Arts & Culture Plan South Australia 2019 - 2024 1 To Dream To Explore To Create Acknowledgment of Country Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have made and continue to make a unique and irreplaceable contribution to Australia. The South Australian Government acknowledges and respects Aboriginal people as the state’s first people and nations, and recognises Aboriginal people as traditional owners and occupants of South Australian land and waters. The South Australian Government acknowledges that the spiritual, social, cultural and economic practices of Aboriginal people come from their traditional lands and waters, and that Aboriginal people maintain cultural and heritage beliefs, languages and laws which are of ongoing importance today. Front cover Production: mi:wi Organisation: Vitalstatistix Photographer: Gregory Lorenzutti Table of Contents Page Vision, Mission, 4 Values 4 6 Goals 5 Message and commitment from the Government 7 Introduction 9 An Arts Plan for the future 10 Why now is the time for the Plan 10 Four reasons to pivot 11 South Australia. A history of creative and cultural innovation 12 1 The Structure of this Plan 16 South Australia, A gateway to the first and original story 17 Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters 18 Goal 1 20 Goal 2 24 Goal 3 28 Goal 4 32 Goal 5 36 Goal 6 40 Capturing value and impact 42 Footnotes 44 Adelaide College of the Arts Organisation: TAFE SA Photographer: Sam Roberts The Arts and Culture Plan for This Arts Plan is about igniting a This narrative is about how we TELL South Australia 2019 – 2024 new level of connectivity – between THESE STORIES, and relates strongly artists, organisations, institutions and to South Australia’s ‘market and brand’. asks the reader to go on a governments – that will inspire bold journey. While the Plan sets out exploration, innovation, and lead to a Thirdly, the Plan is about embracing a ROADMAP with GOALS and vibrant ecology of new relationships CREATIVITY. Creativity is central to the and networks. Above all, this Plan is human experience. Today, creativity PRIORITIES, it invites everyone to about how people collaborate, co- is recognised as a key characteristic play a part. operate and communicate, how artists of business, industry and economic and the community work together, and development. We know we live in a how everyone can engage with arts and changing and turbulent world and that The Plan encourages all South culture. our lifestyles and workforce will change. Australians To DREAM, To Creativity will continue to allow us to EXPLORE and To CREATE a The Plan heralds a NEW NARRATIVE re-invent, to imagine, to stay smart. – a narrative celebrating the State, its Creativity will be valued as a skill for future where arts and culture arts and cultural assets, its history, its future workforces, and integral to our flourish in everyday life. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lives. culture, its festivals, music community 3 and Adelaide’s status as a UNESCO This Plan is about RESETTING the arts City of Music. This is a broad, inclusive and cultural AGENDA. It is about seizing narrative about its theatre makers the opportunity. It is about creating an who challenge and engage youth opportunity. audiences around the world, the vibrant work of its artists with disability, the This Arts and Culture Plan (The Plan) embraces State’s strengths in film, technology the many voices of contemporary South Australia, and gaming, artisan production and both dissident and supportive. The quirky with the literature. South Australia has been conventional. The conservative with the creative. a trailblazer in many areas, and is on The festival with the fringe. The immigrant the cusp of leading the way in new with the establishment. The misfits with the directions, now and in the future. marvellous. The industrial with the artistic. The entrepreneur with the purist. Vision Mission 4 Values These 4 Values influence the To Dream, To guide the Arts Plan 2019 – 2024 (‘the To Explore, growth of and Plan’) and provide direction on how the Plan will be successfully To Create. investment implemented. The values are aimed at empowering all who contribute Leading to new pathways in the State’s to arts and culture today, while and horizons with arts and leadership in building what is possible tomorrow. culture as central to the success of South Australia. the arts and Visionary leadership – leadership for the arts and culture sector to be delivered with strong advocacy and cultural sector. sound investment. Strategic collaboration – between artists, organisations and industries, and with communities and governments to optimise resources and amplify strengths. Embracing diversity – promoting inclusion and encouraging new voices and approaches across all demographics. Courageous experimentation – open to new ways of working, entrepreneurial thinking, and harnessing digital transformation and future technologies. 4 Values 6 Goals These 6 Goals provide the pillars As the priorities require interpretation To promote the role of arts and for the Plan. The goals have equal by different parts of the sector, and culture in enriching the lives of all community, it will be critical that 1 South Australians. weighting, are interrelated and not people from across the sector come presented in hierarchical order. together regularly to stay on course, Each goal provides some broader to share their interpretations and work together in achieving the spirit To empower South Australia’s context to ‘set the scene’ and is of the Goals and the Plan. 2 makers and creators. followed by a number of priorities. The priorities begin with the higher-level and To champion Aboriginal and Torres 5 strategic, followed by more specific or tactical areas 3 Strait Islander arts and culture. of focus (the colour of each assists the reader in this regard). Each priority will need to be interpreted and implemented by the sector and the government over To amplify South Australia’s signature the five-year span of the Plan. Although circumstances strengths that define the character of may change in the ‘operating environment’, the 4 the arts in the State. priorities will not. The Plan is just the beginning – its interpretation and implementation is the next phase, and will cover the next five years! To enhance the physical and organisational arts and culture 5 infrastructure in South Australia. To drive a connected approach to advocacy and future government 6 investment in arts and culture. Message from Government, at all levels, plays a critical South Australia has an opportunity part in developing and supporting to author a bold new narrative that is the Premier arts and culture. Over the decades, uniquely its own - a story that connects the South Australian Government has past, present and future, and that unites taken a leadership role in arts policy, us all. investment and infrastructure. Integral to such vision and leadership is clear More than 2500 individuals and cultural ambition and a commitment organisations were involved in the to long-term strategic thinking and consultation process to help develop the benefits. the Plan, which outlines a future direction and key priorities for the As a result of this past investment, sector. The stories and ideas captured, The South Australian Government South Australia is in a strong position provide an incredible snapshot of the welcomes the Arts and Culture Plan to develop to the next level. Our State is richness of arts and culture that exists 2019-2024 and the opportunities it also at a turning point as it determines in our State. presents. My government committed how best to grow, build and embed arts 7 to developing an Arts Plan to help and culture into its planning, policy and Thank you to everyone who participated guide the arts and culture sector in our infrastructure. in the consultation process and for your State. We engaged consultants, Tony continued dedication to the arts and Grybowski and Graeme Gherashe, to The Government has made a significant culture sector. offer a vision that is about people – our commitment to Aboriginal culture artists, our audiences, our community through the redevelopment of Lot The South Australian Government is and our stories. Fourteen and we believe that the committed to exploring the possibilities new Aboriginal Art and Cultures presented in the Plan. We see arts South Australia has many outstanding Gallery can become a national centre and culture as an integral part of the qualities in arts and culture. We of excellence in showcasing our continued growth and success of our have world-class collections and a heritage. By embracing education State, now and for future generations. remarkable history. In Adelaide, we and technology, we can create an have a green, liveable, hyperconnected unforgettable experience for visitors, city like nowhere else in Australia. We deep engagement with our Aboriginal Production: The Beginning of Nature are experiencing rapid rates of change communities, and position South Organisation: Australian Dance Theatre in technologies and how we access our Australia as the gateway to Aboriginal The Hon Steven Marshall MP Photographer: © Teatro Mayor JMSD, Juan Diego Castillo knowledge and the arts. culture for all Australia. Premier of South Australia. South Australia has a long history as an arts state. Adelaide is a city of makers. We need to be in the business of making.1 Ross McHenry, Adelaide composer and jazz musician Introduction This Plan acknowledges the deep South Australia’s reputation