Flying Arts Event Calendar Artist Consultations
april
15jan(jan 15)10:00 am20dec(dec 20)4:00 pmRAF Consultations
Time
January 15 (Monday) 10:00 am - December 20 (Friday) 4:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
Your computer
Event Details
Regional Arts Fund Consultations are a one-on-one opportunity to discuss and receive advice about your Quick Response Grant or Project Grant application.
Event Details
Regional Arts Fund Consultations are a one-on-one opportunity to discuss and receive advice about your Quick Response Grant or Project Grant application.
Consultations run for 20 minutes and are held via Microsoft Teams. To make the most of your time, we ask that you come prepared with a brief description of the proposed activity/project you are applying for and a list of questions you have about the RAF.
RAF Consultations are for assistance with:
- Understanding eligibility
- Addressing the criteria
- Knowing what support materials to include
- Evidencing and following cultural protocols
- Working with children and vulnerable people requirements
- Budgeting appropriately
RAF Consultations are NOT for:
- Receiving feedback on previous applications
- Brainstorming activity/project concepts
- SmartyGrants Training
Image credit: Joe Ruckli 2023.
Additional Information
Your Facilitator: Based in Meanjin/Brisbane, Lauren Collard is the Regional Arts Fund (RAF) Program Manager at Flying Arts Alliance. She delights in working alongside regional artists and national administrators to support sustainable cultural activities in regional communities, ultimately strengthening the social and economic fabric of the arts industry.
With a background in arts education and administration, Lauren has a keen eye for connecting people, the arts and wellbeing. She has a particular interest in how participation in the arts affects the individual’s relation to self and mental health.
After some years delivering arts programs and managing cultural events, Lauren’s experience equips her to be an advocate for Queensland artists. Lauren’s heart lies with community engagement, and she loves being one small piece in the magnificent painting that is Australia’s regional arts sector.
Flying Arts is the administrator in Queensland of the Regional Arts Fund (RAF), an Australian Government program provided through Regional Arts Australia.
12apr9:00 am4:00 pmSOLD OUT | Creative Consultations with Michael EatherOnline Consultation
Time
(Friday) 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
Your computer
Event Details
Sold out due to popular demand. Spend 45 minutes online with Michael Eather, the Director of FireWorks Gallery, a commercial enterprise known for exhibiting
Event Details
Sold out due to popular demand.
Spend 45 minutes online with Michael Eather, the Director of FireWorks Gallery, a commercial enterprise known for exhibiting and promoting artworks by some of Australia’s best contemporary artists. This online consultation is an opportunity to discuss and receive professional feedback on your artworks and art practice.
Michael’s commitment to presenting the works of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists side by side has left a lasting impact on the Australian art scene. Through mentorship, artistic vision, and his gallery/studio programs, Michael continues to cultivate and expand his network in the art community.
Michael Eather has an extensive history of multidisciplinary art practice, curating and consulting across contemporary Indigenous and non-Indigenous art forms and issues. He has a particular passion and interest in:
- Attitudes towards art making.
- Analysing/understanding the intersection between art practice/theory and audience
perception. - Understanding the commercial art space.
Please bring questions, CVs or resumes, resources, artwork, portfolios or other items to discuss during your consultation. You will have the option to provide these to Flying Arts in advance of your session.
Additional Information
Your 
facilitator: Michael Eather was born and educated in Tasmania completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Sculpture Major) Visual Arts Teaching at Tasmanian School of Art/University of Tasmania in 1983. Since 1985 he has continued to work as a multidisciplinary artist as well as a gallerist, project curator and consultant with extensive experiences across contemporary Indigenous art forms and issues. In 1990 he co-founded Campfire Group Projects aligned with collaboration and cross-cultural initiatives. Between 2001-2004 he curated two major survey exhibitions of Australian Indigenous art and education programs in Museums in Austria generating widespread national and international interest. He remains a practising artist (Ghost Ship Studio) whilst also Director of FireWorks Gallery established in 1993 and located in Bowen Hills Brisbane.
may
15jan(jan 15)10:00 am20dec(dec 20)4:00 pmRAF Consultations
Time
January 15 (Monday) 10:00 am - December 20 (Friday) 4:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
Your computer
Event Details
Regional Arts Fund Consultations are a one-on-one opportunity to discuss and receive advice about your Quick Response Grant or Project Grant application.
