Special Announcement: Artist Residency with CQ RASN

I’m pleased to announce that I’ve been selected as one of eight Central Queensland artists to take part in CQ RASN’s artist ‘at home’ residency program for the month of June!

This is the second round in the Tough and Tender Beauty program and runs from 8 June - 3 July. With funding support from CQ RASN, I’ll be creating a new body of work this month which will be an opportunity to reflect on my experiences during the ongoing COVID-19 situation and associated physical isolation. The residency program also includes a program of professional development opportunities and weekly networking with the other artists.

You can follow along with this project in the following ways:

  • CQ RASN’s Facebook or Instagram @cq_rasn

  • Tough and Tender beauty blog - you can read my first post about my progress here, and check out what the other artists are up. I’ll be contributing another 2 blogs during the course of the residency program.

  • My new Instagram account @oliviaeverittprojects. I’ve been a long term Instagram user, but this residency presented the perfect opportunity to tick ‘build social media presence’ off my business battle board. I would love for you to follow me to stay in the loop about the residency, and also other projects coming online in the near future!

I also wanted to note that South Burnett Arts Hour is continuing this month, with the third session under our belt earlier this week with special guests Mayor Brett Otto and Melinda Jones. The next session is penciled in for Tuesday 23 June 12-1pm with details due to be released shortly. Thank you to South Burnett Arts for partnering with me on this project and to BIEDO for enabling these sessions to take place via Zoom. You can catch the recording from the session held on 9 June here.

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Reflecting on May: South Burnett Arts Hour

May has come and gone already and it was a flat chat month here at HQ! Thank you to my clients and program partners for your ongoing support, both those who are new and the ones who can’t get rid of me!

Here’s a few of my highlights from the last four weeks:

  • New program launched - South Burnett Arts Hour. As one of many measures in response to COVID-19, galleries remained closed, performances cancelled and opportunities to meet face-to-face were limited throughout May. I teamed up with South Burnett Arts to develop and present a new online program for the South Burnett arts community, enabling access to relevant guest speakers and providing a platform for local, informal networking.

    You can read more about South Burnett Arts Hour and view the recordings here.

  • New clients - providing grants support. As part of my range of professional services, I offer support throughout the grant writing process; from mapping out grant opportunities for your project, taking care of the writing for you from go to whoa, or providing a grants review before you hit submit. It was fantastic to work with new clients throughout May to support their grant writing endeavors!

  • Celebrating Queensland Small Business Month with BIEDO. During May I continued to support the work of the Burnett Inland Economic Development Organisation (BIEDO), which includes the development of their monthly e-newsletters to their network, the BIEDO Burst.

The next South Burnett Arts Hour session will be held on Tuesday 9 June from 12-1pm. More details coming soon!