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People Continued • Implement the Smart Library Network to provide increased access to collections, including unique cultural heritage resources, information services, professional library staff and technology to enhance community education and training. • Establish a Children’s Art Centre through the Queensland Art Gallery that will present exhibitions and interactive projects designed for children as well as continuing Kids APT as part of the Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art. • Implement the arts education syllabus, encompassing music, visual arts, drama, dance and media and teaching children with more creative ways of engaging with the world. • Continue the Australian Children’s Film Festival as part of the Brisbane International Film Festival, and the Queensland New Filmmakers Awards. • Encourage artists-in-residence in schools and in the community. Leadership and Professional Excellence in the Arts The Queensland Government recognises the importance of cultural leadership and excellence. Best practice is vital to The Queensland Art Gallery's children's exhibition Play attracted more than 92,000 visitors during the 2001-02 summer holidays. Photo courtesy of the Queensland Art Gallery. building the capacity of artists, artsworkers and arts companies to move into world markets and to stake a claim on local markets. Support for leadership and professional excellence can be created through exchange programs, reward and recognition programs and opportunities to build professional skills. To foster leadership and professional excellence in the arts, the Government will develop initiatives including: • Introduce an annual Creative Fellowship recognising leading Queensland artists. • Showcase Queensland films internationally to build awareness and enhance the reputation of Queensland filmmakers. • Support school extension programs in visual arts, performing arts and music for students with a special interest and talent in music, visual arts and dance to aspire to excellence and a career in the arts and cultural industries. • Promote excellence and leadership in arts and culture through awards and recognition programs such as the Queensland Premier’s Drama Award – Theatre and Public Life. • Promote the Premier of Queensland’s Export Awards to recognise the success of Queensland’s cultural industries. Picking Shells EXCERPT a crippled jetty, waves of fluid charcoal. two boys skipping stones. sun winding itself back. sky, like a great trapdoor flipping open. Melissa Ashley MILESTONES IN QUEENSLAND’S CULTURAL HISTORY 1969 Dance North, (North Queensland Ballet and Dance Company) founded by Ann Roberts. 1969 Queensland Theatre Company established. SGIO Theatre opens. 1969 State’s first multi-screen cinema opens as Valley Twin within the former Astor Theatre, New Farm. 1970 Twelfth Night Theatre opened its new theatre at Bowen Hills built on land donated by the Johnstone Gallery and designed by Vitaly Gzell. 1970 John McCallum Jnr elected President of the newly formed Australian Film Council. 1971 Grin ‘n’ Tonic Theatre Troupe formed in Innisfail, North Queensland. 14 Creative Queensland Queensland Government Cultural Policy 2002 1971 Queenslander Neville Bonner becomes first Aborigine elected to Parliament. 1972 Artist and pilot Mervyn Moriarty founded Australian Flying Arts School fulfilling the vision to fly contemporary arts practice to people in regional and isolated areas. Known as Flying Arts today. ▼ 1972 La Boite Theatre opens in Hale Street with the building designed by Blair Wilson and winning an industry award for the creative use of brick. 1973 Guitarist Ed Kuepper begins career with rock band Kid Galahad and the Eternals (later punk pioneers The Saints). 1975 David Malouf published nostalgic novel Johnno, which draws on post-war family experience in Brisbane. 1975 Institute of Modern Art established by Roy and Betty Churcher and Ian Still with other members of the Contemporary Art Society which closed in 1973. ▼
Communities Queensland is the most decentralised mainland State with more than 35 per cent of its 3.5 million people living in regional, rural and remote communities. Each of these communities differs in its needs, capacities and resources. Each one adds texture to the rich cultural life of Queensland. Improved access to networking and marketing opportunities, a sustainable network of festivals and cultural tourism can make a significant contribution to regional regeneration and translate into jobs. The Queensland Government is committed to supporting communities in the development of their unique cultural assets. To foster community capacity and renewal through arts and cultural development, the Government will develop initiatives including: • Implement a Digital Outreach Service in which State Library of Queensland staff will travel throughout Queensland to support local history societies, Indigenous communities, multicultural groups and public libraries to preserve, arrange and digitise their original Queensland materials. partnership between State and Local Governments. • Support touring of performances to regional Queensland through programs such as the Arts Regional Touring Service. Each one adds texture to the rich cultural life of Queensland • Expand arts and cultural infrastructure in regional Queensland through programs such as the Millennium Arts Regional Program. • Support community development through programs such as Community Renewal and the Queensland Heritage Trails Network. The key strategies for the Government in supporting communities are to: foster community capacity and renewal through cultural development; and promote cultural tourism. Community Engagement and Renewal Arts and cultural activity contributes to community revitalisation and renewal, helps celebrate unique cultural identities and promotes regional distinctiveness. Cirque de Lune at Boonah, a festival funded through the Regional Arts Development Fund. • Continue to encourage a sustainable statewide network of festivals and events. • Support arts and cultural development throughout regional Queensland through the continuation of the Regional Arts Development Fund • Improve access to information about arts funding programs through statewide information sessions and appropriate formats for individuals with a disability or groups that represent the disability sector. • Provide online access to significant archival Government records at the Queensland State Archives. • Support traditional and contemporary Indigenous cultural awareness projects such as the National 1975 4ZZZ-FM, Queensland’s first FM station, goes to air. 1975 Xavier Herbert’s sweeping Australian novel, Poor Fellow My Country, wins Miles Franklin Award. 1976 Queensland Theatre Orchestra first performances. 1976 Dick Roughsey’s The Rainbow Serpent and The Quinkans (1979) won Children’s Picture Book of the Year Awards. 1976 Mileham Hayes alias Dr Jazz becomes president of the Australia Jazz Convention; establishes the Queensland Jazz Club 1980. 1977 Employment of Ethnic Arts Officer by the Ethnic Communities Council is the first Community Arts position in Queensland. 1977 Queensland Film Corporation established. 1978 First Queensland Community Arts Conference held. 1979 4MBS Classic FM, Queensland’s first classical music FM radio station, goes to air. 1979 Queensland Art Gallery Foundation established. 1979 Brisbane City Council appoints first Community Arts Officer. 1980 Brisbane Community Arts Centre (later Metro Arts) appoints Community Arts Officer. 1981 Lyric Opera of Queensland established. 1982 New Moon Theatre Company established in Townsville. 1982 Brisbane hosts the Commonwealth Games. 1982 Australia Council adopts the Art and Working Life policy. 1982 Former Brisbane-ite Sigrid Thornton stars in the film, The Man from Snowy River. Goes on to become a film and TV favourite. 1982 Queensland Community Arts Network (QCAN) established. Incorporated in 1987. ▼ Creative Queensland Queensland Government Cultural Policy 2002 15
Page 1 and 2: The Queensland Government Cultural
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Page 5 and 6: Contents From the Premier and Arts
Page 7 and 8: Introduction The Queensland Governm
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Page 13 and 14: The Cultural Context Continued Thes
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Page 29 and 30: Glossary Continued Edward Koumans,
Page 31 and 32: Acknowledgements Poetry In order of

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