Generate GC supports Gold Coast artists to generate art and ideas within community and place.

Generate GC supports Gold Coast artists to generate art and ideas within community and place.

what we do.

Generate GC facilitates ambitious, place-based art through mentorship, collaboration, and community.

As a City of Gold Coast initiative, we support artists across disciplines to experiment, connect, and produce high-impact, conceptually driven work.

The program consists as a two-year structure where creatives across art forms are encouraged to push boundaries and to take creative risks. Joining a cohort of local creatives, participants connect with established artists and get support to expand their artistic practice.

supporting local artists.

Generate GC is designed for artists who want to expand their creative practice and explore new ground. We focus on:

  • Mentorship & Collaboration – Artists join a vibrant cohort, working alongside peers, producers and established professionals.

  • Conceptual Development – We encourage deep thinking, testing, and iteration of bold new ideas.

  • Professional Production – Projects are realized with high production values, ready for diverse audiences and environments.

Community and place.

Based on Yugambeh Country, we honour the Traditional Custodians and are inspired by the deep cultural knowledge embedded in this land and its waterways.

Beyond our shoreline and skyscrapers, is a vibrant cultural landscape in motion. Here we encourage our Artists to connect to community & place to inspire their next iteration and shape the story they want to tell.

In doing so, the reach of our artists goes far beyond the Gold Coast. They have stepped onto stages, exhibited in galleries and and engaged with communities across Australia — bringing work developed here to audiences everywhere. You’ll find Generate GC artists featured in:

  • HOTA – Home of the Arts

  • BLEACH Festival*

  • SWELL Sculpture Festival

  • Big City Lights

  • Anywhere Festival

  • Horizon Festival

  • Splendour in the Grass

  • Dust Temple

It’s with a special acknowledgment of our presenting partners that make this outreach possible. We proud to be part of a creative network that spans from South East Queensland to Far North Queensland and Victoria.

art and ideas.

The Labs are about pushing boundaries and expanding practice. They encourage artists to think beyond the immediate, and begin imagining works of scale for festivals, independent platforms and new audiences.

Just like a science lab, ideas incubate, react and evolve into powerful new works.

Bold ideas need space to breathe, evolve and take shape. That’s where our Labs come in.

The foundation of Generate GC, the Labs are intensive, interdisciplinary spaces where artists are invited to experiment, collaborate and take creative risks. Over eight days, selected participants engage in a process of exploration, guided by a team of Provocateurs — experienced artists, curators and designers who bring deep knowledge from a range of national and international contexts.

Following the Lab, artists are supported through a funded Research and Development phase with mentorship from the Program Producer. The program culminates in a Creative Development stage, where artists build partnerships, pitch for presentation opportunities and continue growing a strong professional network.