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Arts nation: an overview of Australian arts - 2015 edition
Full text linkThis paper provides evidence as a catalyst for informed discussion about arts and culture in Australia.
Executive summary
Australians value the arts.
A growing number of Australians believe that the arts make for a richer and more meaningful life; they influence how we express ourselves, our creative thinking and new ideas. Understanding the scope and impact of the arts in an Australian context is complex. This first Arts Nation report provides a starting point for that exploration at a national level, and will continue to develop over time.
New analysis using the internationally recognised wellbeing valuation approach is one way of calculating the value of intangibles. It suggests that people who engage with the arts have higher life satisfaction. This is a significant finding given the level of engagement by Australians with the arts.
Nearly all Australians consume at least one form of art and half participate in arts creation each year. Geographic location does not impact on arts engagement as much as you might expect and creative participation has increased amongst some groups with historically lower levels of participation. The 44,000 practicing professional artists in Australia predominantly have portfolio careers, with just 17% working full-time on their creative practice.
The arts are deeply embedded in the cultural sector, and cultural activity makes a substantial contribution to the Australian economy. Cultural activity contributes 4.2 billion from the arts. Expenditure on culture by Australian governments in 2012–13 was 1.3 billion on the arts. Important to note is that the main source of income to the arts is consumer spending, for example, ticket sales for performing arts events generated $1.5 billion in 2013.
Private support for the arts continues to grow, most significantly from private donations. Arts organisations are experiencing rapid growth with the major performing arts companies seeing an 81% increase between 2009 and 2013. Crowdfunding is a small but growing area for Australian artists to raise smaller amounts with a higher than average success rate.
Exploring the way international tourists spend their time in Australia has highlighted the growth in arts tourism. There has been 19% growth over the past four years, with 2.4 million international visitors to Australia in 2013–14 engaging in arts tourism. More than one in four international tourists visit galleries or museums, similar to the levels in the UK and USA. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts are cherished both at home and abroad. Nine in ten Australians agree that Indigenous arts are an important part of Australian culture and audiences for Indigenous arts are growing.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists are proportionally more likely to be nominated for a major Australian art award or participate in an international arts event. The Indigenous visual arts sector is a major contributor to the arts economy and responsible for some of Australia’s most valuable works of art.
This snapshot in time affirms the significance of the arts in the lives of Australians, as well as our international profile. Central to this is our unique position as home to the world’s oldest continuous living culture
Building audiences: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts
Full text linkBuilding Audiences examines the barriers to and the strategies for increasing audiences in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts sector. This research investigates the attitudes, beliefs and behaviours of current and potential audiences.
What is in the report?
The findings reveal the key barriers facing audience attendance include:
uncertainty about how to behave at cultural events and fear of offending
lack of awareness with audiences not actively seeking information about Indigenous arts
and outdated perceptions of the sector – that it is only perceived as ‘serious or educational’.
Building Audiences also considered several strategies to build audiences for Indigenous arts:
providing skills development, advice and resourcing to Indigenous practitioners within the arts sector;
increasing representation of Indigenous artists in the main programing of arts companies by including more Indigenous people in decision making roles;
promoting relationships between Indigenous arts and non-Indigenous companies to present their work to wider audiences;
introducing children and young people to Indigenous arts through schools and extracurricular activities;
allowing audiences to feel comfortable engaging by creating accessible experiences;
implementing long-term strategies to change negative perceptions of Indigenous arts.
The project was commissioned by the Australia Council for the Arts and funding partners include Australia Council for the Arts; Faculty of Business and Law and Institute of Koorie Education, Deakin University; Melbourne Business School, The University of Melbourne
Alberta performing arts policy
Full text linkiii, 97 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm.Alberta's first arts legislation, the Cultural Development Act, was passed in 1946. It was followed by numerous policy initiatives to support the arts, including creation of facilities for training of artists, development of agencies and agreements to deal with arts funding, enactment of regulations to guide arts institutions, and creation of various Departmental structures depending on organizational location of this policy sector. The thesis examines the historical evolution of performing arts policy in Alberta from 1905 to 1997 to identify government activities, shifts in policy-making, and methods of implementation. The study utilizes Paul Sabatier's advocacy coalition approach, which treats public policy as determined by the dynamics of the advocacy coalition within a policy sector and the manner in which external factors and system parameters steer policy development. This study concludes that Alberta performing arts policy has largely developed within the context of meta public policies emphasizing economic development and provincial statebuilding
Process Arts
No full textProcess.arts an open resource, sharing and exploring process in arts practice through the day to day practice of staff and students at University of the Arts London. Process Arts was developed with the aim of creating a new collaborative online resource that explores process in arts practice. The website provides a new user driven online studio community that focuses on making at all levels in art and design at UAL, whilst also sharing, informing and engaging with the wider community.
Arts and Science; Spring 2012
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Arts and Science; Spring 2009
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Arts and Science; Fall 2010
No full textARTS AND SCIENCE is published by the College of Arts and Science at Vanderbilt University in cooperation with the Office of Development and Alumni Relations Communications.Vanderbilt University. College of Arts and Scienc
Arts and Science; Spring 2008
No full textARTS AND SCIENCE is published by the College of Arts and Science at Vanderbilt University in cooperation with the Office of Development and Alumni Relations Communications.Vanderbilt University. College of Arts and Scienc
Arts and Science; Fall 2008
No full textARTS AND SCIENCE is published by the College of Arts and Science at Vanderbilt University in cooperation with the Office of Development and Alumni Relations Communications.Vanderbilt University. College of Arts and Scienc
Arts and Science; Fall 2010
No full textARTS AND SCIENCE is published by the College of Arts and Science at Vanderbilt University in cooperation with the Office of Development and Alumni Relations Communications.Vanderbilt University. College of Arts and Scienc
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