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AusCAN
CAN
SA has been active this year in the formation of 'AusCAN', formally
known as national Partners is a coalition of peak bodies for community
arts and cultural development around Australia. The
other members of this coalition are:
Community
Arts Network Western Australia (CAN WA)
Community Cultural Development
NSW (CCD NSW)
Cultural Development
Network (CDN) Victoria
Tasmanian Regional
Arts, Tasmania
Darwin Community
Arts (DCA), Northern Territory (formerly Brown's Mart)
Arts Nexus, Queensland
The
purpose of this coalition is to ensure access to, and participation
in, arts and cultural activities by all Australians. Stay tuned
to this space for updates as to AUSCAN activities.
Brown's
Mart Community Arts is now Darwin Community Arts (DCA). DCA's
website is at www.darwincommunityarts.org.au.
Contact Darwin Community Arts via email at eo@darwincommunityarts.org.au
or call (08) 89457347.
Audio
Interviews
Lisa
with Radio Adelaide - 27 August 2008
A
National Cultural Policy to 2020
28 October 2009
The
launch of the National Cultural Policy web forum will allow all
Australians to contribute to the development of a national cultural
policy. Launched by the Hon. Minister for the Arts during his
speech to the National Press Club on 27 October this forum gives
all Australians an opportunity to help shape our cultural future.
The Hon. Peter Garrett AM identified three key themes for consideration:
1.Keeping culture strong;
2.Engaging the community; and,
3.Powering the young.
These key points, along with other ideas, are expanded more fully
in the forum’s discussion framework. This is not an exhaustive
list. The National Cultural Policy web forum is a place to share
your thoughts - whether you are talking about cultural issues
in your region or a grand national vision. With your help, the
Australian government will create a policy which celebrates and
strengthens our culture.
Visit the forum and be part of the conversation at http://nationalculturalpolicy.com.au/
Cultural
Ministers Council
The 22nd meeting
of the Cultural Ministers Council (CMC) was held in Adelaide Friday
9 October 2009. At this meeting the Ministers:
- Discussed
a Cultural Ministers Council Strategy which sets out opportunities
for collaboration across jurisdictions over the next five
to ten years.
- Approved
a National Arts and Disability Strategy to support, encourage
and promote access and participation in the arts by people
with a disability. For more info visit http://www.cmc.gov.au/
or click here
to download PDF
- Endorsed
an Indigenous Australian Art Commercial Code of Conduct for
the industry and agreed to an Indigenous Australian Art Charter
of Principles for Publicly Funded Collecting Institutions.
The code and charter fulfil recommendations of the Senate
Inquiry into Indigenous Visual Arts. For more info visit http://www.indigenousartcode.org/
or click here
to download PDF
- Discussed
progress in the implementation of the Indigenous Contemporary
Music Action Plan and agreed to the extension of the successful
Breakthrough initiative to support emerging Indigenous musicians.
- Considered
outcomes of reviews conducted in 2009 of the Cultural Ministers
Council, the Statistics Working Group and the Collections
Australia Network.
- Discussed
the findings of the Third Review of the Major Performing Arts
Funding Model.
- Considered
delivery options for an Indigenous Intellectual Property Toolkit
For
more info visit http://www.cmc.gov.au/
Speaker
Series: Eric Booth in discussion (NSW)
Australia Council Speaker Series Insights from Obama: a peace
corps for artists?
Wednesday 2 December 2009 5.30 - 7.30 pm
This third event in the Australia Council Speakers Series brings
you Eric Booth, one of America’s leading experts on arts-learning
and creativity, and advisor to the Musicians National Service
Initiative. This musical ‘peace corps’ places artists in struggling
urban communities for up to two years of community service.
Expanding it was a key component of President Obama’s arts platform.
The Obama administration is now set to create a National Arts
Corps, placing artists, across all artforms, in fulltime service
in public schools and struggling communities.
Join Eric
Booth, Professor Brad Haseman, Chair of the Australia Council’s
Community Partnerships Committee, and Andrea Hull AO, former
director of the Victorian College of the Arts in discussion.
Q & A and drinks will follow the forum. Attendance is free and
open to the public.
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