The Australian Flying Arts School (now Flying Arts Alliance, Inc.) is a not-for-profit organisation that supports lifelong engagement in the visual and media arts throughout regional and remote Queensland. It was founded in 1971 by , who flew his plane more than 400,000 km (250,000 mi) over the next 12 years to visit remote areas of Queensland and deliver art education. Moriarty's Flying Arts, Gertrude Langer's Arts Council of Queensland and 's Cultural Activities Department are credited with sparking the creation of private galleries and regional centres for the visual arts throughout Queensland.