Just last week we took our 12 beautiful new Queensland JUMP mentees to the Gold Coast for the afternoon. Why, you ask? Our mentees asked me this too. Here are my top 5 reasons: 5. It’s closeby – c’mon it is. I write a lot of grant application support letters for artists rightly taking...

For our second installment of Q&A's with bright young things in the world of fashion, the delightful and talented Rachel Burke answers Amelia Dowd's questions (Fashion Blog #1). Rachel is currently tripping about the USA and still managing to make a dress a day for her Starlight Foundation fundraising challenge, I Make My Day. Rachel is...

Due to the success of the Writer's Circle Blog series we did in 2011, we thought we'd bring it back in 2012. Five talented and diverse fashionistas have come on board to participate in a round robin style Q&A about their arts practice, fashion, style and design. Amelia Dowd is a Brisbane based fashion and portrait...

A good friend of mine calls Facebook something new every time I talk to her. Admittedly, she is a total technophobe and social media is included in her list of things she 'cares not to understand' but the latest naming made me laugh out loud and prompted this blog. Let me set the scene... Withcott, Sunday...

The second year of the FastFic140 writing challenge netted over 100 entries that provided proof that punctuation, spelling and grammar aren’t lost when it comes to young people. The writing challenge is the result of a partnership between Moreton Bay Region Libraries and Transit Lounge Caboolture. The idea is that FastFic is all about writing stories...

Wendy Ma is a fashion blogger that we here at YAQ met last year. Wendy submitted the following blog for us after her trip to Hong Kong where she underwent an internship and indulged her passion for shopping... Within a shopping Mecca of luxurious designer labels, a Louis, Gucci or Chanel round every corner, unique and...