Creative Communities - the NSW Arts, Culture and Creative Industries Policy
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
Silenced, Vox Theatre Photo: Natalie Low.
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Property upgrades powering towards sustainability target
Create NSW undertook 90 minor capital works projects in the 2023-24 financial year across its portfolio of 11 properties, to improve the sites for its many arts, cultural and creative industry tenants. The projects improved safety, preserved heritage, reduced energy costs and increased renewable energy use - achieving major strides towards the target of Net Zero by 2050.
Q&A with Portia Lindsay
Meet Portia, Create NSW’s Regional Arts Funding and Development Manager, whose role is dedicated to supporting regional artists and arts organisations.
Q&A with Michael Geia
Meet Michael Geia, Create NSW’s First Nations NSW Manager – Arts and Funding Development. In our Q&A, Michael shares some of the things that inspire him and what he loves about his work in arts and cultural sector.
Play between the flags – new era for Purple Flag precinct program
After four successful pilots across Sydney, the internationally recognised Purple Flag program will now be rolled out state-wide.
NSW backs its musicians on the road and in the studio
It’s a long – and expensive – way to the top if you want to rock ‘n roll in Australia. That’s why the Minns Labor Government is offering strategic support to more than 230 bands and acts to help them get on the road or record.
Gillian Kayrooz awarded the 2024 NSW Visual Arts Fellowship (Emerging)
Artspace and Create NSW would like to congratulate Gillian Kayrooz , the recipient of the 2024 NSW Visual Arts Fellowship (Emerging) at the official exhibition launch at Artspace.
School holiday fun need not break the bank
It’s the dream of every parent and carer: school holidays packed with fun and learning for the kids without the pay packet-busting price tag.
Era of serial noise complaints shutting down venues is over
A new era for music fans, artists, venues and neighbours will begin from tomorrow, 1 July 2024.
Ten interns build skills through valuable creative pathways
Ten talented practitioners with disability will soon embark on exciting professional development opportunities in the creative industries, following their selection for the NSW Government’s 2024 Createability Internship Program.
Simpler, fairer, faster – Introducing a new approach to arts and cultural funding
Artists, arts and cultural workers and organisations from every artform across the state will benefit from a series of reforms to the Arts and Cultural Funding Program, announced by Create NSW today.