands-on work – Red Ridge is endorsed with Item 1 as a doing Foundation Item 2 DGRs known informally as ‘giving’ DGRs – which have no purpose other than to make or collect money in order to give it away. Giving Foundations (ATO endorsed Item 2) give to Doing Foundations (ATO endorsed Item 1) to do the work and deliver projects

Red Ridge Foundation is a doing Foundation (Item 1) and receive funds to help deliver community and regional projects

Philanthropy / Government / Community Partnerships

LEVERAGE REASONS FOR GIVING 1. FINANCIAL AND TAX • People look for a tax deduction to pay less tax • Community investment rather than tax investment

2. PERSONAL • People want to see community projects grow rather than pay tax • Passionate about a personal cause

Philanthropy / Government / Community Partnerships

LEVERAGE

Three key word = LIA LINKED to the project / organisation / community / region INTEREST in the project = do people have a passion for the project ABILITY to contribute to the project = $2 or more is tax deductible