Event Details
Regional Arts Fund Consultations are a one-on-one opportunity to discuss and receive advice about your Quick Response Grant or Project Grant application.
Consultations run for 20 minutes and are held via Microsoft Teams. To make the most of your time, we ask that you come prepared with a brief description of the proposed activity/project you are applying for and a list of questions you have about the RAF.
RAF Consultations are for assistance with:
- Understanding eligibility
- Addressing the criteria
- Knowing what support materials to include
- Evidencing and following cultural protocols
- Working with children and vulnerable people requirements
- Budgeting appropriately
RAF Consultations are NOT for:
- Receiving feedback on previous applications
- Brainstorming activity/project concepts
- SmartyGrants Training
Image credit: Joe Ruckli 2023.
Additional Information
Your Facilitator: Based in Meanjin/Brisbane, Lauren Collard is the Regional Arts Fund (RAF) Program Manager at Flying Arts Alliance. She delights in working alongside regional artists and national administrators to support sustainable cultural activities in regional communities, ultimately strengthening the social and economic fabric of the arts industry.
With a background in arts education and administration, Lauren has a keen eye for connecting people, the arts and wellbeing. She has a particular interest in how participation in the arts affects the individual’s relation to self and mental health.
After some years delivering arts programs and managing cultural events, Lauren’s experience equips her to be an advocate for Queensland artists. Lauren’s heart lies with community engagement, and she loves being one small piece in the magnificent painting that is Australia’s regional arts sector.
Flying Arts is the administrator in Queensland of the Regional Arts Fund (RAF), an Australian Government program provided through Regional Arts Australia.
june
15jan(jan 15)10:00 am20dec(dec 20)4:00 pmRAF Consultations
Time
January 15 (Monday) 10:00 am - December 20 (Friday) 4:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
Your computer
Event Details
Regional Arts Fund Consultations are a one-on-one opportunity to discuss and receive advice about your Quick Response Grant or Project Grant application.
Event Details
Regional Arts Fund Consultations are a one-on-one opportunity to discuss and receive advice about your Quick Response Grant or Project Grant application.
Consultations run for 20 minutes and are held via Microsoft Teams. To make the most of your time, we ask that you come prepared with a brief description of the proposed activity/project you are applying for and a list of questions you have about the RAF.
RAF Consultations are for assistance with:
- Understanding eligibility
- Addressing the criteria
- Knowing what support materials to include
- Evidencing and following cultural protocols
- Working with children and vulnerable people requirements
- Budgeting appropriately
RAF Consultations are NOT for:
- Receiving feedback on previous applications
- Brainstorming activity/project concepts
- SmartyGrants Training
Image credit: Joe Ruckli 2023.
Additional Information
Your Facilitator: Based in Meanjin/Brisbane, Lauren Collard is the Regional Arts Fund (RAF) Program Manager at Flying Arts Alliance. She delights in working alongside regional artists and national administrators to support sustainable cultural activities in regional communities, ultimately strengthening the social and economic fabric of the arts industry.
With a background in arts education and administration, Lauren has a keen eye for connecting people, the arts and wellbeing. She has a particular interest in how participation in the arts affects the individual’s relation to self and mental health.
After some years delivering arts programs and managing cultural events, Lauren’s experience equips her to be an advocate for Queensland artists. Lauren’s heart lies with community engagement, and she loves being one small piece in the magnificent painting that is Australia’s regional arts sector.
Flying Arts is the administrator in Queensland of the Regional Arts Fund (RAF), an Australian Government program provided through Regional Arts Australia.
07jun9:00 am4:00 pmSOLD OUT | Creative Consultations with Simon WrightOnline Consultation
Time
(Friday) 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
Your computer
Event Details
Due to high demand, these creative consultations have sold out. Spend 45 minutes online with the Assistant Director (Learning + Public Engagement) at QAGOMA: Simon Wright. This online
Event Details
Due to high demand, these creative consultations have sold out. Spend 45 minutes online with the Assistant Director (Learning + Public Engagement) at QAGOMA: Simon Wright. This online consultation is an opportunity to discuss and receive professional feedback on your art practice and to get practical tips on how to take the next steps in your career as an artist.
