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

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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.

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Opening doors to career outcomes for creatives with disability

The NSW Government’s Createability Internship Program has been a transformative professional development experience for creatives with disability or who are d/Deaf, according to evaluation research conducted over three years with the program’s participants.  
Media release

New funding program backs Western Sydney’s creative future

Create NSW is investing in the future of Western Sydney’s creative communities with the launch of a new program that plays to the strengths of the region in cultivating innovative collaborations, nurturing talent, engaging audiences and unlocking creative spaces, paving the way for the next generation of artists and creative practitioners.
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Championing access and inclusion: 16 internships on offer for creatives with disability

Creatives with disability looking to gain professional experience with leading NSW arts, screen and music organisations can now apply for accessible and inclusive internships for 2026.  
Ministerial media release

Parramatta hits the right note for the Sydney Conservatorium of Music

Western Sydney’s talented music students will soon be able to enrol in world-class courses at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music’s new Parramatta teaching and research centre.
Ministerial media release

Six young leaders join boards of NSW’s oldest cultural institutions

The state’s oldest cultural institutions, the Sydney Opera House, Art Gallery of NSW, Powerhouse Museum, Australian Museum, State Library of NSW and Museums of History NSW, have each added a new director aged 18-28 to their boards.

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