Welcome to the Tasmanian Regional Arts website

Tasmanian Regional Arts is the peak organisation for regional arts and community based arts in Tasmania.

2012 Regional Arts Australia Volunteer Award - Nominations Open

TRA Annual Report Available on line

TRA 2012 Visual Arts Touring Program now available

Click here to download a copy of the 2012 program.

Tasmanian Regional Arts Welcomes Bendigo Bank Partnership

TRA is pleased to announce anew funding partnership with the Bendigo Bank.

The new partnership aims to support two exciting TRA initiatives - the 2012 Material Girl Exhibition and the Rhythm, Rhyme and Rhubarb music and poetry tour.

The Bendigo Bank 2012 Material Girl Exhibition partnership has also been recognised by the Australian Business and Arts Foundation which has also provided financial support to the 2012 exhibition. This new sponsorship and recognition is a fitting celebration for the tenth Material Girl Exhibition.

Women artists interested in entering should visit the Material Girl page.

Australia Council funding changes- Tasmanian Consultations outcomes now available

In 2012 The Australia Councils Community Partnership announced a rethink of how it intends to support community cultural development activities. Over the past five years the Council has supported service delivery arrangements nationally through funding organisations such as TRA.

As this arrangement will discontinue in 2013, Community Partnerships is now seeking input from its partners and potential funding recipients as to what directions should be supported in 2013 and beyond.

To guide this process, TRA undertook a series of four consultation sessions in Latrobe. Launceston, Campbell Town and Hobart as well as running an online survey to capture Tasmanian s views on the proposed changes.

The report of these consultations has now been compiled and is available for download as either a PDF or word document.

TRA will finalise its responses to this process by 16 April 2012 but we encourage input for other organisations and individuals to make a submission. Closing date for all submissions to the Australia Council is 16 April 2012.

Regional Arts Fund Grants applications to round one now closed

New Email Address for RAF Applications

As of 1 January 2012, TRA has a new email address for all RAF applications that are lodged electronically.

All RAF applications (both grant round and quick response grants) need to be emailed to gra...@tasregionalarts.org.au

Please use this new address when making applications, submitting your acquittal or making an enquiry about the program. We have introduced the new address to make sure that all correspondence about RAF is dealt with by our staff.

Quick Response Grants now closed until further notice

Eligible small projects or professional development funding opportunities requiring funding of up to $1,500 may be supported by this program. Application processes are straightforward and the application forms are available on line or on request from the TRA Offices.

TRA encourages intending applicants to discuss their idea with the RAF Manager prior to submitting any application.

Due to limited funds and high demand levels this program is often oversubscribed. TRA's RAF Manager can advise as to whether your application is best dealt with via this or the small/major grant round processes.

Time to think ahead- RAA 2012 National Conference in Goolwa, South Australia October 18-21, 2012

The Biennial Regional Arts Australia National Conference is on again in 2012 in the beautiful regional location of Goolwa at the mouth of the mighty Murray River in South Australia.

Bill as Part conference- part festival - all art- the RAA event is the largest arts conference in Australia. Following on from the highly successful Junction 2010 Conference in Launceston, Country Arts South Australia's staff have been working hard to develop a conference program and artistic festival that will showcase and inspire delegates.

And you can be involved! The call for participation has gone out to artists, presenters and speakers with submissions closing Tuesday 28 February 2012.

Using the lenses of cultural leadership and the emerging digital cultures we invite you to participate around one or more of the following themes:

• Resilient People, Strong Communities.
• Our Responsibility, Environmental Sustainability.
• Organisations, Policies, Partnerships and Models for the Future.

There are four ways you can participate - panels/presentations, workshop, 20/360 sessions, Video Wrx.

Visit www.artsalexandrina.org.au to download the conference framework and submit your nomination.  Background information on the Conference themes can be downloaded here. There is also a reading list available on the site if you would like to find out more about the themes.

Be informed! Join the mailing list. Head to www.artsalexandrina.org.au and click on "Regional Arts Australia National Conference". Click "Be informed" and enter your name and email address.

Is there assistance available to get to Goolwa?

TRA advises that there are several options for potential delegates to seek assistance to attend Goolwa 2012:

• Arts Tasmania's Artsbridge Program for invited speakers/participants; or
• TRA's Regional Arts Fund Program. While limited opportunity exists for quick response grants, those seeking to attend the Goolwa conference can apply under the RAF small grants program which closes mid March 2012.

We encourage any potential delegates to seek these resources as early as possible in order to take advantage of early bird booking discounts.