Simon Wright has an extensive history of public engagement, exhibition, curatorial and executive management positions. He is committed to audience-centric approaches to curatorial programming, innovative public engagement strategies, and collection development. He has a particular passion and interest for regional arts development and community arts practice, audience engagement and participation, and the nexus between creativity and wellbeing.
Simon is keen to share his extensive knowledge about arts industries including key areas for professional development:
• Engaging with the art market.
• Building a professional profile as an artist.
• Identifying what is involved in being ‘exhibition-ready’ in public/regional galleries.
Use this 45 minute session to discuss matters most relevant to you.
Please bring questions, CVs or resumes, resources, artwork, portfolios or other items to discuss during your consultation. You will have the option to provide these to Flying Arts in advance of your session.
Additional Information
Your facilitator: Simon Wright has held public engagement, exhibition, curatorial and executive management positions in private, public gallery and museum realms since 1993. As Assistant Director (Learning + Public Engagement) at QAGOMA, he has oversight of a broad range of community-facing and audience-centric portfolio responsibilities, including: Public Engagement (The Children’s Art Centre, Public Programs, Member Services), Learning (Education, Group and Community Access, Volunteer Guides and Regional Services), Information Services (Library) and QAGOMA Publishing. He also manages all Design department outcomes across Exhibition, Graphic, Web and Multimedia, Workshop and Installation teams. He has worked on 350+ exhibition projects, and has been actively involved in the national arts community beyond QAGOMA, serving in various governance capacities, such as The Commissioner’s Council for Australia at the 53rd Venice Biennale and on The Institute of Modern Art Board of Directors. In 2014 he became Founder Benefactor of the QAGOMA Foundation, and in 2018, graduated from the Asialink Business Leaders program at University of Melbourne. He has a particular passion and interest for regional arts development and community arts practice, audience engagement and participation, and the nexus between creativity and wellbeing.
july
15jan(jan 15)10:00 am20dec(dec 20)4:00 pmRAF Consultations
Time
January 15 (Monday) 10:00 am - December 20 (Friday) 4:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
Your computer
Event Details
Regional Arts Fund Consultations are a one-on-one opportunity to discuss and receive advice about your Quick Response Grant or Project Grant application.
Event Details
Regional Arts Fund Consultations are a one-on-one opportunity to discuss and receive advice about your Quick Response Grant or Project Grant application.
Consultations run for 20 minutes and are held via Microsoft Teams. To make the most of your time, we ask that you come prepared with a brief description of the proposed activity/project you are applying for and a list of questions you have about the RAF.
RAF Consultations are for assistance with:
- Understanding eligibility
- Addressing the criteria
- Knowing what support materials to include
- Evidencing and following cultural protocols
- Working with children and vulnerable people requirements
- Budgeting appropriately
RAF Consultations are NOT for:
- Receiving feedback on previous applications
- Brainstorming activity/project concepts
- SmartyGrants Training
Image credit: Joe Ruckli 2023.
Additional Information
Your Facilitator: Based in Meanjin/Brisbane, Lauren Collard is the Regional Arts Fund (RAF) Program Manager at Flying Arts Alliance. She delights in working alongside regional artists and national administrators to support sustainable cultural activities in regional communities, ultimately strengthening the social and economic fabric of the arts industry.
With a background in arts education and administration, Lauren has a keen eye for connecting people, the arts and wellbeing. She has a particular interest in how participation in the arts affects the individual’s relation to self and mental health.
After some years delivering arts programs and managing cultural events, Lauren’s experience equips her to be an advocate for Queensland artists. Lauren’s heart lies with community engagement, and she loves being one small piece in the magnificent painting that is Australia’s regional arts sector.
Flying Arts is the administrator in Queensland of the Regional Arts Fund (RAF), an Australian Government program provided through Regional Arts Australia.
