Creative Partnerships welcomes readers to the fourth edition of CREATIVE COMMUNICATIONS! 
(Please note this e-newsletter will now be distributed monthly.)

In this e-newsletter we introduce the popular A-Venue workshop The A Game Workshop for emerging musicians to extend their practice, we congratulate the Spotlight Showcase successful photographers and the Regional Arts Development Fund grant recipients for Round 2 2012/13, and go behind the scenes at Events Crew.

Farewell to our hardworking Community Cultural Development Officer Rebecca Claire Edwards who is embarking on an 18 week working holiday. Rebecca has been working with us at Creative Partnerships for 23 months coordinating Arts and Cultural Community Lunch, Cairns Creative Crawl, Spotlight Photographers Program, 2012 Cairns Festival Volunteer Program and Grand Parade and generally assisting across the board. Rebecca's working holiday includes assisting with the 10th Auckland Festival of Photography, New Zealand and working as a Team Leader Venue Attendant in the Australian Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia, Italy. We wish her an amazing trip and lots of adventures! Read more

Welcome to Melissa (Mema) Edwards, acting Community Cultural Development Officer. Mema joins us as an experienced, local cultural producer. Mema has produced interart projects including Heyday Festival and Regional Excellence in Arts and Cultural Hubs Arts Strategy's REACH Arts In A Day (RAID) Camp. Mema is a recent Commonwealth Youth Award for Excellence in Developmental Work winner.

Kind regards,

Terri Golding-Clarke
Team Leader | Creative Partnerships

A-Venue Cairns The A Game Workshop - FREE for young FNQ musicians and bands aged 15 to 30 years!  5-8pm Wed 3 July 2013 at Tanks Arts Centre - Tank 5.

You’re in a band. You’ve got the bio, the online presence and you’ve got some great publicity photos. What next? What do you need to do to get your band that leg up in the Australian music industry? You need to bring your A Game!

Book your place in The A Game; Capacity Building Music Industry Workshop, on Wed 3 July 2013 and hear from some of the country’s leading music industry professionals. Panellists will include Chris O'Neill (APRA), Eddie Jacobson (Evil Eddie), and Rick Chazan (Manager of Emma-Louise).

Participants please bring: a cold drink, a notepad, your business cards, EP’s / CD’s - coffee, tea and a light snack will be provided.

Numbers are limited and will go fast. For more information and to make a booking please contact Fleur McMenamin, A-Venue Cairns | Creative Partnerships on avenue@cairns.qld.gov.au | 07 4032 6604. 

This project is proudly presented by A-Venue Cairns, Tanks Arts Centre, Q Music and Creative Partnerships.

Read more about A-Venue Cairns

A-Venue Cairns presents Spotlight Showcase a youth music event to be held during Cairns Festival at Paradise on Esplanade (Cairns Festival’s hub of entertainment) from 6-9pm on Sat 31 August 2013.

Before the event takes place A-Venue Cairns is matching young, emerging bands with young, emerging photographers, they will work together to capture high quality photographic images that will become an important part of the musicians marketing material and will be showcased at the live music gig during Cairns Festival.  

A-Venue Cairns is excited to announce the emerging photographers in the Spotlight Photographers Program and encourages readers to visit and view their work on Facebook (please click on names below)

Stella Winlaw (17) | Emmy Peterson (21) | Kirralee Clark (22) | Junaid Mark (28). 

This project has been made possible by a Regional Quick Response Grant – an Australian Government initiative through the Regional Arts Fund, supporting the arts in regional and remote/isolated Australia.

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Congratulations to the Cairns Regional Arts Development Fund grant recipients for Round 2 2012/13, projects ranging from Shakespearian theatre to aerosol art, a cemetery night walk and a sci-fi screenplay are among thirteen projects in the latest RADF grant round from Cairns Regional Council.

In this RADF round, we see a particularly diverse range of projects, highlighting the broad talent and creativity that exists within the Cairns region. There are projects that celebrate our history and others that embrace new methods and concepts. But all contribute to the unique cultural fabric of our region.

Successful RADF Grant recipients are - Carol Libke, Luke Madsen, Tropical Writers Association, Shirley Lynn, ARC Disability Sevices Inc., Douglas Shire Historical Society, Lush Cabaret / Zelda Grimshaw, Tropical Arts Association, Cairns Youth Orchestra, Courage Works / Sue Hayes, Sounds of AustraNesia / Will Kepa, India Collins, Cairns & District Family History Association Inc.

Round 1 2013/14 of the RADF Grant Program will open on 1 July 2013 and close at 5pm on Fri 16 August 2013, for projects that start after 1 December 2013.

Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) is a partnership between local Councils and the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland to support local arts and culture. The successful and long-running RADF program gives communities the flexibility to shape their own arts and cultural priorities.

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The Events Crew project is currently delivering a pilot program at Smithfield High in partnership with Coast FM and James Cook University (JCU) Student Association.  A group of secondary and tertiary students are joining forces in the weekly events management training workshop program to produce Kaleidoscope a fusion gig of electronic beats and live bands with a multiarts twist at The JCU Boathouse on Sat 22 June 2013.

As part of the program, the crew will be getting a taste of most aspects of event production including Coast FM radio appearances and other hands-on promotional activities. This is an exciting collaboration promising strong pathways and further opportunities for all involved.

This event is a significant opportunity for business sponsorship, if you would like to discuss sponsorship further or for more information please contact Lisa Christensen | Creative Partnerships | l.christensen@cairns.qld.gov.au | 07 4032 6620.

Read more about Events Crew

Our May Arts and Cultural Community Lunch was held yesterday, Rebecca Edwards, Event Coordinator takes us through the highlights.

Arts and Cultural Community Lunch is an event where all people who are interested in arts and culture in Cairns can gather with like-minded people, to network, to discuss their exciting projects, to explore collaborations and to enjoy lunch.

In 2013 Creative Partnerships worked alongside Cultural Place to present two lunches within the Dugong Lane venue space.

Yesterday, Jordan Brodie; Queensland Music Award winning 17 year old instrumental guitarist performed and entertained attendees as part of A-Venue Cairns' Showcase at Events program.

In May, Creative Partnerships presented an additional element to the lunch; through an application process guest attendees shared their creativity! Terri Golding-Clarke, Team Leader, Creative Partnerships introduced and shared the stage with creative locals and visitors.

At the opening of the lunch Damon and Robert from Cultural Place shared a Welcome to Country, including a moving didgeridoo performance. 

Roz Pappalardo; arts worker, project manager and developer, songwriter, band manager, playwright, actor and traveller shared her project Rosa and mesmerised us with a song for the theatre work. 

Imogene Shields, Creative Director, Youth Arts Queensland (YAQ) Brisbane detailed YAQ's support for the industry and young creatives in Cairns, and shared YAQ’s exciting new direction.

Suzie Cray, ABC Open Local Producer explained ABC Open’s online initiative; that focuses on publishing stories created by regional Australians including free workshops training people in digital literacy skills. Suzie shared ABC Open’s free media workshops that she will present in our local region.

Check out images from the lunch on the Facebook photo album.

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