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Flying Arts
Flying Arts is a provider of arts workshops and exhibiting opportunities to remote and regional Queenslanders. We have over 90 exciting workshops to offer artists of all ages. These 2-day workshops cover many different forms from paper mache animals for kids to foundations and masterclasses in jewellery, ceramics, painting, drawing, flim, photography and many other genres. Visit www.flyingarts.org.au to download the program.
Flying Arts was founded in 1971 with the principle that the arts should not be the exclusive privilege of those who live in major cities. We believe Arts and visual arts practice are a vital part of Australian culture and has the capacity to enhance the quality of life. Flying Arts gives you the chance to work with tutors from Queeensland, New South Wales, the ACT, Victoria and the United Kingdom.
PURPOSE
Mission
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| Vision The vision or statement of future direction and position for Flying Arts isto be a major catalyst in the fostering, development and growth of quality arts and cultural outcomes throughout Queensland for individuals and communities. |
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History
Flying Arts was founded in 1971 by Merv Moriarty - pictured above, as a cultural counterpart to Queensland’s Royal Flying Doctor Service. Flying Arts’ central values, along with its founding principle that the arts should not be the exclusive privilege of those who live in major cities, remain unchanged. These are:
- Arts and visual arts practice are a vital part of Australian culture.
- Our artists lead and inform our programs.
- We recognise Australia’s culturally diverse artists and artistic practice.
- The arts have the capacity to enhance the quality of life.
What is also unchanged is:
- regional artists’ passionate commitment to expanding their own practice and to communicating across, and often despite, distance;
- the ‘can do’ philosophy which commits Flying Arts to delivering services to the most remote community; and
- a shared belief that ‘the sky’s the limit’ where creative energy and achievement are concerned.
In recent years Flying Arts has continued to emphasise the professional aspects of the operation. Highlights here include the development of an accredited certificate program with TAFE Queensland delivered online, the embedding of masterclasses as part of the Touring Program, use of nationally and internationally renowned touring artists, the development of ArtistBANK whereby past touring artists can be invited back to communities to raise practice levels even higher , extension classes in regional schools, special projects such as festivals and the publication of an Anthology which is one of the very few publications in Australia that address critical issues in the visual arts.
Images: L-R Larsen Marrakech Memoirs; Books created March 08 at Di Tait's Coptic Bookbinding workshop, Biloela; Participants Di Tait's Coptic Bookbinding workshop, Biloela; Lyn Marshall, Flood Season.