Young People
and the Arts
Action Plan
Government of Western Australia
Department of Culture and the Arts
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Introduction
that all young
people in Western
Australia have
access to the
arts regardless of
their economic,
social, cultural
or geographic
circumstances.
This approach was crucial
to improving young people’s
access to major arts
organisations and established
activities, and provided greater
support in a way that had
not previously been possible.
The new policy introduced
a panel of young peers to
assess funding applications
by, with and for young people,
and provided support for
organisations who make
and present work for young
audiences.
Since then, the Young
People and the Arts sector
has changed significantly.
These changes include
the emergence of national
programs for young and
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emerging artists such as those
delivered by the Australia
Council for the Arts; the
establishment of Propel Youth
Arts WA and the evolution
of Young People and the
Arts Australia. The digital
landscape continues to offer
new technologies, multiple
platforms and ever increasing
opportunities to engage with
other artists and communities
on a daily basis. It is also
significant that since the policy
was released in 1997, an entire
generation of young people has
been born.
Between 2007 and 2010 the
Department undertook targeted
research and consultation
with the Young People and
the Arts sector, including a
Visioning Day with young
and emerging artists and
involvement of young artists
during the development of
the Department’s policy
framework, Creating Value: An
Arts and Culture Sector Policy
Framework 2010–2014.
The results of this activity
have been distilled into the
new actions to be delivered
by the Department’s Young
People and the Arts Education
program area. The Action Plan
targets young people aged 26
years and under and identifies
the importance of assisting
young and emerging artists to
transition through the program
into other pathways as their
practice develops.
Making Friends is Easy by Laura Adel Johnson. Photo by artist.
Cover images: Levity III by Architects of Air, 2010 AWESOME Festival. Photo by Jarrad Seng.
In 1997 the Department of
Culture and the Arts (the
Department) launched the
nation’s first government arts
policy for young people. The
Young People and the Arts
Policy was developed with the
rationale:
An Action Plan
for Young People
and the Arts
The Young People and the Arts
Action Plan 2011–2012 will be
delivered primarily through the
Department’s Young People and
the Arts and Education team.
The Plan will be complemented
by projects and programs from
other areas of the Department
with input from the team,
as well as partnerships with
arts organisations and other
government agencies.
The Action Plan contributes to
the Department’s vision that:
“The Western
Australian community
is enriched by unique
and transforming
culture and arts
experiences.”
It will contribute to the
Department’s delivery
of Creating Value: An Arts
and Culture Sector Policy
Framework 2010–2014.
Creating Value outlines
the principles, outcomes
and strategies that will
guide the activities of the
Department for the next
four years, as summarised
in the diagram below.
At the core of Creating Value
is the concept of ‘public value’;
in this context referring to the
social and economic benefits
created by arts and culture
for the Western Australian
community. Underpinning the
delivery of the Department’s
public value outcomes are the
two core principles of Creativity
and Engagement.
For further information on
Creating Value: An Arts
and Culture Sector Policy
Framework 2010–2014, visit
the Department’s website,
www.dca.wa.gov.au/
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Young People
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Principles
Direct consultation with,
and/or involvement of, young
people and their support
networks can significantly
contribute to success.
2. Flexibility and
responsiveness
In support of the
‘on-demand’ culture,
diversity and changing
needs of young people.
1.Ownership
Successful arts programs for
young people and emerging
creative practitioners are
distinguished by empowered
engagement in, and
ownership of, the activity,
with strong elements of
participative creative practice,
creative risk-taking and/or
experimentation.
3. The importance of
networks
Families, care-givers, peers,
mentors, educators and/or
organisations all contribute
significantly to the lives of
young people.
A Collection of Organised Spaces Part Two by Jacqueline
Ball, Gallery Central. Photo by artist.
In addition to Creating Value’s
core principles of Creativity and
Engagement, three additional
principles will direct the Young
People and the Arts Action Plan
2011–2012:
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Scope
The Young People and the
Arts Action Plan 2011–2012
ultimately supports the creativity
and engagement of Western
Australians aged 26 and under.
