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31 August 2021 It’s Gifted time again. The Foundation is calling for proposals from artists and organisations seeking support from our annual giving program, Gifted. Each year the SCAF Board selects a number of talented local artists and organisations across disciplines to receive a contribution from donations made to our annual giving program. Gifted invests directly in talented local artists to ensure their success and the artistic prosperity of the Sunshine Coast. It also provides opportunities for donors to engage

The Foundation co-hosted an event with Argon Law and the Friends of the Caloundra Regional Gallery on 17 June at the Gallery, which focussed on the value of the arts and how investment will bring greater social connection, achievement and identity in the Sunshine Coast. Foundation Chair, Professor Jennifer Radbourne (above) asked guests to consider their personal legacy. “It may be something in your history, it may be your children, it may be something in your will (your home, property, money, a work of

Sunshine Coast Arts Foundation is delighted to support the Sunshine Coast Chamber Music Festival as an inaugural project partner. The new Festival will take its place alongside Horizon Festival, Caloundra Music Festival and other local music programs offered each year in our region. Festival Chairman Ralph Devlin AM QC said the Festival will be held across the weekend of Friday 18 to Sunday 20 June 2021 and promises an unprecedented, memorable celebration of classical music for music lovers of all

Budding rock musicians, visual artists, dancers and musical theatre creators are the first recipients of Sunshine Coast Arts Foundation’s GIFTED program support. Chair Professor Jennifer Radbourne announced that the Foundation would contribute to seven diverse local projects from its GIFTED annual giving program that invests in talented artists to ensure their success and the artistic prosperity of the Sunshine Coast. “We are delighted to be able to start assisting our region’s gifted local artists with contributions from our donors. “Here

28 January 2021 The Sunshine Coast Arts Foundation (SCAF) is inviting local arts organisations and artists to apply for partnerships to offer tax deductibility to their donors or to be a recipient of its GIFTED annual giving campaign. The Foundation was entered on the Register of Cultural Organisations late last year and can receive tax deductible donations on behalf of artists and organisations in the region. Chair Professor Jennifer Radbourne said the Foundation is offering partnerships with local organisations and

In 2020 the Sunshine Coast Arts Foundation and Sunshine Coast Council conducted a joint research project to understand what residents value. The research aimed to increase participation in arts on the Sunshine Coast and develop audiences for specific art forms. The research report can be downloaded here. The project included interviews, online focus groups and an online survey and was a key outcome of the Sunshine Coast Arts Plan 2018-2038.  Sunshine Coast Arts Foundation Chair, Professor Jennifer Radbourne said the

Art lovers on the Sunshine Coast can now make a tax deductible gift to the Sunshine Coast Arts Foundation (SCAF) through the Australian Cultural Fund fundraising platform.   The Foundation, which was launched in February 2020, promotes the development and prosperity of the arts on the Sunshine Coast. Donors to the Foundation will be recognised at the following levels: Donor ($2 to $999), Fellow ($1000 to $24,999), Benefactor ($25,000 to $249,999) or Principal ($250,000 and greater). SCAF will partner with arts

Dear Friend of SCAF I am reminded everyday how much the arts contribute to our society, our well-being and our identity. The reminders come from many sources, such as reading ABS Statistics that 94% of arts and recreations businesses have been impacted by Covid-19, the hardest hit of all sectors in the economy. The creative arts contribute $112 billion to Australia’s economy and employ 193,000 people. The sector is bigger than finance, accommodation and coal mining. Yet venues are closed,

The future of the arts on the Sunshine Coast is looking brighter with the launch of SCAF on Friday, 21 February at The Events Centre Caloundra attended by 140 supporters of the arts in the region.   Chair, Professor Jennifer Radbourne said the Foundation’s purpose was to promote the development and prosperity of the arts on the Sunshine Coast.   “We are about place, about community, and about the arts,” she said.   “Here on the Sunshine Coast we have