- DLGSC developing a new 10 Year Vision to better support arts and culture in WA
- Call out for arts, culture and creative industry input to inform new direction
- Vision will update current strategic directions plan acknowledging changes to sector globally post COVID-19
The Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries (DLGSC) has begun the development of a new 10 Year Vision for Arts and Culture in Western Australia (Vision).
The new Vision will map out how the State Government can best support the growth of WA's arts, culture, and creative industries over the next 10 years. It will build on the important work done in partnership with the sector to develop the current Strategic Directions 2016-2031 plan (Strategic Directions plan).
While the Strategic Directions plan contains valuable insights and aspirations for the sector in WA, the COVID-19 pandemic had significant, complex, and long-standing impacts on the sector locally, nationally, and globally. There is a need for an updated Vision for the sector that reflects these changes in a global context and more clearly articulates the State Government's priorities for arts, culture and creative industries over the next 10 years.
DLGSC has created a discussion paper available on its website at https://www.dlgsc.wa.gov.au/10-year-vision, that reviews the milestones and achievements of the current Strategic Directions, and maps out the consultation process for the new 10 Year Vision.
DLGSC has engaged experienced arts and cultural consultantKate Larsen to support development of the Vision.
The first opportunity for sector input is now open via an introductory survey.
Comments attributed to Culture and the Arts Minister David Templeman:
"Strategic Directions 2016-2031 was developed in close partnership with the sector and was the first strategy to provide a unified vision for arts, culture, and creative industries in WA.
"It was intended to provide a long-term strategic direction for our State, but COVID-19 changed that by fundamentally altering the behaviour of our audiences, our arts and cultural organisations, and our artists and creative workers.
"We've learned much over the past few years, and it is time to put those learnings into a new Vision for WA, that can better support our vital arts, cultural and creative industries into the future."
