It was at the first YPAA symposium I heard someone say it: “Funding bodies don’t want to NOT give money away. They just need to create parameters with which to do it.” Nicely put. Ah funding land. It’s the space where words like ‘emerging’ stop being just nice descriptive words, and become implicated as definitions. And definitions continue...

The arts can inspire us, entertain us, enrich our lives, give us a creative outlet, and for the lucky few even provide a career.  I've been fortunate enough to have all of these things at one time or another, but recently most have been lacking. I'd like to say I attend a lot more events and...

As I've mentioned before, I am an internet addict and go all nanna-like for a good cup of tea. To spread this malady of mine, I wanted to share my top 5 tea and blogs. This will be my last blog for YAQ so I wanted to leave you with something nice to sit down and...

Our intrepid administration assistant, Tom, has left our shores for the Summer to visit family and friends in New Zealand. Acting much like a foreign correspondent, Tom has written a hard hitting article, wait, no not really, that's not really our vibe is it? What he has written, is an awesome blog about the Summer...

It’s been a big year here in at YAQ and before we all head off to the beach for some well earned R & R I wanted to take the opportunity to firstly highlight a few of our major achievements for the year and also mention a few items in store for 2012. Our mentoring programs...

Only a week ago, I found myself on a plane to Bundaberg - location of artspoken 2011, Arts Queensland's bi-annual Regional Arts and Culture Conference. My mission was not only to (re-)connect with colleagues and friends, but to give a co-presentation on behalf of Youth Arts Queensland, with my colleague Tal Fitzpatrick from Volunteering Qld,...