LIBERAL MEETING
AICSA representatives met with State Liberal Leader Stephen Marshall, the Shadow Minister for the Arts and Isobel Redmond MP yesterday. The meeting focused on four main advocacy topics: $2 million increase in funding for small to medium sector; SA arts policy framework; Creative Futures workforce development research project; and Infrastructure planning – arts venues as […]
AICSA represents at ArtsPeak
AICSA attended the ArtsPeak meeting held in Sydney in January, where the day long discussion was focused on priority issues and strategies for our sector in the lead up to the Federal election. The key issue AICSA presented was common to all ArtsPeak members – a long term national arts framework led by the arts […]
Meeting with Simon Crean
On August 17th 2011, heads of various key arts organisations and peak bodies met with the Honourable Simon Crean, Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development & Local Government, Minister for the Arts to discuss the current key arts issues. There were only two representatives from South Australia one of which was AICSA co-chair, Alison Dunn. […]
Meeting with Peter Garrett
On Friday 6 August representatives from The Arts Industry Council met with Federal Arts Minister Peter Garrett to raise a number of key issues of our members in advance of the federal election. To read the notes from this meeting please click below: Meeting with Minister Peter Garrett
Letter to the Premier
The Arts Industry Council recently sent the following letter to the Premiere of South Australia regarding the upcoming State budget and the following response was received: Letter to the Premier Response from the Premier
Pre-Election Campaigning and Coverage
The Arts Industry Council was actively involved in campaigning prior to the Federal election to ensure that the arts was given due consideration by all Parties. Please see below for a summary of the action that was taken and some of the coverage that this generated in South Australia: ArtsPeak calls for cultural policies ArtsPeak […]
New Models, New Money
A foundation for the artist The Arts Industry Council recently was instrumental in securing a range of consultations in South Australia for the ‘New Model, New Money – A Foundation for the Artist’ study that was initiated by the Centre for Social Impact at UNSW and Arts Queensland. A significant number of artists and arts […]
Correspondence with Minister John Hill
AICSA has recently written to Minister John Hill to advise him of these thoughts and to request that representation of practicing professional artists on Boards is considered and prioritised when making ministerial appointments to Statutory Authorities and other government appointed Boards.
Independent Performance Makers Weekend
Representatives of the AICSA recently took part in an Independent Performance Makers weekend of consultation and planning. Supported by Arts SA, the weekend at Carclew was led by visiting Arts Producer, Angharad Wynne-Jones, using an Open Space facilitation process. The central topic was “Creating SA’s distinctive performance culture – what do we really want and […]
Letter to the Lord Mayor of Adelaide
The Arts Industry Council recently sent the following letter to the Lord Mayor of Adelaide and received the following response: Letter to the Lord Mayor Response from the Lord Mayor