Funding for creative arts projects

Successful Applicants

Round 52 successful RADF applicants are:

• Ronelle Reid for an exhibition in the Young People’s Gallery at Logan Art Gallery. The show will have a soundscape, 150 miniature paintings and workshops for children and adults. The exhibition dates are from 6 December 2024 to 25 January 2025.
• Logan City Historical Museum Society Inc. to record video interviews with early Logan family representatives to preserve our oral history stories and the rich heritage of Logan.
• Shevaun Russell an illustrated book aimed at children and families about how to connect to nature in their own backyard.
• Belinda Adams for professional literary coaching with Australian author and writing coach Kylie Fitzpatrick on her memoir I Bought a Bus, giving Belinda a manuscript and proposal ready for submission or self-publication.
• Jake Moss for a week-long residency at the Woodridge skate park to produce artworks that document the life of this community space. These will then be compiled into a book with historical text to illustrate the skate park’s significance.
• Beenleigh Theatre Group Inc for an original musical written and performed by youth for the Beenleigh community. This show is being produced as part of the Beenleigh Theatre Group’s 2024 Fringe Season.
• Natasha Narain for an artist residency and workshops at Logan Art Gallery which will coincide with Natasha Narain’s solo show in Gallery 1. The residency will facilitate new work created on-site, and the workshops will engage with the community.

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.