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Small and local

Chloe Goodyear describes a touring program that recognises and builds on local arts infrastructure...

25 Feb 2014

Commercial viability. Tourism is based on this premise.

Stephen Schwer discusses the different drivers behind tourism and arts practice and how they might work together……

20 Feb 2014

Growing a local creative hub

Paxton’s in Mackay was established to fill a need within our cultural landscape. Margaret Burgess describes how she grew one from a small business venture…..

17 Feb 2014

What does $7 billion in cultural funding buy?

Australia’s federal, state and local governments spent nearly $7 billion on cultural activities during 2011-12 according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. That’s a lot of government subsidy!  So how do we know we are getting value for money?

14 Feb 2014

Brick by Brick

Perc Tucker Regional Gallery’s current major exhibition Brick by Brick is now approaching 70,000 visitors. Shane Fitzgerald describes how responding to the cultural needs and interests of local community can lead to institutional success……

12 Feb 2014

Preparing young people for arts business

Shane Johnson discusses the launch of an arts traineeship program for young people inspired by a successful sports traineeship program…..

10 Feb 2014

Artistic returns from a country music career development project

Read the new case study about Sarah Head’s career development project in Nashville.

7 Feb 2014

Sharing information about returns on investment through case studies

We will be publishing a short case study about the outcomes of each project or organisation funded under the Arts and Cultural Investment Framework, based on outcome reports submitted by our funding recipients.

5 Feb 2014

Public value - what is it and how do you measure it?

Lone Keast highlights some tools and resources for measuring public value of arts and cultural work……

31 Jan 2014