NT Arts Strategy

The Northern Territory Government values the important role the arts play in shaping the Territory’s culture. The arts also enhance community life and contribute to economic growth.

The Department of Territory Families, Housing and Communities, through Arts NT, is developing an arts strategy for the Territory. The strategy aims to inform arts sector and government priorities and will guide government investment into the arts over the next 10 years.

Over 300 people contributed to the development of the NT Arts Strategy. Arts NT met face-to-face and online with close to 230 artists, arts organisations, and the broader community with interest in the arts and 71 written submissions were received.

Key themes from the consultation include:

• Increase funding with simplified grants processes to acknowledge increased costs of operating and living
• Improve and increase arts infrastructure with establishing of arts hubs
• Ensure cultural safety for First Nations people and ensure that First Nations initiatives are First Nations -led
• Foster youth arts and embed arts into school education
• Support safe and healthy employment for artists, arts workers and creatives with fair remuneration
• Capture and communicate the value of the arts
• Develop an investment strategy for the arts including pathways to philanthropy and sponsorship
• Recognise the evolution of art forms with new arts practices emerging.

Have your say

Arts NT has identified five principles to underpin three priorities for the 10-year NT Arts Strategy as outlined in the Plan on a Page available under documents. We want to know if you believe that the principles and priories capture what you think is important to grow arts and culture in the Northern Territory.

There are two ways to submit your feedback:

1. Fill out the survey on this page
2. Email us at arts.office@nt.gov.au

Submissions close at 11.59pm on Wednesday 24 April 2024.