Brisbane songwriter Helen Franzmann has been announced as the winner of the $20,000 2009 Grant McLennan Memorial Fellowship. Read full story >

A super-scale housewarming celebration at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) last month celebrated the venue's recent $34 million refurbishment. Read full story >

Queensland's success as a premier cultural destination has continued with two of the major winter events at the Cultural Centre becoming runaway successes. Read full story >

The entries are in from Queensland senior students who want to write about visual art, craft and design for a high-quality art publication that is distributed nationally. Read full story >

A number of Arts Queensland's s2m (small to medium) funded arts organisations have major tours, announcements and productions in store for the second half of 2009. Read full story >

Diploma students at Brisbane's Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts (ACPA) will head north to take part in the internationally renowned Garma Festival in the Northern Territory next month. Read full story >

NAIDOC Week was a big week for all Indigenous communities across Australia, though it had a special significance in Brisbane this year. Read full story >

On Thursday 11 June 2009, Anna Bligh, Premier of Queensland and Minister for Arts announced the 2009 Queensland Greats. Read full story >

The best and most exciting movies from around the globe are currently showing in Brisbane with the annual St. George Bank Brisbane International well underway. Read full story >

The 2009 Queensland Music Festival presented an exciting program that celebrated icons and nurtured young talent in our state's 150th birthday year. Read full story >

Far North Queensland artists will show and sell their art at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) with funding from the Queensland Government's Backing Indigenous Arts (BIA) program. Read full story >

The inaugural Orign8 Fast Film Festival at Toowoomba's Empire Theatre is one of Australia's newest film competitions. Orign8 Fast Film Festival has been designed specifically to provide an opportunity for emerging filmmakers to develop their skills and be rewarded for their efforts. Read full story >

The Queensland Art Gallery's (QAG) newest Up Late series will revisit the roaring 1920s during the world exclusive exhibition American Impressionism and Realism: A Landmark Exhibition from the Met. Read full story >

Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) will celebrate the unique arts and culture of Australia's Indigenous people through two very different mediums this winter. Read full story >

The competition is heating up for the Australian Poetry Slam, an exciting and electric live event where the audience is the judge. Read full story >

A landmark exhibition exploring the history of Australia's railways in our state's 150th year opened this week at the Museum of Tropical Queensland, Townsville. Read full story >

Get in quick for the final days of a Broadway phenomenon in Brisbane! Read full story >

http://www.australiavenicebiennale.com.au/education-hub
The Australia Venice Biennale 2009 Education Resource for all Australian teachers and students has been launched. Read full story >

http://www.performingartsmarket.com.au
The Australian Performing Arts Market, the largest performing arts market in the southern hemisphere, will be held in Adelaide from 22 to 26 February 2010. Read full story >

http://www.arts.qld.gov.au/funding/s2m.html
Operational funding for small to medium arts organisations is offered on a competitive basis from available resources. Read full story >

http://www.creativeregions.com.au
The Creative Regions website, funded by Arts Queensland and the Australia Council for the Arts as part of the Pilot Regional Arts Service Delivery Project for 2009, has gone live. Read full story >

Arts Update has two double passes to giveaway for the The Met Up Late on 7 August. Read full story >

Arts Update has a double pass to giveaway to attend Prime Mover at the historic Regent Theatre on Saturday 8 August at 7:15pm. Read full story >

We welcome feedback and contributions to Arts Update. Please contact the editor, Colleen Turner on (07) 3225 8841 or email artsupdate@arts.qld.gov.au