The Creative Arts Programme: Education for a Creative Economy

Goal (2017–2019)

Support organisations in music, dance, film, theatre and visual arts to deliver programmes that facilitate the development of a creative mindset in support of the Creative Economy.

Objectives:

• Support organisations that demonstrate an understanding of how  a creative mindset can be developed through cognitive thinking (problem-solving, critical thinking, abstract reasoning and personal expression)
• Support organisations that have established rural community in-school and after-school arts programmes (in existence for 3+ years), that demonstrate a positive impact on participants’ circumstances and future possibilities
• Support relevant best practice creative arts organisations with accredited tertiary-level training programmes in the performing arts disciplines of music, dance, drama and visual art towards building the Creative Economy

Talent Unlocked – a Creative Arts Platform

Goal:

Become a go-to, integrated arts platform, recognised as a space that is instrumentally and deliberately driving growth in the Creative Economy through supporting initiatives for both audience development and artist exposure.

Objectives:

• Play a key role in the creation of employment and entrepreneurial opportunities for artists practising in the creative arts
• Support programmes that enable young people to produce work in the performing arts disciplines of music, dance, drama and visual art for exposure and audience development