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Creative Enterprise Continued The Government’s Research and Development Strategy Issues Paper identifies the importance of research and development to Queensland’s economic and social future. To promote research and development in the cultural industries, the Government will develop initiatives including: • Promote research alliances within Queensland, nationally and internationally to support excellence in the conservation and display of public collections. • Form strategic alliances with international research and development bodies, including the Smithsonian Institute in the United States. • Establish the Queensland Art Gallery’s Australian Centre of Asia-Pacific Art for research, curatorial practice and the presentation of Asia-Pacific arts. • Form strategic research partnerships between the arts sector, the tertiary sector and the Government to deliver relevant and innovative research into arts, arts education and creative industries. • Provide funding to support cuttingedge ideas and experimental works. Export Development The export of goods and services is a key sector of Queensland’s economy, comprising more than one-fifth of Gross State Product 11 . It is vital that exportready cultural enterprises look to national and overseas markets to expand their business. Nalini Malani, Remembering Toba Tek Singh 1998-99, 20-minute video installation at the Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art 2002. Photo reproduced with permission of the Queensland Art Gallery. The Queensland Government recognises the importance of strengthening the State's export base and through its Export Solutions – the Queensland Government Trade Strategy, will increase the number of new exporting companies, facilitate access to export markets for export-ready companies and increase the State’s knowledgeintensive exports. In boosting export readiness, the Government also recognises the potential of local products to succeed in local markets. To enhance export development opportunities, the Government will develop initiatives including: • Develop a Cultural Export Policy which will build partnerships between Arts Queensland, the Department of State Development and the Department of the Premier and Cabinet to take Queensland art and cultural products to world markets. • Establish an Indigenous Arts and Cultural Marketing and Export Program led by the Department of State Development in partnership with Arts Queensland and the Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy to provide links between artists and buyers. The Premier as Minister for Trade will play a key role in promoting this program. • Increase promotion of Queensland crew, cast, facilities, locations and film incentives in Europe, South-East Asia and the United States to attract more film production and post-production to the State. • Introduce an arts and cultural component to the existing Business Skills Development Program targeting export-ready companies and ventures. • Work with inbound and outbound trade missions to provide a link between the arts and cultural sectors and trade and investment opportunities. 11 Queensland State Accounts, Office of the Government Statistician, Queensland Treasury MILESTONES IN QUEENSLAND’S CULTURAL HISTORY 1995 Bring Back the Magic campaign launched by Queensland Performing Arts Museum at QPAC to collect and preserve Queensland’s performing arts heritage. 1995 The real identity of Helen Darville-Demidenko is revealed after she wins the Miles Franklin Award. 1995 First Indigenous Art Curator Margo Neale appointed to the Queensland Art Gallery. 1995 QIAAC (Queensland Indigenous Artists Aboriginal Corporation) established to support and promote Indigenous artists in regional communities. 1995 Queensland Government launches Building Local, Going Global policy. 1995 Release of Hidden Heritage – Development Plan for Museums in Queensland which sees the establishment of a network of Museum Development Officers across Queensland partnered with the Queensland Museum and Local Government. 1995 The TV series - Ocean Girl, Pacific Drive and Fire filmed in Queensland as well as the movies The Phantom, The Story of the CIA and The Island of Dr Moreau. 1996 Backbone Youth Arts (formerly La Boite Youth Theatre) becomes its own company. 1996 Brisbane band Regurgitator wins best debut album of the year at the annual ARIA Music Awards; best album in 1998. 1996 House Styles architecture exhibition – first international ▼ tour of Queensland architecture. Tours New York, London, Paris and Jakarta. 1996 Inaugural Brisbane Festival staged. 1996 Inaugural Queensland Writers Festival established. 1996 Conservatorium Theatre opens at South Bank, providing a venue for both the Conservatorium and Opera Queensland. 22 Creative Queensland Queensland Government Cultural Policy 2002
Creative Enterprise Continued • Coordinate inbound and outbound trade missions for filmmakers to attract production finance and distribution deals. Business Development and Creative Industries Promoting economic independence for cultural sector companies is central to their growth and prosperity in the future. Arts Queensland will work to promote business outcomes in the cultural industries, in partnership with the Department of State Development, as part of the broader objective to foster growth in the creative industries. To enhance business development opportunities for the cultural and the wider creative industries, the Government will develop initiatives including: • Establish a business start-up program, including skills development, for new businesses in the cultural sector where a strong business case can be demonstrated. • Continue to invest in innovative film ideas that attract market interest enabling them to be developed, manufactured, marketed and sold internationally. • Develop a Creative Industries Strategy, led by the Department of State Shaun Wake-Mazey, Disco, 2000, oil on wood. Photo courtesy of the artist and Artbank. Self represented. Development, to promote nationally and internationally competitive Queensland firms and products. • Develop and implement a learning framework to assist Indigenous artists throughout Queensland to develop skills in industry development and marketing. An Ordinary Evening in Hamilton EXCERPT The garden shifts indoors, the house lets fall its lamp light, opens windows in the earth • Contribute to the development and promotion of creative industries research, education and enterprise through investment in the Creative Industries Precinct. • Undertake research and promote new models of service delivery and business development for the Arts Portfolio and non-government sector that promote innovation, networking and partnering, particularly in regional and rural areas of Queensland. • Undertake a review of writing in Queensland to identify opportunities for stimulating growth in the sector. • Support business development initiatives, such as the Music Business Advisory Service, in sectors with strong potential for wealth and job generation. • Partner with national agencies, such as the Australian Business Arts Foundation, to drive increased business outcomes for the cultural sector. and the small stars of the grass, the night insects, needlepoint a jungle more dense than any tapestry, where Saturn burns, a snow owl’s nest, and melons feed their crystal with hot sugars of the moon. David Malouf 1997 Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts launched in Brisbane. 1997 Arts Business Culture: a Research report on an Indigenous cultural industry in Queensland published by Arts Queensland. 1997 Brisbane duo Savage Garden enter record books winning eight ARIA ▼ awards, the most ever won by a group in one year. 1997 Indigenous Library Unit opens in Cairns. 1997 OPAL scheme (Online Public Access in Libraries) launched a rollout of Internet services to public libraries in the State. 1997 Launch of Queensland Government’s Your Culture, Your Move - the first youth cultural policy for Queensland. 1997 QAG Pathways Exhibition opens. 1997 QPIX (Queensland Screen Resource Centre) established. 1997 Stage X festival for young people begins. 1997 Subverse Queensland Poetry Festival founded (until 2001) to become Queensland Poetry Festival in 2002. 1997 University of Queensland Press appoints first Indigenous editor. 1997 Waltzing Matilda Centre at Winton established. 1997 Toowoomba’s Geoffrey Rush wins the Oscar for Best Male Actor for his performance in the film Shine. 1998 Optus Playhouse officially opened. 1998 Brisbane Festival established. 1998 Nick Earles wins Betty Trask Award in UK with best selling novel Zigzag Street; published 1996. ▼ 1998 First Torres Strait Islander Community Arts Officer appointed. Creative Queensland Queensland Government Cultural Policy 2002 23
Page 1 and 2: The Queensland Government Cultural
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Page 5 and 6: Contents From the Premier and Arts
Page 7 and 8: Introduction The Queensland Governm
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Page 11 and 12: Strong Foundations Continued Queens
Page 13 and 14: The Cultural Context Continued Thes
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Page 17 and 18: People Creative Queensland recognis
Page 19 and 20: Communities Queensland is the most
Page 21 and 22: Places, Collections and Traditions
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