Arts in a multicultural Australia policy 2006

The Australia Council for the Arts' vision is that Australia's dynamic cultural life and practices are embraced, celebrated and created by the diversity of our cultures.

Goal

The Australia Council for the Arts is committed to supporting and promoting a strong arts sector that effectively reflects Australia's cultural diversity, by integrating the objectives of its Arts in a Multicultural Australia (AMA) policy through the delivery of its activities.

Objectives

The objectives of the Australia Council's AMA policy are:

1. To increase culturally inclusive leadership by:

a) ensuring governance is a culturally inclusive process
b) integrating multicultural aims in each of the Council's activity areas
c) increasing culturally diverse representation in the arts.

2. To enable the participation in the arts for all Australians by:

a) delivering specific audience and market development strategies
b) increasing awareness of and access to the Council's programs
c) brokering and engaging in partnerships.

3. To support the development of creative content which reflects a multicultural  Australia by:

a) encouraging cultural inclusiveness
b) supporting multicultural arts industry infrastructure
c) supporting content development
d) encouraging creativity which spans the spectrum of tradition and innovation.

4. To encourage creative interfaces between  Indigenous and non-English speaking background artists by facilitating cultural exchanges.

This policy updates the Australia Council policy on Arts in a Multicultural Australia 2000-2005, which is available to download below.