By Request
By Request brings Flying Arts’ professional arts and creative development programs directly to you, wherever you are in Queensland. Building on the legacy of our founder, Mervyn Moriarty OAM, we design and deliver engaging, professionally facilitated programs for schools, communities, councils and corporate businesses across the state.
Our team works with you to design a program for your needs, from a single workshop to a multi-day capacity-building initiative.
Schools
We design and deliver workshops for schools based on your vision and curriculum needs. All workshops are delivered by professional artists and arts experts and can be tailored to elevate students’ technical or theoretical skills.
Workshop Options
- Painting
- Sculpture
- Drawing
- Artists’ books
- Art history
- Colour theory
- Creating Artworks to Address a Theme
- Elements of Design
- Assemblage/Collage
- Ceramics and Mosaics
- Murals
- Photography
- Printmaking
- Textiles and Wearable Art
This list continues to grow — get in touch if you don’t see what you’re looking for.
Communities
By Request provides on-demand workshops for your community. Whether you are looking to bridge a gap in professional arts practice or deliver a hands-on technical workshop at your next community event, By Request is your point of call.
Workshop Options
- Tax tips for artists and creative professionals
- Writing your artist’s biography and documenting your practice
- Facilitating a workshop
- Writing grant and funding applications
- Developing a Portfolio
- Writing About Your Arts Practice
- Documenting and Presenting Your Work
- Preparing Exhibition Proposals
- Writing a Business Plan
- Web and Online Tools for Your Business
- Financial Management for Artists
- Artist Books and Journals
- Assemblage/Collage
- Ceramics and Mosaics
- Drawing
- Murals
- Paintings
- Photography
- Printmaking
- Sculpture
- Textiles and Wearable Art
Councils
By Request provides regional councils with a flexible and cost-effective way to deliver high-quality arts and cultural experiences directly to their communities. Designed to respond to local priorities, the program offers tailored workshops, projects and professional development opportunities led by experienced artists and facilitators.
Whether councils are looking to activate community spaces, engage diverse age groups, support local festivals or strengthen cultural tourism, By Request can be adapted to meet specific goals while fostering creativity, participation and a stronger sense of community identity.
Workshop Options
- Community engagement through public art and murals
- Writing about your art
- Technical skills in photography, ceramics and more
- Capacity building
- Consulting with the Community
- Community and Public Art
- Event Scoping and Planning
- Mural Projects
- Planning and Managing an Arts Event/Festival
- Developing a Portfolio
- Writing an Artist Bio
- Writing About Your Arts Practice
- Documenting and Presenting Your Work
- Preparing Exhibition Proposals
- How to Facilitate Workshops
Corporate
Flying Arts delivers a multi-disciplinary approach, drawing on expertise from across the arts, sport, social enterprise and community recovery sectors. Rather than one-size-fits-all programs, we work with organisations and local stakeholders to design place-based initiatives that respond to the unique assets, needs and aspirations of each community.
Workshop and Program Options
- Creative recovery and community resilience capacity-building programs
- Trauma-informed approaches to community engagement
- Social prescribing and community wellbeing fundamentals
- Facilitation skills for working safely in recovery and community settings
- Team and staff engagement through creative practice
Book a By Request Program
To book one of our By Request programs, or to talk to us about designing a custom program for your school, community, council or organisation, contact us at [email protected].