- DLGSC
developing a new 10 Year Vision to better support arts and culture in WA
- Call out
for arts, culture and creative industry input to inform new direction
- Vision
will update current strategic directions plan acknowledging changes to sector
globally post COVID-19
The
Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries (DLGSC) has begun
the development of a new 10 Year Vision for Arts and Culture in Western Australia
(Vision).
The
new Vision will map out how the State Government can best support the growth of
WA's arts, culture, and creative industries over the next 10 years. It will
build on the important work done in partnership with the sector to develop the
current Strategic Directions 2016-2031 plan (Strategic Directions plan).
While
the Strategic Directions plan contains valuable insights and aspirations for
the sector in WA, the COVID-19 pandemic had significant, complex, and
long-standing impacts on the sector locally, nationally, and globally. There is
a need for an updated Vision for the sector that reflects these changes in a
global context and more clearly articulates the State Government's priorities
for arts, culture and creative industries over the next 10 years.
DLGSC
has created a discussion
paper available on its website at https://www.dlgsc.wa.gov.au/10-year-vision,
that reviews the milestones and
achievements of the current Strategic Directions, and maps out the consultation
process for the new 10 Year Vision.
DLGSC has engaged experienced arts and cultural consultant Kate
Larsen to support development of the Vision.
The
first opportunity for sector input is now open via an introductory survey.
Comments
attributed to Culture and the Arts Minister David Templeman:
"Strategic Directions
2016-2031 was developed in close partnership with the sector and was the first
strategy to provide a unified vision for arts, culture, and creative industries
in WA.
"It was intended to
provide a long-term strategic direction for our State, but COVID-19 changed
that by fundamentally altering the behaviour of our audiences, our arts and
cultural organisations, and our artists and creative workers.
"We've learned much over
the past few years, and it is time to put those learnings into a new Vision for
WA, that can better support our vital arts, cultural and creative industries
into the future."
