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Future Remains, Sydney Chamber Opera and Sydney Festival. Photo: Lisa Tomasetti
Arts and culture information
Get funding and support for arts and culture
Create NSW provides funding and support to artists, art practitioners and organisations across metro and regional NSW. Access grants, support and services.
First Nations NSW Artists and Organisations Hub
Showcasing some of the amazing Aboriginal arts, artists and organisations that make up the incredible culture here in NSW.
Create NSW
Create NSW is the NSW Government’s arts and cultural driver, which brings together arts, screen and culture functions in an integrated entity.
Latest arts and culture updates
Ministerial media release
29 July 2025
Creatives in Western Sydney will have greater opportunities to build careers and share their unique stories with the world, through the first Western Sydney arts strategy in over 25 years.
News
28 July 2025
As part of the Moree Hospital Redevelopment, Gamilaraay language and storytelling will be incorporated in the new hospital building.
Ministerial media release
27 July 2025
Readers and writers across the state will benefit from a $1.5 million investment to establish a dedicated literature hub in Sydney, providing a dynamic, year-round home for storytelling.
News
26 July 2025
Discover the 10 touring arts and cultural productions that received support through Create NSW’s 2024/25 Regional Arts Touring funding program (Round 2). These tours will head out on the road to 36 regional communities to fill the many world-class venues, galleries, theatres and cultural spaces across regional NSW.
Ministerial media release
25 July 2025
The Minns Labor Government is backing the careers of local musicians and growing job opportunities in the music industry through its biggest ever package of grants. The total $9.3 million of funding will support bands on national and international tours, studio recording, promotion and industry development.
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Recent arts and culture publications
Plan
Create NSW | 29 July 2025
The NSW Government’s 3-year plan (2025-2028) will support arts, culture and creative industries in Western Sydney to deliver social and economic value.
Activity
Health Infrastructure | 21 July 2025
Artworks created by students from Buronga Public School for the new Wentworth Health Service which are displayed in the new facility.
Activity
Health Infrastructure | 21 July 2025
Artworks created by students from Gol Gol Public School for the new Wentworth Health Service which are dispayed in the new facility.
Activity
Health Infrastructure | 21 July 2025
Artworks created by students from Pomona Public School for the new Wentworth Health Service which are displayed in the new facility.
Activity
Health Infrastructure | 21 July 2025
Artworks created by students from Coomedalla High School for the new Wentworth Health Service which are displayed in the new facility.