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- Create NSW's Arts and Cultural Funding Program provides funding opportunities for arts and cultural organisations, professional artists and arts and cultural workers across a wide range of artforms and disciplines.
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- Create NSW Holiday Break Partnership Program and the Office for Regional Youth are calling for EOIs from arts and cultural organisations, and individuals, across the state.
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- Create NSW works across Government to create public art opportunities for artists. Here you'll find the latest public art opportunities across NSW.
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- These festivals provide Sydney with periods of concentrated cultural activity, attracting audiences of over two million people annually.
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- NSW is home to leading visual arts organisations; these organisations influence the development of contemporary visual arts and craft practice in our state.
- Create in NSW: The NSW Arts and Cultural Policy Framework
- Create in NSW is a ten year framework for contemporary NSW. It sets a vision for a future in which arts and culture are central to the life of our State.
- Create Infrastructure
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- Willow Grove Relocation Project
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- Powerhouse Ultimo Renewal
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- Pier 2/3 venue hire
- Pier 2/3 is available for hire for short term use.
- Arts properties
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- One Canal Rd, Leichhardt – Workshop Spaces EOI
- Walsh Bay Arts Precinct Events Space Available for Cultural Use
- Willow Grove Relocation Project
- Arts and Cultural Assets Program (ECAP Arts)
- Resources
- Creating New Income Toolkit
- Here you'll find guides and resources to help generate revenue for your creative practice.
- NSW Public Art Toolkit
- The toolkit identifies the vital contribution and involvement of Aboriginal communities in the development of public art on Aboriginal land.
- NSW Creative Ageing Framework
- The NSW Government’s blueprint for responding to the opportunities and challenges of our ageing population.
- Making a living
- Advice for artists and creative workers making a living through running a small business including sole practitioners, small groups, partnerships or cooperatives.
- Research and statistics
- On these pages you can view various Research and Statistics material from Create NSW and beyond.
- News
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- Dressing for success: Kristi Archer shares her Createability internship experience
- Prestigious Visual Arts Fellowship Shortlist Announced
- Grants for Arts and Cultural Organisations to Deliver Free Regional Holiday Programs
- $1.5m for Western Sydney Arts and Culture Up Late
- Over $7 Million to Rebuild Flood Damaged Arts and Cultural Infrastructure
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Publications
Year in Review 2021-2022
Topic: Year in Review 2021-2022
Description: Create NSW's Year in Review 2021-22 is a celebration of the many milestones reached, dreams realised and ambitious projects delivered across every region and artform.
Published: 25 January 2023
Minerva Theatre Feasibility Study
Topic: Minerva Theatre Feasibility Study
Description: This Minerva Theatre Feasibility Study report has been produced independently by Hawkridge Entertainment Services (HES) on the request of Create NSW and the City of Sydney.
Published: 15 December 2020
Arts and Cultural Development Program guidelines 2018
Topic: Arts and Cultural Development Program guidelines 2018-19
Description: These guidelines contain information about funding offered by Create NSW through the Arts and Cultural Development Program.
Published: Updated July 2019
Create NSW Data Principles
Topic: Create NSW Data Collection Principles
Description: This document contains information about the eight principles Create NSW has developed for the collection of data from the sector.
Published: 27 May 2019
Arts and Cultural Development Program guidelines 2017
Topic: Arts and Cultural Development Program guidelines
Description: These guidelines contain information about funding offered by Create NSW through the Arts and Cultural Development Program.
Published: Updated September 2017
NSW Trade & Investment 2014-15 Annual Report
Topic: NSW Trade & Investment 2014-15 Annual Report
Description: The 2014-15 annual report of the New South Wales Department of Trade and Investment.
Published: 20 October 2016
Arts NSW and Screen NSW Disability Inclusion Action Plan 2016 – 2018
Topic: Arts NSW and Screen NSW Disability Inclusion Action Plan
Description: The DIAP outlines the steps Arts NSW and Screen NSW will take to remove barriers and promote access to services, information, employment and the rights of people with disability.
Published: August 2016
NSW Aboriginal Arts and Cultural Strategy Evaluation Report 2011 – 2014
Topic: NSW Aboriginal Arts and Cultural Strategy Evaluation Report 2011 - 2014
Description: This is the evaluation report of the AACS 2011–2014, undertaken for and in consultation with Arts NSW by independent arts consultant Lois Randall.
Published: 11 August 2016
Arts and Cultural Development Program Guidelines 2016
Topic: Arts and Cultural Development Program Guidelines
Description: These guidelines contain information about funding offered by Arts NSW through the Arts and Cultural Development Program.
Published: 2016
Stage Two NSW Aboriginal Arts and Cultural Strategy 2015 – 2018
Topic: NSW Aboriginal Arts and Cultural Strategy 2015 - 2018
Description: Stage Two: NSW Aboriginal Arts and Cultural Strategy - Connection, Culture, Pathways 2015 - 2018 is a key action under the NSW Government's arts and cultural policy framework: Create in NSW.
Published: February 2016
Arts NSW Reconciliation Action Plan 2016 – 17
Topic: Arts NSW Reconciliation Action Plan
Description: As leaders and champions of arts and culture in NSW, Arts NSW recognises the important role we play as our nation works to achieve reconciliation.
Published: February 2016
Regional Arts Development Organisations Review – Arts NSW response and implementation plan
Topic: Regional Arts Development Organisations Review - Arts NSW Response and implementation plan
Description:
Published: 2015
Regional Arts Development Organisations Review – Final Report and Recommendations
Topic: Final Report and Recommendations
Description: Recognising the key role played by the Regional Arts Development Organisations network in delivering strategic support for arts and cultural development activities in regional NSW, Arts NSW commissioned an independent review of the network.
Published: 2015
Client Feedback Survey 2014
Topic: Client Feedback Survey 2015
Description:
Published: 1 February 2015
Arts and Cultural Development Program Guidelines
Topic: Arts and Cultural Development Program Guidelines
Description: These guidelines contain information about funding offered by Arts NSW through the Arts and Cultural Development Program.
Published: 05/03/2015
Lifetime Care and Support Scheme Fact Sheet
Topic: Lifetime Care and Support Scheme Fact Sheet
Description:
Published: November 2014