Skip links and keyboard navigation

Regional Arts Services Network

About the Regional Arts Services Network

Since 2018, the Regional Arts Services Network (RASN), an initiative of the Queensland Government, has supported statewide capacity building, strategic arts project delivery and collaborations led by service providers and local regional arts officers.

Delivered through a network of arts organisations with deep artform expertise, RASN seeks to provide opportunities for Queensland’s creative workforce wherever they live.

The Queensland Government has invested $19.2 million over ten years to support regional arts services delivery through RASN, including:

  • $2.4 million (2026-2027) to engage six Queensland-based service providers and statewide management to deliver services directly to artists, artworkers, organisations and communities across Queensland.
  • $7.8 million (2022-2025) to engage four Queensland-based service providers working across the state, including $1.8 million to deliver strategic projects.
  • $2.2 million in 2021 for delivery of workers’ assistance programs providing mentorship and business skills development for regional artists and arts workers.
  • $6.8 million (2018 – 2021) to engage eight Queensland-based service providers and a state coordination office to deliver services and funding programs across Queensland.

Since commencing in 2018, RASN has:

  • delivered almost 5,000 regional arts projects and activities, which engaged more than 235,000 attendees and participants
  • employed an average of 13 regionally based arts RASN officers annually
  • created more than 2,400 employment opportunities, with 22% of these for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and arts workers
  • paid approximately $1.9 million to Queensland artists and arts workers through RASN programming
  • delivered services and partnership activity in all 78 Local Government Areas
  • attracted almost $10 million new investment into the arts sector (including $7.3 million cash).

Get in touch

If you are a regional Queensland artist, artworker, organisation or group, the RASN team are here to help you with tailored advice, mentoring and support to maximise your projects and career opportunities.

You can find out more about RASN services at rasn.au or email info@rasn.au to speak with Topology, the Statewide Service Manager contact.

In 2026-2027 your RASN artform specialist providers are:

Creative Heartlands Case Study

A strategic initiative delivered by RASN North as part of its services delivery across 2022-2025, Creative Heartlands consisted of three key projects Looking Forward Looking Back, Local Giants and Savannah Way Creative. Each project had a specific focus based on the following priorities for the region:

  • Community Activation
  • Artist Development
  • Network Building
  • Community Capacity Building
  • Talent Identification
  • Product Building

Through extensive community led consultation, in community residencies and workshops, partnership development and brokerage, Creative Heartlands delivered:

  • 12 creative developments that produced 16 new creative works
  • 28 performances across 16 local government areas in North Queensland to more than 91,000 regional audiences.
  • 449 employment opportunities for regional artists and artworkers.

Discover more about Creative Heartlands

To learn more about the artists you can watch the videos below:

Banner image: Gold Dust by Tara Jade Samaya, presented at PUNQ Charters Towers 2024. Credit: Nicole Zicchino
Case Study image: Creative Heartlands. Credit: Alysha Blackley