Review of NSW Arts and Cultural Sector Service Needs: Final Report and Recommendations

The Create NSW Review of Arts & Cultural Sector Service Needs was a part of the reform of the Arts and Cultural Funding Program, commenced in 2019. 

Create NSW is the NSW Government's arts and cultural driver.

Service organisations provide business and professional development, capacity-building, advice, advocacy and networking services that help individual artists and arts organisations to perform well, grow and thrive.  They may provide sector-wide services or tailor their work to specific artforms, or to creators, participants and audiences who face barriers to participation, such as artists with disability and people in regional NSW.

The review aimed to establish the current service support needs of the sector, identify any gaps and inform streamlined future support.

This report gives insights on what the sector said were its biggest service needs, and recommended six areas for action:

• Digital Resources – development of high-quality web-based digital resource material and services

• Facilitation – helping artists and arts organisations to manage, produce and sell their work.
• Career Development – enhancing connections to promote career development pathways.

• First Nations Engagement – better engagement with First Nations artists, arts organisations and communities.

• Priority Populations – extra support for creatives in NSW Government’s priority populations.

• Spaces for Art – assisting the sector to find affordable space to make and present work.

The NSW Government set aside extra funding to address some of the needs identified by the review. 

Download the full report below.

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