Within this, and recognising the
diverse needs and aspirations
of the Young People and the
Arts sector, the Action Plan
aims to support three broad
interest groups:
1. Young artists and arts
workers
Supporting young,
independent artists and arts
workers aged 26 and under
to create and/or deliver
distinctive and enriching
artistic processes and
products.
The ever-changing needs,
knowledge and aspirations of
young people, as they gain
in both age and experience,
requires initiatives for specific
subsectors, such as Early
Childhood.
3. The Young People and the
Arts sector
Supporting arts organisations
and independent arts
workers to deliver (or support
the delivery of) distinctive and
enriching arts programs by,
with and for young people,
that are recognised locally,
nationally and internationally.
Reporting
Progress in delivering this
Action Plan will be incorporated
into reporting on the Creating
Value policy framework and
also summarised in the
Department’s annual report.
As actions progress and are
reviewed and evaluated, a new
Young People and the Arts
Action Plan for 2013–2014 will
be developed, alongside the
Department’s broader delivery
on Creating Value for that period.
Voltaire Twins. Photo by Lloyd Hughes.
2. Children and young
people and their support
networks
Supporting children and
young people’s participation
in, and access to, unique
and transforming arts
experiences that support
creative endeavour and
engagement.
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Outcome Areas and Actions
Partnerships, Infrastructure
Support, Sector Development.
The Young People and the
Arts and Education program
area will also participate in
the Department’s broader
priority projects and initiatives
for 2011–2012. These projects
include the Funding Process
Review, Ecology Mapping
Project and the development of
a Cultural Infrastructure Plan for
Western Australia, as outlined in
Creating Value.
Chris Nixon, 2010 Lit Fest – Storylines. Photo by Kris Williams.
The priority actions for
Young People and the Arts
for 2011–2012 are grouped
under the four outcomes
areas identified in Creating
Value: Creative People,
Creative Communities,
Creative Economies and
Creative Environments. Each
action aims to address one
or more of the priorities
identified in Creating Value,
and will be delivered through
one or a combination of the
following strategies: Funding,
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Models of funding and
evaluation that deliver
support and skills
enhancement for the
whole-of-life of professional
artists and culture and arts
organisations across the
State.
Programs that are
relevant to professional
contemporary culture and
arts practice.
Strengthening networks
and supporting knowledge
sharing, enabling individuals
and organisations to
collaborate and build on one
another’s experiences.
Promoting the public value
created by practitioners in
the culture and arts sector.
Actions
Include the Young People and the Arts Grants
Program in the Department’s Funding Process
Review.
X
Infrastructure
Support
Sector
Development
The following Creating Value
priorities will provide the focus
for Young People and the Arts
actions in the Creative People
outcome area:
Partnerships
Creative People
Funding
Outcome Area
Establish a round table of arts organisations
working by, with and for young people to enhance
cross-sector communication and inform review and
development of initiatives and resources.
X
Partner with the arts sector to support:
knowledge-sharing of international best practice
and innovation in the area of young people and
the arts;
creative skills development of people working
with and for young people across art forms; and
development of new skills and opportunities for
audience engagement locally, nationally and
internationally.
X
X
Support the 2010–2011 Jump Mentoring funding
program, managed by Propel Youth Arts WA in
partnership with Youth Arts Queensland.
X
X
Scope and identify ways to best support mentoring
and skills development for young artists and arts
workers located in regional WA, including young
Indigenous artists.
X
X
Support opportunities for young artists and arts
workers to grow their practice through the Young
People and the Arts Fellowship grants program.
X
Pursue opportunities to apply new technologies for
presenting, creating and distributing culture and
arts content.
X
Support the provision of specialist arts education
for outstanding young artists and arts workers
through the Young People and the Arts International
Scholarship Program.
X
X
X
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Infrastructure
Support
Sector
Development
X
X
Actions
Funding
Creative
Communities
Partnerships
Outcome Area
X
Delivery of culture and arts
programs relevant to diverse
WA communities.
