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Creative Communities - the NSW Arts, Culture and Creative Industries Policy

Silenced, Vox Theatre Photo: Natalie Low.
Creative Communities is the state’s Arts, Culture and Creative Industries Policy, recognising the unique place of the sector in NSW.
Creative Communities is an inclusive policy that puts culture, arts, and the creative industries at the heart of NSW. It provides a framework for the next 10 years that supports artists, creatives and cultural organisations and expands to include the rapidly growing creative industries.
Read more on the NSW Arts, Culture and Creative Industries Policy.
Image: Chanika De Silva in Vox Theatre’s Silenced. Photo: Natalie Low
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News
17 February 2025
Award-winning play, Plenty of Fish in the Sea , by Clockfire Theatre Company, created by Emily Ayoub and Madeline Baghurst, and produced by Kate Gaul, was a hit at Sydney, Adelaide and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals and continues to hook audiences.
Media release
28 January 2025
World-class arts and cultural productions and programs keen to hit the road across NSW are invited to apply for the second round of Create NSW’s 2024/25 Regional Arts Touring funding program.
News
16 January 2025
A new public artwork N-S-E-W by Warren Langley, 2024 has recently been unveiled at Homebush Station (Loftus Crescent), commissioned by Strathfield Municipal Council as part of the council's Station Street Domain Improvement project.
News
15 January 2025
Premiering at Walsh Bay Arts Precinct for Sydney Festival from Friday 17 January 2025, through until 27 April 2025.
Media release
12 December 2024
Audiences of all ages in regional communities across the state will enjoy some of NSW’s best art, culture and entertaining performances with 17 outstanding productions and programs heading out on tour, supported by $1.2 million from Create NSW’s 2024/25 Regional Arts Touring fund.