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.
Contracts for the RASN 2022-2025 service providers end on 30 June 2025. Arts Queensland will implement a renewed model of regional arts service delivery to commence in January 2026.
In the interim, continued statewide arts services will be delivered by Topology (the previous service provider to North Queensland). RASN officers across the state will also continue to provide high-quality support and advice.
Enhanced online support including new digital resources will also soon be available via this website.
For more information about how RASN can support you and your creative practice, visit Topology or email info@rasn.au.
Background information
Since commencing in 2018, RASN has:
- delivered almost 5,000 regional arts projects and activities with creative professionals
- engaged more than 235,000 attendees and participants at RASN-supported activities
- created more than 2,400 employment opportunities with 22% of these for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and arts workers
- employed an average of 13 regionally-based arts RASN officers annually
- 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).
The Queensland Government has invested $16.8 million over eight years to support regional arts services delivery through RASN, including:
- $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.
- $2.2 million in 2021 for delivery of workers’ assistance programs providing mentorship and business skills development for regional artists and arts workers.
- $7.8 million (2022-2025) to engage four Queensland-based service providers working across the state, including $1.8 million to deliver strategic projects.
Image: Three Generations, Three Songs by Nashae. Credit: Nicole Zicchino.