{"id":21720,"date":"2023-07-08T17:34:49","date_gmt":"2023-07-08T17:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=21720"},"modified":"2023-07-08T17:34:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-08T17:34:49","slug":"states-first-arts-and-creative-industry-policy-will-be-artist-led-to-grow-the-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2023\/07\/08\/states-first-arts-and-creative-industry-policy-will-be-artist-led-to-grow-the-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"State\u2019s first Arts and Creative Industry policy will be artist-led to grow the sector"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The NSW Government is calling on artists and other creative industries practitioners across the state to help craft the first-ever Arts, Culture and Creative Industries Policy for NSW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister for the Arts John Graham today released a discussion paper, A New Look At Culture, which focuses on how to grow the Arts and Cultural sector \u2013 an employer of almost one in ten people in Greater Sydney \u2013 in a way that is led by the people involved in the arts and creative industries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The discussion process seeks to understand what\u2019s working, what\u2019s not working and what fresh ideas will propel the sector forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To achieve this, an extensive consultation process will be undertaken across the state, including at least 11 in-person townhall meetings from Bega to Dubbo, Lismore to Tamworth and across Greater Sydney, with meetings in Liverpool, Penrith and Newcastle, as well as online meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The discussion paper outlines 3 considerations for the sector to respond to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>A new look at people:<\/strong>&nbsp;How can we create better, more inclusive, support and pathways for practitioners in the arts, culture and creative industries? &nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>A new look at infrastructure:<\/strong>&nbsp;How can we create and improve sustainable access to spaces, programs and other support for all aspects of artistic and cultural activity? &nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>A new look at audiences:<\/strong>&nbsp;How can we grow local, national and international audiences for cultural experiences, for the benefit of our community and the broader economy? &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Minister for Arts, John Graham said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time to bring our arts and creative industries together with 1 policy. Australia\u2019s cultural and creative activity contributes $122.3 billion to Australia\u2019s economy. In Greater Sydney the creative industries account for 9% of the workforce. It should be a bigger part of our state\u2019s story, our economy and sense of itself.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe principal priority will be to deliver a strategy that aims to grow the arts and creative industries sector in NSW. Our arts and cultural sector is still reeling from the most disruptive period in modern times. Having survived a decade of lockouts and lockdowns, the industry is now beset by serious economic headwinds. A vision to grow the arts sector in NSW and propel us forward must account for these impacts and include effective strategies to address them.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCreative workers build and support the foundations of our established \u2018traditional\u2019 arts institutions. This consultation is an opportunity to participate in the discovery of a new culture for this state, identify specific issues, share lived experiences and offer novel solutions to bring the cultural economy to life.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA series of public in-person and online discussions will take place right across NSW to ensure individuals and organisations in the creative industries can get involved and have their say. Whether you\u2019re a novelist in country NSW who is yet to be published, or the CEO of a major arts company in inner Sydney, we want to hear from you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat you say will help shape this new policy and in turn, our state. &nbsp;We understand that artists and workers haven\u2019t got the time to consult just for consultation\u2019s sake. This is not about generating a report that will just sit on a desk somewhere. &nbsp;We will report back to you by the end of the year, and we want to know what is working, what isn\u2019t working, and your big ideas for us to consider.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Individuals and organisations from the arts and creative industries are encouraged to join the conversation and share their ideas by: &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>submitting a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.haveyoursay.nsw.gov.au\/arts-culture-creative-industries-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">written, audio or video submission onlinelaunch<\/a><\/li><li>attending 1 of the many in-person or virtual town hall discussions across Greater Sydney and regional NSW<\/li><li>submitting a response to the discussion paper by post<\/li><li>submitting a response to the discussion paper by email.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Submissions are open until 31 August 2023.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.haveyoursay.nsw.gov.au\/arts-culture-creative-industries-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the discussion paper and submit your feedback onlinelaunch<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NSW Government is calling on artists and other creative industries practitioners across the state to help craft the first-ever Arts, Culture and Creative Industries Policy for NSW. Minister for the Arts John Graham today released a discussion paper, A New Look At Culture, which focuses on how to grow the Arts and Cultural sector &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2023\/07\/08\/states-first-arts-and-creative-industry-policy-will-be-artist-led-to-grow-the-sector\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;State\u2019s first Arts and Creative Industry policy will be artist-led to grow the sector&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21720"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21721,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21720\/revisions\/21721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}