Breaking the pattern of policy neglect for the arts

Photo by Johnathan Oldham

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98% of us engage with the arts and 45% of us create art, yet the majority of Australian visual artists and arts workers remain deeply concerned by income security, cuts to arts education, program cancellations and reduced sales due to the ongoing impacts of the pandemic. All Australians would benefit immensely from ambitious visual arts and culture experiences made possible through strategic policy and funding investment.

In this conversation, POPSART's Bec Mac talks with artist Gordon Hookey (Waanyi), Pat Hoffie AM artist and Professor Emeritus, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Penelope Benton, Executive Director National Association for the Visual Arts, Paul Osuch Founder and CEO of Anywhere Festival and Carmel Haugh, Program Director Chrysalis Projects about NAVA's call for federal election candidates to take bold action for arts and culture by committing to a whole-of-government National Cultural Plan to effectively invest for impact in the medium and long-term needs of the arts sector.

We also hear from Claire Garton candidate for the Greens, Chelsea Follett from the UAP and Graham Perrett candidate for Labor.

Presented in partnership with Fund the Arts and The Paint Factory.

6:30pm - 8:00pm, Wednesday 11 May 2022
The Paint Factory, Yeronga Qld

NAVA pays respects to the the Jagera and Turrbal peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land where this event will be held. We acknowledge their continuing connection to land, their stories, artistic practices and knowledge systems that are shared here as they have been for over 60,000 years now. Sovereignty has not been ceded.