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SubUrban-Phrases-5, photo: Vision Events

SubUrban-Phrases-5, photo: Vision Events

Arts NSW promotes and develops policies, programs and projects which support a sustainable, evolving and diverse arts and cultural sector and are relevant to the people and communities of NSW.

Here are some of the issues on our current agenda.

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NSW Arts and Cultural Policy

Minister for the Arts, George Souris, has announced the appointment of a five-member reference group to guide work on the State’s first Arts and Cultural Policy. More



Review of the Arts Funding Program

Minister for the Arts, George Souris, has announced a review of the Arts Funding Program will be undertaken alongside the development of an Arts and Cultural Policy for NSW.More



Completion of the Walsh Bay Arts Precinct

NSW 2021 and the NSW Government State Infrastructure Strategy both identify the completion of the Walsh Bay Arts Precinct as the priority arts project for the Government.More



Water Vibration, installation by Catherine Stanley for the Faces of Gosford residency project

Arts NSW Community Partnerships

The NSW Government has announced a two-year funding package of $460,000 for an arts and community partnership program on the Central Coast of NSW.More



LGSA Cultural Accord

The Fourth Cultural Accord between the NSW Government and the NSW Local Government and Shires Associations operates from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2013. The Fourth Cultural Accord is [...]More



Managing and Producing Services (MAPS) initiative

Arts NSW supports the development of key arts infrastructure in NSW in partnership with the Australia Council for the Arts. The Managing and Producing Services initiative (MAPS) – is a [...]More



Bully Beef Stew – a fearless theatrical exploration of Aboriginal manhood devised and performed by Sonny Dallas Law, Colin Kinchela and Bjorn Stewart Director Andrea James, Photo: Cat Jones

Aboriginal arts and culture in NSW

Arts NSW’s Aboriginal Arts and Cultural Strategy helps foster a vibrant sector that gives Aboriginal people of NSW greater opportunities. The Strategy covers four directions that provide a framework to support the sector, acknowledging its diversity, excellence in arts practice, importance to Aboriginal society and its right to be respected and valued as a central part of the wider arts and cultural sector.More



Engaging Western Sydney audiences

The NSW Government is committed to supporting the arts in the Western Sydney Region and particularly in responding to the needs of audiences from diverse cultural backgrounds.More