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Recalibrating Culture: Production, Consumption, Policy Institute for Culture and Society Recalibrating culture: production, consumption, policy A RESEARCH REPORT Professor Deborah Stevenson, Institute for Culture and Society Professor David Rowe, Institute for Culture and Society Dr Josephine Caust, JoCaust Arts Ms Cecelia Cmielewski, Institute for Culture and Society RECALIBRATING CULTURE: PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION, POLICY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This project was funded by an Australian Research Council Linkage Grant (LP130100253) awarded to Western Sydney University in partnership with Auburn City Council, City of Sydney Council, Information and Cultural Exchange Inc., Fairfield City Council, Liverpool City Council, Parramatta City Council and Penrith City Council. Additional support was provided by Arts NSW. The Chief Investigators were Professors Deborah Stevenson and David Rowe from the Institute for Culture and Society (ICS), Western Sydney University. Cecelia Cmielewski of ICS managed and contributed to the research project, while Dr Reena Dobson provided some expert editing of the final report. The Chief Investigators sincerely thank Dr Jo Caust of JoCaust Arts for the expertise that she was able to bring to the project and for the research she undertook which significantly contributed to its outcomes. Dr Caust’s contribution followed the untimely passing in mid-2014 of Dr Michael Volkerling, who had been intimately involved in the development and conduct of the project. We dedicate this report to Michael in memoriam. The researchers would also like to acknowledge the work of the industry partners for helping to shape the research and activate their valuable networks, which made for successful and rich research outcomes. We thank: Ms Kim Spinks and Ms Augusta Supple, Arts NSW; Ms Jenny Cheeseman, Auburn City Council; Ms Karen Harris, Penrith City Council; Ms Tiffany Lee-Shoy, Fairfield City Council; Mr George Mannix and Ms Merryn Spencer, Parramatta City Council; Mr Khaled Sabsabi, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre for Liverpool City Council; Ms Rachel Healy and Mr Ianto Ware, City of Sydney Council; and Mr John Kirkman, Information and Cultural Exchange Inc. We also thank the Institute for Culture and Society at Western Sydney University for providing such a productive and congenial research environment. The researchers and partners would also like to express their sincere gratitude to all the cultural practitioners who responded to the survey, and to those who generously gave their time to be interviewed. Their insights and considered responses to the research questions greatly enhanced the research. Authored by Professor Deborah Stevenson, Professor David Rowe, Dr Josephine Caust and Ms Cecelia Cmielewski. ISBN 978-1-74108-443-6 © 2017 University of Western Sydney ABN 53 014 069 881 CRICOS Provider No: 00917K Referencing guide: Stevenson, D., Rowe, D., Caust, J. and Cmielewski, C. (2017). Recalibrating Culture: Production, Consumption, Policy. Western Sydney University. Artwork: Khaled Sabsabi, Syria (video still). (2012). Image courtesy of the artist and Milani Gallery Brisbane. Photograph: courtesy of the artist. 2 Western Sydney University RECALIBRATING CULTURE: PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION, POLICY TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Page 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Page 4 INTRODUCTION Page 6 METHODOLOGY Page 8 Quantitative Page 8 Qualitative Page 8 INTRODUCING THE RESEARCH FINDINGS Page 8 DETAILED FINDINGS A. RESPONDENTS Page 15 B. DEMOGRAPHICS Page 16 C. CREATIVE ACTIVITIES Page 27 D. PROFESSIONAL AND SOCIAL FACTORS Page 41 E. INCOME AND HOURS WORKED Page 43 F. NETWORKING Page 50 G. ARTS ORGANISATIONS Page 51 H. RESOURCES Page 52 FUTURE NEEDS OF THE ARTIST/CULTURAL PRACTITIONER Page 54 REFLECTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Page 55 REFERENCES Page 58 APPENDICES Page 60 1. Interviewee Characteristics and Interview Summaries Page 60 2. Outline of Interview Questions Page 69 3. Researcher Biographies Page 70 westernsydney.edu.au/ics 3 RECALIBRATING CULTURE: PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION, POLICY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of the ARC Linkage Project (LP On a per capita basis the Western Younger people, especially those from 130100253) Recalibrating Culture: Production, Sydney Cultural Arts sector has been working-class and disadvantaged Consumption, Policy is to understand the work grossly under funded and supported backgrounds, are less well-positioned to practices of artists and cultural practitioners ever since the region developed its take up creative work because of the lack of who live and/or practice in Greater Western first modern cultural institutions in educational possibilities in the region (there Sydney. The research aimed to find out the