Support the creation and delivery of art by, with
and for young people through the following
funding programs:
Young People and the Arts
Multi-Year and Triennial Funding for Young
People and the Arts organisations
Arts Development
Indigenous Arts
Engage with the WA
community in setting
priorities for culture and arts
policy.
Partner with the arts, community and
government sectors to better inform and
promote children and young people’s access to
and participation in the arts.
X
X
Supporting strong
communities through
innovative artistic
engagement.
Develop a strategy for the Arts and Early
Childhood in WA.
X
X
X
X
X
X
The following Creating Value
priorities will provide the focus
for Young People and the
Arts actions in the Creative
Communities outcome area:
Seek partnerships with
the non-arts sector to
broaden the creation and
delivery of culture and arts
experiences.
Implement the Artist-in-Residence (AIR) funding
program in schools in partnership with the
Department of Education and the Australia
Council for the Arts.
Deliver the strategies and objectives of Creative
Connections: An Arts in Education Partnership
Framework in partnership with the Department
of Education.
X
Provide support to access Royalties for Regions
funds for cultural projects.
Continue to support the development of the
National Arts Curriculum.
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X
X
X
X
Creative
Economy
Actions
Funding
Partnerships
Infrastructure
Support
Sector
Development
Outcome Area
The following Creating Value
priorities will provide the focus
for Young People and the
Arts actions in the Creative
Economy outcome area:
Conduct a map and gap analysis to identify
entrepreneurial, development and financial
support opportunities for young artists and arts
workers wanting to expand the business side of
their practice.
X
X
X
X
Support the creation,
protection and distribution
of marketable intellectual
property.
Continue to cultivate WA’s unique Designer
Fashion sector through the provision of support
for young designers through the Department’s
Designer Fashion Grants Program as well as the
Young People and the Arts Grants Program.
X
Continue to provide support for young individual
musicians, producers, arts workers, groups
and organisations via the Contemporary Music
Grants Program and the Young People and the
Arts Grants Program.
X
Support practitioners to
respond to the changing
needs of the creative
economy.
X
Promote greater understanding of, and
interaction between the subsidised and
commercial sectors by providing support for
X
young artists and organisations working by, with,
or for young people to access X-Media Lab.
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Participate in the development of the
Department’s Cultural Infrastructure Plan and
Ecology Mapping Project, looking at the hard
and soft infrastructure needs of the Young
People and the Arts sector.
Support for a range
of suitable, affordable,
professional and community
culture and arts spaces for
the creation, showcasing,
preservation, sharing and
distribution of work.
Support for hubs of activity
to generate critical mass
and strengthen the position
of culture and the arts in the
community.
Activities that creatively
interpret real and virtual
public spaces, places and
collections.
Mapping of the cultural
ecology of the State.
Integration of culture and
arts into urban planning.
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Sector
Development
The following Creating Value
priorities will provide the focus
for Young People and the
Arts actions in the Creative
Environments outcome area:
Infrastructure
Support
Actions
Partnerships
Creative
Environments
Funding
Outcome Area
X
X
Investigate existing youth arts spaces and
clusters to identify innovation, best practice and
potential gaps in the realm of creative spaces
and places for young people.
X
X
Partner with the arts, government and
community sectors to showcase success and
inspire innovation and best practice in the
provision of spaces and places that boost young
people’s creativity and connection with their
community.
X
X
Contribute to the development and activation
of the Perth Cultural Centre in partnership with
East Perth Redevelopment Authority.
X
Continue the Department’s involvement in the
State Graffiti Taskforce, including the Urban Art
Sub-Committee.
X
X
Contact
If you would like to know more
about the Young People and
the Arts Action Plan, or to learn
more about particular actions
as they are developed and
delivered please contact:
Senior Policy Officer
Young People and the Arts
(08) 9224 7310
1800 199 090
(toll free country WA only)
[email protected]
www.dca.wa.gov.au
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