RADF Information Session
10:30am - 12:30pm Saturday 30 August
RADF Information Session
Grants and Partnerships Team, Townsville City Council and Arts Queensland
The Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) provides funding for projects that promote and develop arts, culture and heritage in the Townsville Region. It is delivered as a partnership between the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland and Townsville City Council to support local talent, unite communities and celebrate the arts across the state. RADF promotes the role and value of arts, culture and heritage as key drivers of diverse and inclusive communities and strong regions. RADF invests in local arts and cultural priorities, as determined by local communities, across Queensland. RADF grants are open to all arts practitioners in Townsville.
If you are a local artist, organisation or creative business, grants are available to bring your ideas to life. RADF grants (Round 1, 2025/26) will open on Monday 1 September 2025 through Townsville City Council. Council will be hosting information sessions for potential applicants in conjunction with the Regional Arts Services Network.
Join us in person from 10:30am for a 10:30am start, Saturday 30 August 2025 at Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts, 408 Flinders Street, Gurambilbarra / Townsville. Alternatively, you can join one of the online information sessions held on 21 and 29 August from 6-7pm. The sessions are free to attend, but registrations are required.
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Gurambilbarra (Townsville),
Qld, 4810 Australia
PO Box 2394,
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Qld, 4810 Australia
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Acknowledgement of Country
Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts respectfully acknowledges the Wulgurukaba of Gurambilbarra and Yunbenun and the surrounding groups of our region - Bindal, Gugu Badhan, Nywaigi, Warrgamay, Bandjin and Gudjal - as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we gather, share and celebrate local creative practice. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as the first people of Australia. They have never ceded sovereignty and remain strong in their enduring connection to land and Culture.
Umbrella is a Member & Signatory of the Indigenous Art Code. This means we are committed to fair and ethical trade with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, and transparency in the promotion and sale of artwork. As a Dealer Member and signatory to the Code we must act fairly, honestly, professionally and in good conscience in all direct or indirect dealings with artists.
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Acknowledgements
Umbrella is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, part of the Department of Communities, Housing and Digital Economy, and by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, state and territory governments. | Umbrella is supported by the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation and receives funding from Creative Australia through the Australian Cultural Fund. | Townsville City Council is a funding partner of Umbrella's program.
