ArtsPeak, the national coalition of arts bodies of which AICV is a member, has written to Minister Simon Crean in relation to the recent meeting of Arts and Cultural Ministers, urging an increase in funding for the small to medium arts sector. To read more, please click here.
A meeting of Arts and Cultural Ministers, chaired by Victorian Premier and Minister for the Arts Ted Baillieu, has resolved to establish new funding for major performing arts organisations and develop an arts accord to promote cooperation between all levels of Australian government.
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To read coverage in the Australian by Matthew Westwood, please click here.
The opportunity to participate in the Arts Victoria survey, The Big Picture – An Arts Sector Ecology Survey closes this coming Friday 30 March – to take part in this important survey, please click here.
Arts Victoria has initiated consultations with the Victorian arts sector, signalling the beginning of a major review of the Organisations Funding stream.
The program offers both annual and multi-year funding to Victorian arts organisations to the tune of $24 million each year.
The review presents an opportunity to address a perception that many emerging organisations have been “locked out” from accessing funding under this program, as well as the opportunity to renew other elements of this long-standing and highly valued program.
Representatives of the Arts Industry Council Victoria have attended an initial information session and the AICV looks forward to further engaging in the review process.
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DELAYS in approvals for 2012 Arts Victoria funding are setting alarm bells ringing in the arts sector.
“We are very concerned at the delays to date and trust future government processes will be executed in a more timely manner,‘’ Arts Industry Council (Victoria) executive director Jacqueline Grenfell said.
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2011 proved another big year for the Arts Industry Council Victoria, undertaking a number of successful campaigns as well as contributing to the development of policy and advocating on the behalf of the sector on several key issues.
The AICV campaigned successfully to “End Sunsets for the Arts” in the lead up to this year’s State budget announcement, ensuring continuation of key Arts Victoria funding programs including the Annual Operations program. Most recently, the AICV has written to the Premier requesting overdue funding outcomes from Arts Victoria programs be urgently announced.
In October, the AICV consulted with the sector and attended the World Summit on Arts and Culture to inform its submission on the National Cultural Policy discussion paper. Representatives of the AICV have attended meetings with Heidi Victoria MLA, Minister Simon Crean and Senator Kate Lundy, as well as staff from government departments, arts peak bodies and community organisations.
The AICV has contributed to the work of the federal arts body ArtsPeak, supporting its submissions to the National Cultural Policy and the Senate enquiry into the ABC. AICV also campaigned on local issues including the discontinuation of ABC’s Melbourne based program Art Nation.
Internally, the AICV has been engaged in a period of renewal with a new Board comprised of staff from Victoria’s peak bodies, as well as streamlining the staffing structure. The AICV Board will undertake strategic planning in January in preparation for an exciting 2012.
“DELAYS by the Premier and Arts Minister, Ted Baillieu, are causing a crisis in the state’s arts community because routine funding announcements are running six weeks late.
‘'It means it is really difficult for small-to-medium companies to plan ahead,’‘ says the director of Theatre Network Victoria, Nicole Beyer. ’‘Contracts can’t be signed with staff and venues for next year, which means people are going on holidays with no idea if they will have a job when they come back. It would be completely unacceptable in the commercial world.’'
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The Arts Industry Council Victoria has written to the Premier expressing concern over the apparent delay in the announcement of outcomes of several Arts Victoria funding streams and urges an immediate resolution of the issue.
AICV Executive Director, Jacqueline Grenfell, has written to the Premier expressing concern…to read more, please click below.
Thank you to all of those who contributed to the development of AICV’s submission to the National Cultural Policy consultation. The submission endorses the draft goals of the IFACCA World Summit on Arts and Culture recently held in Melbourne, and includes input from members at both the formal consultation and other mechanisms, as well as key policy positions of AICV including support for the small to medium sector.
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AICV, as a member of the national ArtsPeak coalition, has endorsed the ArtsPeak submission to the Office of the Arts' National Cultural Policy consultation 2011.
The ArtsPeak submission was developed primarily from a meeting held between ArtsPeak (including AICV representatives) and Minister Crean at Parliament House, Canberra August 2011, also attended by Senator Kate Lundy.
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