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cmtoo 08-Sep-19, 10:16	Push for arts to shrug off its elite status Australia's principal arts funding and advisory body will roll out a public awareness campaign to counter attitudes the sector is elitist and pretentious, and combat a decline in public support for arts funding. While arts and culture occupy a central place in people's lives not everyone realised it was part of everyday content they consumed, and critical to mental wellbeing, healthy ageing, social cohesion and tourism, the council's chief executive officer Adrian Collette said. Children's ballet lessons, reading and Netflix dramas were part of the same ecosystem of creativity as opera and theatre he said, naming film director Baz Luhrmann among the well-known writers, actors, and designers who got their start on stage. The public pitch was unveiled in the council's latest strategy and corporate plan, Creativity Connects Us, for 2020-2024 which comes at a time of a government funding squeeze and a critical decline in artists' income and career prospects. Along with its advocacy for arts investment, the council's five-year vision also emphasises First Nations, with plans to allocate an extra $15 million over the next five years towards culturally inclusive projects. From The Age

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Push for arts to shrug off its elite status

Australia's principal arts funding and advisory body will roll out a public awareness campaign to counter attitudes the sector is elitist and pretentious, and combat a decline in public support for arts funding.

While arts and culture occupy a central place in people's lives not everyone realised it was part of everyday content they consumed, and critical to mental wellbeing, healthy ageing, social cohesion and tourism, the council's chief executive officer Adrian Collette said.

Children's ballet lessons, reading and Netflix dramas were part of the same ecosystem of creativity as opera and theatre he said, naming film director Baz Luhrmann among the well-known writers, actors, and designers who got their start on stage.

The public pitch was unveiled in the council's latest strategy and corporate plan, Creativity Connects Us, for 2020-2024 which comes at a time of a government funding squeeze and a critical decline in artists' income and career prospects.

Along with its advocacy for arts investment, the council's five-year vision also emphasises First Nations, with plans to allocate an extra $15 million over the next five years towards culturally inclusive projects.

From The Age

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