At Arts Queensland, we’re always on the lookout for ways to promote Queensland talent. So we’d like to kick off 2016 by bringing you a starting list of Queensland people and independent institutions that are worth checking out on social media this year! 

Premier and Arts Minister Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced a funding boost for Queensland Ballet to fast track the company’s growth and support its vision of becoming an Asia Pacific powerhouse.

Premier Palaszczuk announced that the State Government would commission a $1.3 million business case for a 1500-seat theatre, to report back in 12 months. 

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk today announced Legendary Pictures’ and Warner Bros. Pictures’ Kong: Skull Islandis the next major international motion picture to film in Queensland, with preproduction starting this month and filming commencing in early 2016. 

Premier and Arts Minister Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced the winners of new literary awards supported by the Queensland Government at tonight’s presentation at State Library of Queensland. 

The Queensland Government has reached an in-principle agreement to build a 4000sq metre super stage at Village Roadshow’s Oxenford Studios in a partnership that will simultaneously deliver the latest venue for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games and provide a major drawcard for international blockbuster films

Premier and Arts Minister Palaszczuk has announced that a new television mini-series starring Rebecca Gibney is the latest production to film in Queensland. 

Dangerous spiders buried for 2000 years will come to life in The Nest 3D, the latest international co-production to shoot in Queensland.

Premier and Arts Minister Annastacia Palaszczuk has confirmed funding for Far North Queensland visual arts, dance, music and fashion, while attending the opening of the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) last night.

Queensland has received a boost to its vibrant arts and cultural offering with more than $193,000 allocated to support eight new projects across the state.