Louise Campbell, CICADAS presents a case study on securing funding for their Art from the Heart project and explains the role Red Ridge can play assisting others in the region with fundraising.

1. CICADAS @ RAPAD
Red Ridge (Interior Queensland) Ltd
Growing Regional Community Arts
‘Making A Creative Difference’

2. Art from the Heart
Regional
Community Art Project

3. REGIONAL ARTS DEVELOPMENT
1. Wood Working Timber Chaps
2. Mail Box Public Art

4. WOOD WORKING TIMBER CHAPS
Target Group = Men
• Special interest for men
• Arts experience that is friendly, manly
• Men get equal access to Arts for all groups

5. WOOD WORKING TIMBER CHAPS – PROJECT DELIVERY
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS:
Men’s Shed network in Blackall and Barcaldine
APPROACH:
Regional Residency
2 tutors
2 communities
REGIONAL RESIDENCY:
4 days in Blackall
4 days in Barcaldine
Different Skills BUT Common focus

6. Blackall – Community Focus

7. Blackall – Community Focus
17 participants
13 hand carved wooden boxes produced
14 observers
4.5 days with two artists in residency

8. Blackall – Community Focus

10. Barcaldine – A Mans Day
• 8 participants
• 8 carved boxes
• 4 days
•All Happy Chappies
•Wood working Timber Chaps

12. WOOD WORKING TIMBER CHAPS
SUCCESS FACTORS
• Exploring new skills and individual talent
• Increased participation in the Men’s Shed
network
• Brilliant tutors

13. SUCCESS FACTORS
• Participants explored skills and talent
• Skills exchange between the group
• Socially rewarding and connected with people
• New interest in the arts established
• Challenging and Achieving
• Social Networking – Evening BBQ’s
• Drop in Drop Out Atmosphere

14. IMPACT
Men’s Shed embrace further arts projects
•Furniture Restoration / Upholstery
• Leather work
FLOW ON EFFECTS
Red Ridge - Creative Learning
• Unemployed and disability

15. Red Ridge
Creative Learning Circle
Partnership:
• RAPAD Employment
Services
• Blackall Men’s Shed
Program
• Unemployed
• Disabilities

16. ART FROM THE HEART
MAIL BOX PUBLIC ART
Public art on roadside

17. MAIL BOX PUBLIC ART
Experimental process
Consultation with communities
Barcaldine region responded
Muttaburra community elected

18. MAIL BOX PUBLIC ART
Regional artist Milynda Rogers
works with found and recycled materials

19. MAIL BOX PUBLIC ART
Community Workshops
• Risk assessment - concern about community
working with barb wire
Solution
• Community working group agreed to experiment
with virtual workshop via face book

20. MAIL BOX PUBLIC ART
Virtual Workshop
SUCCESS:
• Greater audience to follow the public art work in progress
• Public showcase for artist and the art work
• Secured further public art projects for the artist
• Public arena

21. MAIL BOX PUBLIC ART
Virtual workshop – step by step process from design concepts through to installation
Virtual room shared comments and discussions

22. MAIL BOX PUBLIC ART
Making and Fabricating
Relationships with the art began through the virtual portal
Artist talked about her work online

23. MAIL BOX PUBLIC ART
Installation and public celebrations
Life size Dinosaur

24. MAIL BOX PUBLIC ART
SUCCESS FACTORS
• Community Driven
• Employed regional artist – exposure and recognition
• Regional engagement via virtual workshops
• Experimental

25. ART FROM THE HEART
Wood Working Timber Chaps
Mail Box Public Art
Funding Partners
• Arts Queensland – Presentation & Development Grants
• RADF – Community Art Workshops
• Leverage / Partnerships

26. RED RIDGE REGIONAL CAPACITY
PHILANTHROPY - Leverage
Red Ridge (Interior Queensland)
Regional arts organisation providing a platform to grow arts and cultural activities
Red Ridge Foundation Public Fund - accepts public funds and holds in trust for
community projects
TCC Status = Tax Concession Charity
DGR Status = ATO endorsed Item 1 (Doing Foundation to accept funds and do projects)
Build Regional Capacity with community partnerships leveraging government, private
and corporate support

27. Philanthropy / Government / Community Partnerships
LEVERAGE
There are two main kinds of DGRs:
Item 1 DGRs, known informally as ‘doing’ DGRs. These are the organisations which carry
out the hands-on work – Red Ridge is endorsed with Item 1 as a doing Foundation
Item 2 DGRs known informally as ‘giving’ DGRs – which have no purpose other than to
make or collect money in order to give it away.
Giving Foundations (ATO endorsed Item 2) give to Doing Foundations (ATO endorsed Item
1) to do the work and deliver projects
Red Ridge Foundation is a doing Foundation (Item 1)
and receive funds to help deliver community and regional projects

28. Philanthropy / Government / Community Partnerships
LEVERAGE
REASONS FOR GIVING
1. FINANCIAL AND TAX
• People look for a tax deduction to pay less tax
• Community investment rather than tax investment
2. PERSONAL
• People want to see community projects grow rather than pay tax
• Passionate about a personal cause

29. Philanthropy / Government / Community Partnerships
LEVERAGE
Three key word = LIA
LINKED to the project / organisation / community / region
INTEREST in the project = do people have a passion for the project
ABILITY to contribute to the project = $2 or more is tax deductible