Social Policy Resources

Arts Resources

• Government
  • Commonwealth Government
  • Government Councils
  • State & Territory Governments
  • Government Resources
• Organisations
  • Australian Organisations
  • Regional Arts Organisations
  • Heritage Organisations
  • International Organisations
• Publications
• Museums, Galleries & Institutions
  • National Institutions
  • Libraries
• Performing Arts
  • Theatre
  • Music
  • Opera
  • Ballet & Dance
  • Education
• Literature
• Interdisciplinary Arts
• Visual Arts & Crafts
• Festivals
• International Resources

Government

Commonwealth Government

• Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA)
  • Arts and Culture Page
  • Australia's Heritage Page

Government Councils

• Australia Council for the Arts - the Australian Government's art funding and advisory body
  • Arts Funding Guide
  • Australian Arts Organisations Directory
• Cultural Ministers Council - brings together Australian and New Zealand government ministers to collaborate on developing Australia's arts and cultural sector
• Cultural Ministers Council's Cultural Data Online: provides free online access to Australian arts and cultural research reports and statistics
• Australia International Cultural Council: Australia's key cultural diplomacy body
• Collections Council of Australia: peak body for the Australian collections sector

State and Territory Governments

• ACT Government - artsACT
• NSW Department of the Arts, Sports and Recreation - Arts NSW
• NT Department of Natural Resources, Environment and the Arts - Arts NT
• Department of Education, Training and the Arts - Arts Queensland
• Department of the Premier and Cabinet - Arts SA
• Department of Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts - Arts Tasmania
• Department of the Premier and Cabinet - Arts Victoria
• Western Australia Department of Culture and the Arts

Government Resources

• Culture and Recreation Portal (DEEWHA)

Organisations

Australian Organisations

• Arts Access Australia: the peak body for arts and disability, arts and disadvantage in Australia

Regional Arts Organisations

• Regional Arts Australia
• Regional Arts NSW
• Queensland Arts Council
• Country Arts SA
• Tasmanian Regional Arts
• Regional Arts Victoria
• Country Arts WA

Heritage Organisations

• Australian Heritage Council: principal adviser to the Government on heritage matters
• National Trust of Australia: organisation committed to Australia's heritage
• Culture and Recreation Portal list of Built, Natural and Historic Heritage pages
• Culture and Recreation Portal list of History pages

International Organisations

• International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies: global network of arts councils and ministries of culture
• Creative New Zealand: Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa
• European Commission for Culture
• American National Endowment for the Arts

Publications

• Cultural Ministers' Council Statistics Working Group: Arts and Culture in Australian life: A 2008 Statistical Snapshot (2008): brings together the latest data on Australia's arts and cultural sector
• Australian Bureau of Statistics: Three Tiers of Government 2005-06 (2006): presents details of cultural expenditure by each of the three levels of government during 2005-06
• Australia Council for the Arts: Securing the Future: An Assessment of Progress 2001-2006 (2007): an annual report which tracks Australia's major performing arts companies in areas of artistic vibrancy, access and financial viability.  (First report: DCITA [now DBCDE]: Securing the Future: Major Performing Arts Inquiry final report, 1999.)
• David Throsby & Virginia Hollister: Don't Give Up Your Day Job: An Economic Study of Professional Artists in Australia (2004): survey of the economic circumstances of 1063 practising professional artists

• Kevin F McCarthy, et al / The Wallace Foundation: Gifts of the Muse: Reframing the Debate about the Benefits of the Arts (2004): comprehensive study of art's benefits to individuals and communities

• Jon Stanford: Economic Analysis of the Droit de Suite – The Artist's Resale Royalty (2002): discussion paper about artists' resale royalty.
• Katrina Gunn: Resale Royalty Rights: Possible Models for Australia: Research Note (2005).

• Report of the Contemporary Visual Arts & Craft Inquiry (2002).

• Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts: Indigenous Art – Securing the Future: Australia's Indigenous Visual Arts and Craft Sector (2007): government report into Indigenous visual arts and crafts sector.

• Robin Pascoe et al: National Review of School Music Education: Augmenting the diminished (2005): government report into teaching and learning of music in Australian schools.

Museums, Galleries and Institutions

• Museums Australia: national organisation for the museums sector
• Art Gallery Guide
• Collections Australia Network: Australian Cultural Heritage collections online
• Culture & Recreation Portal list of Galleries and Museums

National Institutions

• Australian National Maritime Museum
• Australian War Memorial
• National Film and Sound Archive
• National Gallery of Australia
• National Museum of Australia
• National Portrait Gallery
• Questacon - National Science & Technology Centre

Libraries

• National Library of Australia
• National and State Libraries Australasia
• LibrariesAustralia
• Culture and Recreation Portal list of Archives and Libraries

Performing Arts

• Culture and Recreation Portal list of Performing Arts pages

Theatre

• Theatre Australia Portal
• Australia Council theatre page

• Culture and Recreation Portal page on Theatre in Australia

Music

• Music Council of Australia: national peak music organisation for Australia
• The Orchestras of Australia Network: peak national body for orchestras
• Australia Council music page
• Culture and Recreation Portal list of Music pages

Opera

• Opera Australia
• Culture and Recreation Portal page on Opera in Australia

Ballet & Dance

• Ausdance: professional dance advocacy organisation

• Australia Council dance page

• Culture and Recreation Portal page on Australian Dance

Education

• National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA)
• Helpmann Academy, SA
• Victorian College of the Arts
• Australian National Academy of Music
• Australian Ballet School

• Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

Literature

• Australian Society of Authors: professional organisation for writers
• Children's Book Council of Australia
• Australia Council literature page
• Culture and Recreation Portal list of Literature pages

Interdisciplinary Arts

• Australia Council interdisciplinary arts page

• Culture & Recreation Portal list of cross media arts

Visual Arts & Crafts

• PictureAustralia: search cultural institutions for Australian images
• National Association for the Visual Arts: peak body for visual arts and crafts sector
• Craft Australia: national advocacy organisation for craft and design
• Australia Council visual arts page
• Culture and Recreation Portal list of Visual Arts and Crafts pages
• Visual Arts Australian Web Resources - University of Tasmania Library

Festivals

• Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals
• Culture and Recreation Portal list of Festivals

International Resources

• Operabase: opera database
• Curtain Rising: theatre database
• Art Cyclopedia: database of fine art museums and galleries online
• European Museum Guide
• MuseumsUSA
• American Institute for the Management of Creative Enterprises includes a databases of arts management resources

[For Indigenous art and culture, see the Indigenous Affairs Resource guide.]

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