RANT arts

👻🎨 A SPOOKTACULAR THANK YOU! 🕸️✨

A huge thank you to Spryte and everyone who came along to Spryte’s Spooky Spectacular Arts & Crafts Workshops last Friday! 💜

We had so much fun getting creative, making spooky creations and sharing a little Halloween magic together! 🧙‍♀️🎃

Thank you to everyone who joined in and helped make the workshops so much fun! We loved having you there! 💜✨

✨ RAF Tips and Tricks: Make your supporting materials work for you!

Supporting materials can help bring your application to life. Consider including examples of your creative work, images, letters of support, partnership details or other relevant documents that help demonstrate your project’s quality, impact and feasibility!

Find out more via the link:
https://www.rantarts.com/quick-response-grants

🎨 MINDSCAPES | Self Belief🧠
Introducing Self Belief By Jo Pether, one of the three wearable artworks created for Mindscapes.
Mindscapes is a community mental health initiative by RANT Arts, funded by the City of Launceston, presenting wearable micro-artworks designed to spark conversations about mental health, wellbeing, connection and everyday care.

💬 Artist Statement
The power of self belief is so often lacking as an artist Finding the confidence to start the next piece in a collection. Wondering 'is it right', coming back after a damaged canvas. Empowering my thoughts to create... to find the right reference. Getting help and incentive from others when my artistic flow is low, including the phography of Louis Blanc whose black and white photography was used with thanks as a reference.
Designed to be worn, shared and passed on, each Mindscapes badge offers a small visual reminder that conversations about mental health matter.

🎨 Art you can wear. Conversations that matter.
Find out more: rantarts.com/mindscapes2026

🔎 Friday Find

🎨 Tasmanian artists: a $72,000 public art opportunity!

Arts Tasmania is inviting applications from Tasmanian artists to create an outdoor artwork for the newly redeveloped Midlands Multi-Purpose Health Centre in Oatlands.

The artwork will be located in the centre's courtyard, with a focus on creating a welcoming, calming environment for residents, visitors and staff.

💰 Artwork budget: $72,000 + GST
📅 Applications close: Monday 26 October 2026

Find the artist brief and application details here:

https://www.arts.tas.gov.au/industry_development/public_art/midlands-mutli-purpose-health-centre

Midlands Multi-Purpose Health Centre | Arts Tasmania View the Silverdome public art commission brief for artworks by Tasmanian artists.

🎨 HAUS CREATIVE ART CLASSES – TERM 4 ENROLMENTS OPEN!🎨

Haus Creative are excited to welcome students back for Term 4 at Haus Creative Art Classes! 🖌️✨

The sessions are all about creativity, confidence and self-expression, giving young artists the opportunity to explore different materials, experiment with techniques and bring their own ideas to life in a relaxed, encouraging environment.

Whether your child loves to draw, paint, experiment or just make a creative mess, Haus Creative art classes are a wonderful space to explore, learn new skills and let their imagination run wild! 🌈

👉 Enrol here:
https://form.jotform.com/251058550602854

They can’t wait to see what our young artists create this term! 🎨💛

🎤 HAUS CREATIVE SINGING ACADEMY – TERM 4 ENROLMENTS OPEN!🎤

Calling all singers! 🎶 Haus Creative's Singing Academy is back for Term 4, and they are ready for another term of growth, confidence and joyful music-making!

Students will continue developing their vocal technique, performance skills and self-expression in a supportive, encouraging environment; perfect for both beginners and experienced singers. 🙌🏻

✨ This term, students will also be preparing for our end-of-year showcase, putting their hard work and growing confidence into practice as they get ready to perform! 🌟🎵

🎶 For young people aged 10–18 years.

👉 Enrol here:
https://pci.jotform.com/form/251822191135855

They can’t wait to hear our singers shine on stage! 🎤💛

🎭 A.R.E.A ACTING PROGRAM – TERM 4 ENROLMENTS NOW OPEN!🎭

The A.R.E.A Acting Program is back for Term 4, with enrolments now open for Stages 1, 2 and 3!🎬

Whether you're just starting your acting journey or ready to develop your skills, there's a stage for you! Students build confidence, creativity and performance techniques through practical activities in a supportive environment. 🙌🏻

✨ What’s happening this term?
🎭 STAGE 1
Explore the foundations of acting through theatre games, improvisation, scripts and performance, while preparing for our end-of-year concert! 🌟

🎬 STAGE 2
Take your acting skills to the next level through scripts, character development and performance. This term, Stage 2 students will be bringing an exciting original performance to life, written and directed by one of their very own Stage 2 students!👏

🎥 STAGE 3
Designed for students aged 15–18 who have completed Stage 2, this class explores specialised acting skills across film and theatre, including realism, public speaking, historical and contemporary texts, and an introduction to Shakespeare.

👉 Enrol here:
https://form.jotform.com/220022248527851

We can't wait for another term of creativity, collaboration and performance! 🎭✨

🎨 MINDSCAPES | Chagall’s Moon🧠

Introducing Chagell’s Moon by Sylvie Wylie, one of the three wearable artworks created for Mindscapes.
Mindscapes is a community mental health initiative by RANT Arts, funded by the City of Launceston, presenting wearable micro-artworks designed to spark conversations about mental health, wellbeing, connection and everyday care.

💬 Artist Statement
Finding sanctuary amongst friends and family in this turbulent world has to be one of the most satisfying objectives.

Designed to be worn, shared and passed on, each Mindscapes badge offers a small visual reminder that conversations about mental health matter.

🎨 Art you can wear. Conversations that matter.

Find out more: rantarts.com/mindscapes2026

2023 Quick Response Grant recipent- Soma Lumia
Soma Lumia worked with QVMAG senior curator Ashley Bird to develop a new interactive video installation linking the museum’s three-screen immersive space at Royal Park with a companion experience at Inveresk.

Reimagining, Lacunae, first presented at Mona Foma in 2021 -the work built on its original response to COVID lockdowns and “Zoom fatigue,” transforming distance into a playful, shared experience. Audiences were invited to dance across the two sites as coloured silhouettes, and this new iteration also introduced pre-recorded “ghost” performers.

Featuring entirely new video and audio created through Soma Lumia’s site-responsive approach, the work was exhibited for three months from November 2023. Supported by a Quick Response Grant, the project included a collaboration with youth dance company Stompin, who choreographed and recorded performances that lived within the installation. A video documentation of the work was acquired for QVMAG’s collection.
📸:D Rogers- Lacunae Flow Soma Lumia