Multiple Players: Public and Private
Support for Arts & Culture
6th World Summit for Arts & Culture
Santiago, Chile
Agenda
1. Singapore’s Cultural Scene at a Glance
2. Supporting the Arts in Singapore:
Building Strategic Partnerships
3. Looking Ahead: The Challenges
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SINGAPORE’S CULTURAL SCENE
AT A GLANCE
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Getting to Know Singapore and the NAC
Home to 5.4 million people
Land area of 716km2
NAC formed in 1989
Arts & Culture Strategic Review in 2011
• Making the Arts an integral part
of people’s lives
• Building Capabilities to achieve
Excellence
Overview of the Arts Sector
Arts Groups
Museums
Over 850 registered arts orgs
32 Major Grant Companies,
16 Seed Grant Companies
2 national arts companies (SSO, SCO)
2 Companies Limited by Guarantee
under NAC: TOPH, AFL
Arts Venues
VT / VCH
Sands
Theatre
Arts Institutions
Key Trends: Attendance has grown
2.200.000
IRs open
2.000.000
1.800.000
Esplanade opens
-2%
Ticketed Attendance at
Performing Arts
1.600.000
1.400.000
+7%
1.200.000
1.000.000
800.000
600.000
400.000
200.000
0
Ticketed Attendance**
Music
Dance
Theatre
Others
2003
971.600
382.800
108.200
422.300
58.400
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
1.057.000 1.190.000 1.263.500 1.427.300 1.468.000 1.400.000 1.377.900 2.070.200 1.950.100
455.200
408.100
464.500
531.900
499.100
423.700
447.200
535.600
572.600
115.900
126.100
122.100
126.500
144.400
127.800
243.200
110.400
170.500
456.200
522.300
561.000
681.900
773.800
630.700
615.200 1.424.200 1.207.000
29.700
133.400
116.000
87.100
50.700
217.900
72.200
In 2011, 5 in 10 Singapore residents attend at least 1 arts &
culture event a year, compared to 3 in 10 in 2002.
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National Population Survey on the Arts, 2011
Key Trends: Scope to Raise Arts Participation
Participation in the arts has increased since 2005
but remained stagnant from 2009*
*Clearer categories of “Participation”
used in 2011 Survey
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BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS WITH
CORPORATIONS AND
INDIVIDUALS
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State of Private Giving to Arts & Culture
Growing cultural philanthropy
Contributions to the Arts (Cash + in-kind)
($ mil)
70,0
60,0
Cultural philanthropy only
accounted for 2% of the
donor pie in 2011.
50,0
40,0
30,0
20,0
10,0
0,0
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
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Encouraging More Giving to the Arts
Recognising patrons and making it easier to be one
Give2Arts.SG
Patron of the Arts Awards
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New: Cultural Matching Fund
Straits Times, March 15, 2013
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Broadening Ties with the Private Sector
Finding new ways to engage corporations and individuals
Arts@Work
Co-location of arts
groups in commercial
buildings
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BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS WITH
THE COMMUNITY
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Growing People Support for the Arts
Community Nodes
Arts in the Social Sector
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MATCHBOX
BUILDING CAPACITIES AND
CAPABILITIES OF
ARTISTS & ARTS GROUPS
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Building Capacity for the Sector
Helping our artists to do more and to be more
Community Arts Projects
Artist-in-School Scheme
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LOOKING AHEAD
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Challenges for the Arts in Singapore
Managing the needs of an increasingly diverse arts ecology
in light of limited resources
OVERVIEW
STRATEGIC DIRECTION 1
STRATEGIC DIRECTION 2
STRATEGIC DIRECTION 3
CHALLENGES
Challenges for the Arts in Singapore
Strong competition from other social causes for
support from private sector
General perception that the arts are not
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yet an intrinsic part of our lives
THANK YOU
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