late 1980s and early 1990s. is no dedicated art school in all of Greater about the nature of artistic and cultural Western Sydney) and the lack of support and practice, how that work is undertaken, where Today Western Sydney represents 1 in associated low level of income in the arts. it is done, and what is needed for arts and 10 Australians yet attracts only 1% of An ageing artist population supported by cultural practice to happen and prosper. Commonwealth arts program funding, superannuation or a waged partner cannot and 5.5 % of the States Cultural Arts, sustain the creativity on which following Professors Deborah Stevenson and David heritage and events funding (2015: 9). generations can build. The resources allocated Rowe from the Institute for Culture and to the arts and cultural sector must take this Society (ICS) and a research team examined While such funding inequity is serious, the (apparently widening) schism into account. the changing modes of cultural activity Recalibrating Culture research suggests and participation in Australia. The research that artists and cultural practitioners do The Recalibrating Culture study found that consisted of a detailed online survey open not view their lives entirely as being ‘in artists and cultural practitioners commonly: for two months and drew 310 responses, deficit’. The respondents generally attempt of which 231 were eligible respondents to integrate their commitment to arts and • collaborate across artforms, particularly in who live and/or work in Greater Western culture into work from which they might, the Visual Arts and as cultural facilitators Sydney. This number is large enough to if desired or possible, make a living. For • earn below the national artist average draw reasonably robust conclusions and many, this impulse translates to feeling income for their arts practice for these to apply to the larger population that they ‘belong’, and even more so for • seek part-time employment in the of artists and creative workers in the those who feel like ‘outsiders’ in society. cultural sector if it is available region. Semi-structured interviews with 21 • encompass a range of artistic identities participants were also undertaken over a The findings here elucidate the sense of • network within their artform and tend not to two-month period. This report summarises independence available to them as creative associate formally with cultural institutions the key findings, provides a more detailed and cultural practitioners, and simultaneously • deploy digital technologies for analysis of them, and closes with a set of highlight the paucity of creative resources production if their work is screen-based conclusions and recommendations. available to the research participants. This • use digital technologies to combination suggests that there exists in build new audiences. As part of the attention being placed upon Greater Western Sydney a highly adaptable Western Sydney, the Deloitte’s report group of people who are able to combine Building Western Sydney’s Cultural Arts their passion for creative practice with Economy — A Key to Sydney’s Success (2015) a range of ‘portmanteau’ employment details the inequity of state and federal activities and economic resources to continue cultural resource expenditure in Western in their creative work. This is a response Sydney thus in its executive summary: of a resilient group, although it must be acknowledged that it is also a mature, well- educated one (many of whom are retired or semi-retired) who are more likely to be respondents to survey and interview requests. Demonstrable issues of demography and social equity emerge as a result. 4 Western Sydney University RECALIBRATING CULTURE: PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION, POLICY This study highlights the immediate need for accessible and flexible spaces for cultural practice. The level of interest and support for location to Western Sydney by major and independent cultural institutions needs to be leveraged in ways that are not ‘business as usual’. Cultural infrastructure projects have to consider how flexible and accessible creative working areas can be incorporated into their development. Professional artist residencies and sites for semi-formal training are key considerations to be taken into account. This level of interaction with the diverse population of artists and cultural practitioners would increase the profile of cultural infrastructure in the region and, in turn, generate dynamic creative centres with which Western Sydney could be identified. Links to Learning. (2015). Information and Cultural Exchange, Crucially, it is the artists and cultural Granville Boys High School at the Museum of Contemporary Art. practitioners, both singularly and in Photograph: Marian Abboud. teams, who need to be recognised as the key existing creative infrastructure and sustainably supported as the creative leaders in the region. Daisy
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