Rocky Art Gallery, Crossroad Arts & Mackay Hospital among community grant winners

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Three Central Queensland projects are among 46 across the nation sharing $669,000 from the latest Regional Arts Fund Community Grants round.

Rockhampton Art Gallery

$29,924 for Rockhampton Museum of Art: Regional Place-making Art Commissions

In preparation for the Rockhampton Museum of Art re-opening, the Gallery will engage three CQ artists to produce public art commissions. They’ll be looking for creative place-making that responds to the architecture of the newly developed Rockhampton Museum of Art building. This process will ensure artists who work in the region are at the forefront of Rockhampton Museum of Art and represented during opening celebrations. The artists will be identified through expression of interest, and work collaboratively with the Gallery throughout development.

Crossroad Arts Inc.

$30,000 for C.R.U.S.H (Community. Regional. Up skill. Haven)

Crossroad Arts will partner with Dancenorth (Townsville) and La Boite Theatre Company (Brisbane) along with independent artist with disability Dean Walsh (Sydney) to produce an exciting three days of workshops in contemporary movement, performance and theatre-making for people with and without disability. C.R.U.S.H is suitable for all bodies, minds and levels of artistic experience – from raw beginner to highly accomplished performers.

Mackay Hospital Foundation

$3,250 to develop an Indigenous Meeting Place & Healing Garden

This project involves the establishment of an Indigenous Meeting Place & Healing Garden at Mackay Base Hospital that will support and preserve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander language, arts and culture in the local hospital. A series of cultural outcomes will also be delivered including the development of short films that will capture the journey of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients through the healthcare system, the installation of a cultural mural during NAIDOC Week 2020 that conveys stories and language through art, the development of the Indigenous Meeting Place and Healing Garden itself, and the facilitation and delivery of language and cultural education for healthcare staff.

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