At any time there is a wide range of research being undertaken by various organisations and agencies into the arts and related cultural activity. The links below provide access to some of the most recent studies relevant to NSW.
Arts Organisations 2010 Annual Report
2011 Australia Council
Australia Council published the annual report of statistics for the Major Performing Arts sector in 2010 (formerly called Securing the Future). The report includes MPA companies and triennially funded Key Organisations).
Australia Council report on Cultural Policies in Australia
2011 Australia Council
Australia Council published the profile of Australia’s cultural policies that makes a timely contribution to the current discussions prompted by the Australian Government’s proposal to release a cultural policy. Main sections included in the report are:
- Historical perspective: cultural policies and instruments
- General objectives and principles of cultural policy
- Competence, decision-making and administration
- Current issues in cultural policy development and debate
- Main legal provisions in the cultural field
- Financing of culture
- Public institutions in cultural infrastructure
- Promoting creativity and participation
A report for Arts Council England: Supporting growth in the arts economy
2011 Arts Council England
Within the series of three papers: ‘The arts economy’, ‘Place infrastructure and digital’ and ‘Towards an arts and creative economy’, Tom Fleming and Andrew Erskine illustrate synergies between the arts and the creative economy and discuss suggestions for the Arts Council’s approach. The report is introduced by Alan Davey, Chief Executive, Arts Council England and Ed Vaizey MP, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative industries, Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
Access to Finance for Creative Industry Businesses
2011 Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), United Kingdom
DCMS and the Department for Business Innovation & Skills (BIS) published the findings of a jointly commissioned research project to examine whether creative industry businesses face greater difficulties accessing finance compared to SMEs in other sectors. The research uses a mix of statistical analysis of existing survey datasets and newly conducted interviews with SMEs and finance providers.
Reinvesting in Arts Education – Winning America’s Future Through Creative Schools
2011 President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, Washington, DC 20506
The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) released the report Reinvesting in Arts Education: Winning America’s Future Through Creative Schools. The culmination of 18 months of research, meetings with stakeholders, and site visits all over the country, this report represents an in-depth review of the current condition of arts education, including an update of the current research base about arts education outcomes, and an analysis of the challenges and opportunities in the field that have emerged over the past decade. It also includes a set of recommendations to federal, state and local policymakers.
Economic contribution of the venue-based live music industry in Australia
2011 – The study was commissioned by APRA|AMCOS in conjunction with the Australia Council for the Arts, Arts Victoria, Arts NSW and Live Performance Australia.
The study examined the value of live music from a venue’s perspective and the figures demonstrate the industry’s significant contribution to the Australian economy. This, the first ever national study of the value of live music, has found that in 2009/10 the Australian live music industry injected $1.21 billion into the national economy, with total profits and wages of $652 million and supporting almost 15,000 full-time jobs. The industry also attracts strong audiences with the report finding that 41.97 million patrons attended 328,000 venue-based live music performances at 3,904 venues across Australia in 2009/10.
The 2010 Report of the LPA Ticket Attendance and Revenue Survey
2011 Live Performance Australia (LPA)
Live Performance Australia (LPA) published the 2010 Report of the LPA Ticket Attendance and Revenue Survey that confirms that engagement with the live performance sector remains strong, although some industry sectors fared better than others. Overall, revenue grew 22.6% to $1.3 billion, while attendances grew 13.5% to 17.2 million paid and unpaid ticket
Value Added! Economic and Social Value Study of Cultural Facilities & Activities
2010 Museums and Galleries NSW
The economic and social contribution of cultural facilities and activities in Central NSW
Guess who is going to the Gallery
2008 & 2009 Museums & Galleries NSW
Stages 1 (Hunter and Western Sydney regions) and 2 (Metro) are available, stage three due to be completed by Dec 2010
Vital Signs: Cultural Indicators for Australia
Cultural Minister’s Council Statistical Working Group has released a draft set of indicators for measuring the health and vitality of the arts and cultural sector in Australia.
More than bums on seats: Australian participation in the arts
2010 Australia Council
This research will help arts organisations to better understand their audiences and make their art even more accessible. For policy makers, this study identifies the key factors which will impact Australians’ future participation in the arts. It also identifies barriers and incentives which impact participation.
Do you really expect to get paid?
David Throsby and Anita Zednik
2010 Australia Council
An economic study of professional artists in Australia. This research found that artists’ incomes as a whole are not keeping pace with the rest of the workforce.
Peter Higgs
2010 Australia Council
A census analysis of arts employment in Australia. Analyses data from the past three Australian Population Censuses.
Arts Plus, New Models New Money
Peter Shergold
2010 Arts Queensland & Centre for Social Impact UNSW
A discussion paper which proposes the establishment of a Foundation for the Artist – the first of its kind in Australia – to bring together public, private and corporate funding for artists.
Training and Education Needs in the NSW Aboriginal Visual Arts Sector
2010 Regional Arts NSW
A research project on the training and professional development needs of Aboriginal artists in New South Wales
Identification of engagement opportunities in the Indigenous Arts Industry in NSW
2009 Regional Arts NSW
This report outlines research conducted by Regional Arts NSW (RANSW) aimed at identifying potential Indigenous business arts hubs in regional NSW.
2009 Arts NSW & Multicultural Marketing &Management
The NSW Government is very committed to supporting the arts in the Western Sydney Region particularly as such development responds to the needs of audiences from diverse cultural backgrounds. In 2009, a survey of residents who had not visited a cultural venue or event in Western Sydney in the past 12 months was conducted.
NSW Arts Consumers: NSW data from ‘More than bums on seats’
2010 Jacquie Norton & Eric Wu, Instinct and reason for Arts NSW
Much of the findings reported in ‘More than bums on seats: Australian Participation in the Arts’ were based on national data. Arts NSW were keen to explore how the findings for NSW compared to the national results. They approached instinct and reason to reproduce the tables from the Australia Council for the Arts report specifically for NSW residents.
