AQ034 Cultural Policy.qxd - Arts Queensland

Consultation and Research
The Queensland Government
Cultural Policy is the result of
extensive research and
consultation.
On 3 December 2001, State Cabinet
endorsed the release of an ideas paper,
smart state ➔ creative queensland, for
public consultation to assist in the
development of the Queensland
Glossary
For the purposes of this policy, the
following definitions apply:
Artists, whether professional or unpaid,
are individuals who practise in any
aspect of the arts and create arts or
cultural product 12 .
Arts encompasses all forms of cultural
and artistic activity and expression 13 .
Artsworker is a person who manages or
facilitates the development of arts and
cultural activity 14 .
Creative enterprise is the use of
creativity and arts in commerciallyfocussed
activity.
Creative industries are “activities which
have their origin in individual creativity,
skill and talent and which have the
potential for wealth and job creation
through the generation and exploitation
of intellectual property” 15 .
Government Cultural Policy. The closing
date for submissions was 20 February
2002.
The consultation process was extensive
including 27 public forums across the
State, wide distribution of the ideas
paper and feedback through an online
forum.
Cultural industries include the arts, but
cover a wider range of enterprises, such
as the media, museums, archives,
libraries, entertainment industries, sport
and recreation, urban planning and
architecture.
Culture is about a way of life; the
important patterns and symbols that
reflect knowledge, ideas, beliefs, values,
spirituality, standards and responses.
Ballet dancer Michelle Giammichele and Julian
Lankshear during a dress rehearsal for Romeo and
Juliet 1996. Photo Patrick Hamilton, The Australian.
In addition, Arts Queensland researched
previous and current cultural policy
development models, both nationally
and internationally. This ensured the
Queensland Government Cultural Policy
was developed in recognition of key
international trends in cultural and
government policy.
Information technology and
telecommunications (IT & T) are “the
technologies that enable the capture,
storage, manipulation, retrieval, transfer
or dissemination of information” 16 .
Innovation “is the conversion of
knowledge and ideas into a benefit,
which may be for commercial use or for
the public good. The benefit may be new
or improved products, processes or
services” 17 .
Intellectual property (IP) refers to
“useful artistic and industrial information
and knowledge or property that derives
from the work of the mind or intellect” 18 .
12 Adapted from Arts, Business, Culture: A Research Report on an
Indigenous Cultural Industry in Queensland by Sharenne Bell. Brisbane:
Arts Queensland, 1997.
13 Adapted from Arts, Business, Culture.
14 Arts Queensland Grants Handbook 2002. Brisbane: Arts Queensland, 2002.
15 Creative Industries Task Force Mapping Document 2001, Department of
Culture, Media and Sport, London, 2001.
16 Innovation – Queensland’s Future. Brisbane: Department of Innovation
and Information Economy, 2000.
17 Innovation Directions for Queensland 2001 - An Innovation Framework
Supporting the Smart State. Queensland Innovation Council. Brisbane:
Department of Innovation and Information Economy, 2001.
18 Innovation – Queensland’s Future.
MILESTONES IN QUEENSLAND’S CULTURAL HISTORY
1998 Ilan Pasin: This is Our
Way - the first survey show of
traditional and contemporary
Torres Strait Islander art
opens in Cairns co-curated
by Indigenous curators Tom
Mosby and Brian Robinson.
1998 Michael Anning from
Ravenshoe, south of Cairns,
wins Wandjuk Marika Memorial
3D Award at the Darwin
National Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Art Award.
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1998 381
Brunswick Street
is refurbished and
opens as the new
home for
Artworkers
Alliance, Youth
Arts Queensland,
Craft Queensland,
Regional Galleries Association
of Queensland, Museums
Australia (Queensland) and the
Public Art Agency.
24 Creative Queensland Queensland Government Cultural Policy 2002
1998 The Government’s public
art policy Art Built-in is
established which sees 2% of
State Government capital works
budgets allocated for
commissioning of Queensland
art and design. The policy came
into effect on 1 July 1999.
1998-2002 Indigenous
Regional Arts Development
Fund established and
Indigenous Community Arts
Officers appointed.
1999 Global Arts Link opened
in Ipswich.
1999 Queensland Biennial
Festival of Music established.
1999 Queensland Premier’s
Literary Awards established for
emerging Queensland writers.
These awards complement the
Arts Queensland Judith Wright
Calanthe Award for Poetry, the
Arts Queensland Steele Rudd
Australian Short Story Award,
the Arts Queensland David
Uniapon Award for Indigenous
Writing and the Arts Queensland
Unpublished Poetry Award.
1999 Theatre Arts Network
Queensland (TANQ) was formed
through the amalgamation of
the Queensland Theatre
Industry Alliance (QTIA) and the
Brisbane Association of
Collaborative Theatre (ACT).