Welcome to the Tasmanian Regional Arts website

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

Annual General Meeting Date Claimer

Tasmanian Regional Arts advises all members and affiliates that the 2010 Annual General Meeting will be held on Sunday 21 March 2010 at 12 Noon.

Venue for the AGM will be the Meeting Room, Queen Victoria Art Gallery and Museum, Inveresk. The meeting will be preceded at 11.00AM by TRA’s sub regional meetings for each of the North West/North/Southern regional groups of branches who confirm the regional nominations. A guest speaker will be there on the day and a light lunch will be provided.

Nomination and Proxies forms are available from TRA on request or via the TRA website. I encourage all TRA members to attend and contribute to the future of our great organisation

Material Girl Entries Closed

A big thankyou to all the artists who have submitted entries.

You can find more information (including past winners) on our Material Girl page here.

The Material Girl Exhibiton will open at Poimena Gallery in Launceston on Friday 12th of March at 6:00pm

Regional Arts Fund

TRA is please to announce the call has gone out for funding applications to the 2010 Small and Major Grants round in 2010. For details, see the attached media release:RAF Media Release 2010

TRA is pleased to announce that the Regional Quick Response Category of grants is now open for eligible applicants in 2010. Funds of up to $1,500 are available for approved projects. Guidelines and application forms are available online and potential applicants should discuss their project with their Regional Arts Development Officer prior to submitting an application. As with all programs, demand exceeds supply and so not all applications will be supported.

Tasmanian Regional Arts will be utilising the Regional Quick Response Grants to support delegates to attend the Junction 2010 Conference in Launceston in August. We advise that any applications for travel assistance will be considered only after the public launch of the Junction 2010 program in April.

The 2010 RAF Small and Major grants program is now open for projects planned to commence on or after 1 July 2010. Funds of up to $5,000 (Small) or $10,000 (Major) are available. Again, talk with your RADO prior to submitting any proposal.

If you have any other queries about a Regional Arts Fund grant, please contact TRA's Head Office on (03) 6426 2344 or by email

The Branching Out Official blog!

Interested in keeping up with what our Branching Out project officers are up to? Take some time to browse over the Official Branching Out blog page, click here

Junction 2010 connecting the future

Regional Arts Australia National Conference
August 26-29, 2010 Launceston, Tasmania

Junction 2010 newsletter out now!
The first newsletter for Junction 2010 has been released. The newsletter features updates about the conference and an introduction to the talented Mr. Ian Pidd- artistic director of the corresponding arts festival. We also have a beautiful story on Aboriginal Art by Tasmanian artist Vicki West and information on some lovely heritage accommodation in and around Launceston. For those who have not subscribed yet, you can view it here and do not forget to subscribe to the next one now on the Junction 2010 website.

Newsflash! TRA and RACT Insurance win National ABAF Award

Thursday 15 October was an auspicious day for youth portraiture prize partners RACT Insurance and Tasmanian Regional Arts when the 2009 Tasmanian Youth Portraiture Prize received a national Australian Business and Arts Foundation Award at a glittering awards ceremony in Brisbane's Town Hall.

TRA and RACTI received the City of Brisbane Encouragement Award for new arts and business partnerships, sponsored by Arts Queensland. TRA President Lee Cole and RACTI CEO Trent Sayers were on hand to accept the trophy and award on behalf of all staff and participating artists.

Regional Arts Australia Consultation report and recommendations now available

Regional Arts Australia (RAA) has responded to the input of over 85,000 people from across the nation in the development of new regional arts priorities for RAA's member organisations.

Copies of the new 2010 advocacy directions for RAA are available from TRA or directly from the RAA website.