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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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Sydney’s winter festivals full of free fun for the Family
This winter Sydney will host a range of free and low-cost activities for all ages - from music, film, talks, comedy, food and fashion across the city’s seven winter festivals.
New wave of talent at Australian Fashion Week as spotlight shines on First Nations and Emerging designers
The new wave of fashion designers will springboard onto the global stage this coming May, with two new runway shows celebrating First Nations designers, alongside a group runway spotlighting fashion’s cult favourites and rising creative forces.
NSW arts and cultural funding opportunity opens for projects and regional tours
NSW artists, producers and arts and cultural organisations can now apply for funding with Create NSW’s 2026 Regional Arts Touring Round 1 and 2026 Arts and Cultural Funding Program (ACFP) Project Funding programs opening today.
Call for First Nations art to honour Stolen Generation Survivors’ truth at significant Western Sydney site
First Nations artists are invited to honour Stolen Generations Survivors through powerful truth-telling art, to be embedded in the deeply significant site of Keller House, the heritage-listed home to the Stolen Generations Keeping Place in Parramatta North’s cultural precinct located on the lands of the Burramattagal people, a clan of the Dharug.
Creative Residency in The Rocks to deliver a novel approach to supporting NSW writers
NSW authors, playwrights, illustrators and other literature creatives are invited to unlock a transformative opportunity to live and work in the heart of Sydney, at a subsidised, below-market rental rate, thanks to a new initiative The Rocks Creative Terraces Affordable Residencies Program.
Northern Rivers Conservatorium restored and revitalised
The historic Northern Rivers Conservatorium has officially commenced a new chapter with a triumphant community event, marking the completion of a multi-stage flood restoration and upgrade project.
New Western Sydney funding to uplift creatives and grassroots arts organisations
New funding is set to boost grassroots arts, culture and creative activity across Western Sydney.
Art and culture is coming to town across regional NSW
Thirteen exceptional touring productions and exhibitions will travel across regional NSW over the coming years, showcasing the state’s extraordinary breadth of arts and cultural talent for audiences of all ages.
First Nations artists and communities supported to create powerful arts and cultural projects
Powerful First Nations-led arts and cultural projects will deliver long-lasting outcomes for artists and communities across NSW, supported by more than $560,000 through the 2025/26 Creative Nations Project Funding program.
Next Steps funding delivers career-enhancing opportunities for NSW artists
Almost $400,000 in arts and cultural funding will propel the careers of 44 local artists and arts workers to expand their networks, artistic knowledge and creative practice through professional development grants.