Mission
Connect the region’s makers, put work on its feet, and pass on the craft.
Our mission is to be an inclusive contemporary arts platform that produces live events and offers mentorship and training to emerging artists, culture workers and volunteers — in line with creative industry standards — while opening digital pathways so that work can be published, hosted and paid for.
Vision
North Queensland artists who can fill a room and run their own channel.
We want a region where live culture is still made in halls, yards, hotels and stations — and where the same people can edit a clip, stand up a site, use AI without being used by it, and keep more of the value of what they make.
Organisation
The details on the letterhead.
| Legal name | Diffraction Collective Inc |
|---|---|
| ABN | 72 177 846 092 |
| Date established | 31 December 2011 |
| Where we operate | Queensland, Australia |
| Financial year end | 30 June |
Who we help
The people in the room, and the people still finding the door.
We work with First Nations communities, families, young people and older people, LGBTIQA+ communities, people with disability, culturally diverse communities and regional residents across North Queensland — plus fellow organisations that need kit, crew or training.
How we work
- Produce indoor and outdoor events, including community events.
- Stage multi-format collaborations: music, projections, mapping, visual art, graffiti and sculpture.
- Offer mentorship and training to emerging artists, culture workers and volunteers.
- Purchase and store equipment that North Queensland arts and community organisations can hire, subject to board approval.
- Extend that same training into digital production, publishing and income skills.
Responsible people
David Hutchinson
Heather Macnab
General enquiries: support@diffractioncollective.org