An audit is to be carried out of government and council venues to find new homes for these creative communities.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nInner-city Callan Park is to become a permanent base for film production with mandated \u201chealth checks\u201d of NSW\u2019s cultural sector reported to parliament every three years under a raft of measures to be rolled out by the Minns government next year.<\/p>\n
Labor\u2019s long-awaited 10-year strategy for the state\u2019s arts and culture and creative industries, Creative Communities<\/em>, is to be unveiled on Tuesday.<\/p>\nA cornerstone priority is to \u201cunlock\u201d underutilised spaces held by the NSW government with Callan Park, the White Bay Power Station and the old Registrar-General\u2019s Building on Macquarie Street identified as places that could address the state\u2019s cultural \u201cvenue deficit\u201d.<\/p>\n
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On location of the set of Disney+ Australian original production, The Artful Dodger: Bunya Productions\u2019 Gregor Cameron and Greer Simpkin, NSW Minister for the Arts, John Graham, Curio Productions\u2019 Jo Porter and head of Screen NSW, Kyas Hepworth. <\/span>Credit: <\/span>Edwina Pickles<\/cite><\/p>\nHeritage buildings in Rozelle\u2019s Callan Park stood in for the fictional 1850s colonial town of Port Victory in Disney\u2019s The Artful Dodger<\/em>. The 61-hectare parkland is a production home for Rebel Wilson\u2019s musical comedy The Deb<\/em> and Curio Pictures is filming The Narrow Road to the Deep North<\/em>.<\/p>\nBeyond these film projects, more would be done to secure a \u201csteady pipeline of production\u201d at Callan Park, Arts Minister John Graham told The Sydney Morning Herald. <\/em><\/p>\nThis included quicker filming permission and guarantees of access to suitable former mental health facilities. Commercial film fees would be reinvested to upgrade the parkland.<\/p>\n
Callan Park\u2019s larger role in film production would \u201cdefinitely be a positive to supporting and maintaining the site\u201d, Graham said. \u201cWe are confident it won\u2019t impede people enjoying the open space, which is really precious space in the city.\u201d<\/p>\n
Labor\u2019s new arts and culture policy is the result of six months of consultations, including 12 town hall meetings and 775 written submissions.<\/p>\n
In a first for the state, the policy embodies an expanded definition of arts and culture to include new technologies in screen and gaming, as well as broadcasting, architecture and design.<\/p>\n
Unlike the federal government\u2019s National Cultural Policy, which comes with almost $300 million in funding commitments, the NSW policy has few funding specifics beyond a promise of $500,000 over five years to support 15 early career music artists in Western Sydney.<\/p>\n
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On the Callan Park set of the Disney+ Australian original The Artful Dodger, set in 1850s Australia in the lively colony of Port Victory.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>John Platt\/Disney +<\/cite><\/p>\nNor does it address the looming funding squeeze affecting the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Art Gallery of NSW, both of which have flagged budget cutbacks amid escalating costs.<\/p>\n
Graham said the policy framework would drive budget decisions with additional money to come from Destination NSW\u2019s changed priorities and an alignment of federal and state cultural priorities.<\/p>\n
The decade-long strategy, instead, concentrates on developing a pathway to transform a sector that accounts for a fifth of the state\u2019s service exports and 10 per cent of the state\u2019s workforce.<\/p>\n
NSW is home to about half of the companies involved in the creative industries \u2013 including publishers, producers and designers \u2013 as well as the oldest film festival and biennale.<\/p>\n
Recent analysis by the City of Sydney council revealed an exodus of \u201ccore creatives\u201d from Sydney since 2011, while other cities \u2013 especially Melbourne \u2013 have boomed.<\/p>\n
For too long, the success of cultural activities has been measured by tickets sold and tourist numbers, Graham said. Within weeks, a formal ministerial directive will be made to the board of Destination NSW to invest in cultural events.<\/p>\n
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The Kirkbride building in Callan Park. <\/span>Credit: <\/span>Kate Geraghty<\/cite><\/p>\nSustainable careers are also a focus. \u201cThe biggest stars may feature on rich lists, but life for most artists is a struggle,\u201d the summary document states.<\/p>\n
Arts funding and regulations are to be \u201creformed\u201d to provide greater transparency and less paperwork. A \u201ccultural front door portal\u201d, modelled on Liquor and Gaming\u2019s one-stop shop Hospitality Concierge, will be established to help creatives navigate government services.<\/p>\n
To ensure momentum is maintained, the NSW government will legislate the delivery of a creative statement to parliament every three years, detailing the status and health of the sector. The first will be in 2026, a year before the next election.<\/p>\n
Labor has pledged a parliamentary inquiry to investigate barriers to arts and music education and says new hubs for creatives and artists will open in western Sydney and regional NSW as soon as they become available, along with improved stages for outdoor festivals and concerts.<\/p>\n
The policy commits to delivering a business case for the Roxy Theatre in Parramatta for arts and cultural uses, and the state\u2019s film agency, Screen NSW, is to be given greater independence to distribute seed funding.<\/p>\n
A three-year screen strategy, now under way, will develop a business case for a second major film studio in the state, outside Callan Park.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe problem is we\u2019ve got half the screen sector in NSW, but we\u2019re trying to deal with one-third of the stages,\u201d Graham said.<\/p>\n
One of the tasks of government, he said, was to find a home for each of the state\u2019s creative communities. \u201cSo for readers and writers, to me, that\u2019s the State Library,\u201d Graham said. \u201cI think we should ask the same question of the screen sector and others. Where is it that they gather, where do they naturally find a home? Where is it that screen producers can mix with up-and-coming actors?\u201d<\/p>\n
Graham said the government would be an advocate, enabler and investor in arts, culture and the creative industries, but its vision could not be realised overnight. Partnerships with local government, private investors and not-for-profits would be crucial, he said.<\/p>\n
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