victorian cultural policy: a brief over-view
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Victorian cultural policy: a brief over-view. Ben Eltham Centre for Policy Development; Centre for Cultural Research, University of Western Sydney. Arts Centre. Watching TV. TV stats. Watching TV is still Victorians’ most common cultural activity. In 2006 : - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Victorian cultural policy:a brief over-view
Ben Eltham
Centre for Policy Development;
Centre for Cultural Research, University of Western Sydney
Arts Centre
Watching TV
Watching TV is still Victorians’ most common cultural activity.
In 2006:
• 87 per cent of Australians watched or listened to TV daily• we watched an average of just under 3 hours a day each
(Source: ABS)
9.3
9.9
16.7
17.9
18.4
20.9
23.6
23.9
33.2
36.7
37.0
67.1
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Classical music concerts
Dance performances
Other performing arts
Theatre performances
Musicals and operas
Museums
Popular music concerts
Art galleries
Libraries
Botanic gardens
Zoological parks and aquariums
Cinemas
Attendance at cultural events, Victoria 2005-06 (ABS)
Queue for cinema
Hamer Hall
9% cultural attendance; $128 million redevelopment
24% of cultural attendance;$2.2 million since 2007
Policy Framework
Stated policy goals
• Arts for all Victorians: a culture of participation (social development goal)
• On the threshold: an economy based on innovation (economic development goal)
• Creative place: a dynamic arts sector (cultural development goal)
2009-10 cultural expenditure*: $454.5 million
Employees 4%
Supplies and services
3%Cap Ex
3%
Depreciation3%
Grants87%
Source: 2010 DPC Annual Report;
2010 DIIRD Annual Report
* includesFilm Victoria
Where do the grant dollars go?
Project grants 1%
Organisations 8%
Services and Policy 1%
Venues 23%
Agencies 67%
Source: 2009 DPC Annual Report
2010 Budget Papers
The big cultural institutions:
• National Gallery of Victoria• Australian Centre for the Moving Image• Museum Victoria• Melbourne Recital Centre• Geelong Performing Arts Centre• State Library• The Arts Centre• Public Record Office• Film Victoria now lives over in DIIRD
Less than 1% of Arts Victoria’s budget goes to grants to artists to make work
Cultural employment in Victoria, 2006
Culture is bigger than the arts: design
Cultural policy is bigger than the arts: screen
Cultural policy is bigger than the arts: liquor licensing
Cultural policy is bigger than the arts: the internet
Policy challenges
• Addressing culture in the wider sense, not just capital-A “arts”
• Technology is changing culture
• Whole-of-government approach
• Regulation as well as funding
• Starving artists or iconic institutions?
More Than Luck