12jul9:00 am4:00 pmSOLD OUT | Creative Consultations with John StaffordOnline Consultation
Time
(Friday) 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
Your computer
Event Details
Sold out due to popular demand. Spend 45 minutes online with John Stafford, the Director of the leading contemporary art gallery: Onespace. This online
Event Details
Sold out due to popular demand.
Spend 45 minutes online with John Stafford, the Director of the leading contemporary art gallery: Onespace. This online consultation is an opportunity to discuss and receive professional feedback on your artworks and art practice.
John has a 35-year career in the visual arts in Australia. Together with Jodie Cox, he is one of the founders of CREATIVEMOVE Pty Ltd established in 2012, and an ongoing Director of Onespace Gallery since 2016. John provides leadership and curatorial direction of gallery programming and operations, interacting daily with represented artists, collectors, curators and gallery and museum colleagues throughout Australia and overseas.
John has served on numerous government and not-for-profit boards, currently with NorthSite Contemporary Arts (Cairns) and the Queensland Children’s Hospital Arts Program Committee (Brisbane). He has provided consultancy and curatorial services to all levels of government, Aboriginal and government corporations, statutory authorities, galleries and museums, architectural firms and private developers, and other built environment companies.
John previously led the Queensland Government’s visual arts program including the nationally recognised Art Built-in (1999-2006) and art+place (2007-2012) programs. As Director of Visual Arts, Craft and Design at Arts Queensland for over two decades, John led a team delivering: arts grant programs for organisations and individuals; Backing Indigenous Arts initiative, including the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair; the Queensland Design Strategy 2020; and Queensland’s participation in the national Visual Arts and Craft Strategy.
John is a graduate of the Queensland College of Art (1984), Griffith University, and a Churchill Fellow (2003) investigating major public art commissioning programs in the USA. He practised as a visual artist and curator in the 1980s and 90s before moving into arts administration. He is an award winner in academia, industry, and government.
Please bring questions, CVs or resumes, resources, artwork, portfolios or other items to discuss during your consultation. You will have the option to provide these to Flying Arts in advance of your session.
Cover image: John Stafford photographed by Louis Lim. Artwork: Jo Lankester.
august
15jan(jan 15)10:00 am20dec(dec 20)4:00 pmRAF Consultations
Time
January 15 (Monday) 10:00 am - December 20 (Friday) 4:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
Your computer
Event Details
Regional Arts Fund Consultations are a one-on-one opportunity to discuss and receive advice about your Quick Response Grant or Project Grant application.
Event Details
Regional Arts Fund Consultations are a one-on-one opportunity to discuss and receive advice about your Quick Response Grant or Project Grant application.
Consultations run for 20 minutes and are held via Microsoft Teams. To make the most of your time, we ask that you come prepared with a brief description of the proposed activity/project you are applying for and a list of questions you have about the RAF.
RAF Consultations are for assistance with:
- Understanding eligibility
- Addressing the criteria
- Knowing what support materials to include
- Evidencing and following cultural protocols
- Working with children and vulnerable people requirements
- Budgeting appropriately
RAF Consultations are NOT for:
- Receiving feedback on previous applications
- Brainstorming activity/project concepts
- SmartyGrants Training
Image credit: Joe Ruckli 2023.
Additional Information
Your Facilitator: Based in Meanjin/Brisbane, Lauren Collard is the Regional Arts Fund (RAF) Program Manager at Flying Arts Alliance. She delights in working alongside regional artists and national administrators to support sustainable cultural activities in regional communities, ultimately strengthening the social and economic fabric of the arts industry.
With a background in arts education and administration, Lauren has a keen eye for connecting people, the arts and wellbeing. She has a particular interest in how participation in the arts affects the individual’s relation to self and mental health.
After some years delivering arts programs and managing cultural events, Lauren’s experience equips her to be an advocate for Queensland artists. Lauren’s heart lies with community engagement, and she loves being one small piece in the magnificent painting that is Australia’s regional arts sector.
Flying Arts is the administrator in Queensland of the Regional Arts Fund (RAF), an Australian Government program provided through Regional Arts Australia.