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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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Applications now open for arts and cultural projects
NSW’s talented artists, creatives and arts and cultural organisations are invited to bring their best creative ideas and apply for Create NSW’s Arts and Cultural Funding Program (ACFP) Projects Round two for 2024/25, open today.
A fresh landscape at Art Gallery of NSW with new Director
Maud Page has been appointed the tenth Director of the Art Gallery of NSW, ushering in a new era of leadership for the 154-year-old institution.
A fairytale ending for regional NSW tour of Tinderella
Alyce Fisher, a freelance performing artist, based in Albury NSW and founder of Theatre On Toast, recently toured her first solo work - a cabaret-style comedy show ‘ Tinderella & the eight unique uses of Tinder’ with the support of Create NSW’s Regional Arts Touring program. Create NSW sat down with Alyce to learn more about her tour.
Sydney-made festival favourite casts another net
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.
Funding opens for regional arts tours, great and small
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.
N-S-E-W sculpture creates a stunning landmark at Homebush Station
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.
Discover Ngabu shell art bridge and interactive walk at Walsh Bay Arts Precinct
Premiering at Walsh Bay Arts Precinct for Sydney Festival from Friday 17 January 2025, through until 27 April 2025.
World-class NSW art, performance and culture hits the road
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.
Over $7 million investment supports diverse creative communities across NSW
Communities and audiences across the state will enjoy the exceptional calibre of homegrown creative talent with 51 NSW organisations funded to deliver diverse arts and cultural programming in the coming year.
New leadership at NSW Cultural Institutions
A year after launching the state’s first arts, culture and creative industries policy, the NSW Government has made a range of key Board and Trust appointments to drive implementation of the policy and grow the creative industries in NSW. The appointments recognise the role the NSW Cultural Institutions play in supporting the arts and creative industries.