Funding for creative arts projects

Successful Applicants

Round 53 successful RADF applicants are:

• Tyrone Bruinsma to finalise a feature length screenplay Sherlock Holmes – The Lost World about the iconic Detective with mentoring by Queensland Writers Centre and support from local writer Rhiannon Elton.
• Michelle Kenney to create Hometown, a Web series that is being produced to go direct to YouTube Shorts and TikTok.
• Chloe Wigg to showcase the rare disease Myasthenia Gravis (MG). Works will be assembled from all parts of MG medication bottles and donated crocheted snowflakes all collected nationally. The project will first exhibit at the Logan Art Gallery in May and June 2025.
• Kids4Kids Foundation to produce a book celebrating Logan’s youth, compiling stories by children and young adults up to 25 years old. They aim to ignite imagination and showcase our diversity while offering accessibility and support to aspiring writers.
• Nicola Hooper to create artwork, wallpaper, chandeliers and catalogue for an upcoming exhibition firstly at Logan Art Gallery from 26 March to 17 May 2025 and then Gladstone in 2026.
• Panagiota Harmantzis to produce a short film written Panayiota and filmed in Loganlea. It showcases an under-represented cohort of actors and performers namely, women over 60.
• Christina Lowry to produce work informed by pieces produced in collaboration with Fiona Hall AO. The works will draw upon key themes of the intersection of fine art, natural history and science and will be exhibited at Logan Art Gallery from 16 July to 6 September 2025.

Round 54 successful RADF applicants are:

• Alvin Rostant to have produce a multimedia edutainment showcasing original music via an iMag video (created by Jimmy Watts) dance and costume to be held at KBF, in May 2025 targeting local audiences and key industry persons.
• Dante Coetzee to create abody of work will consist of paintings, ceramic sculptures and mosaics for a 2025 December exhibition at the Logan Art Gallery in Gallery 1 focusing on Christmas beetles and their population decline.
• Emily Cooney to be mentored by Kylie Chan through the Queensland Writers Centre to produce publishing package for the Fae DNA trilogy.
• Catherine Mundy to create a new music-theatre work by Catherine Mundy OAM with collaborators Jay Turner OAM and Dr Julie Robson. Mallory The Musical maps a journey from terror to joy when presented with a life-threatening diagnosis.
• Olivia Gyene will be mentored by Logan local Ali Strachan to help take the next step in her business, and further her knowledge in marketing strategies, brand messaging, and reaching her audience to grow her art career.
• Ashlyn Dinsdale to attend the 2025 Senior Academy of Country Music in Tamworth, where Ashlyn will be mentored by industry professionals, enhancing her skills as a bass player, songwriter, and businesswoman.
• Logan City Orchestras to launch the inauguralLogan City Orchestras Season featuring emerging professional-level orchestral musicians from Logan City and surrounding areas. This project culminates with a concert at the Kingston Butter Factory.
• Brier Leendertz to produce a proof of concept that can further gain investment, which will bring more potential jobs to Logan film creatives.
• Kuweni Dias Mendis to develop a community-engaged contemporary art project that connects people to place through their senses, focusing on the Logan River and the natural pigments it provides. Riverscope will be exhibited from mid-August to September 2025 at the Logan Art Gallery.