Council adopts 10 year arts and culture strategy

Council adopts 10 year arts and culture strategy

Published on 30 July 2018

Council’s new 10 year arts and culture strategy promises a range of cultural experiences to delight, engage and challenge locals and visitors.

The strategy, which will guide how Council promotes, supports and invests in the arts and culture in the shire until 2028, was adopted by Council at its meeting on Wednesday 25 July 2018.

Mayor, Cr Jennifer Anderson, said the community had reflected on what matters to them, now and into the future regarding arts and culture, and the strategy indicates that.

“Arts and culture in the Macedon Ranges is alive and well,” she said.

“Survey results during the consultation phase of the project highlight how important it is to our community to be able to access arts and culture locally, and that’s something we’re focusing on.

“The strategy offers us a framework to guide how we fund and support arts and culture in the shire, and the document will inform each year’s budget into the future.”

The goals within the Arts and Culture Strategy 2018–28 include:

providing opportunities for people to participate in artistic and cultural appreciation and expression connecting our community by interpreting and celebrating our region’s stories creating partnerships that inspire and support innovative arts and culture projects and activities enhancing the local economy by providing opportunities for local talent and arts-related businesses to thrive providing cultural planning integrated with other planning disciplines and place-making giving our community access to a range of diverse, viable and vibrant cultural assets across the shire.

“Arts and culture have an important role to play in the social, cultural and economic development of the Macedon Ranges, and we look forward to continuing conversations with the community on how we can further enhance that,” Cr Anderson said.

To view the strategy, see Arts and Culture Strategy 2018–28.

For more information about arts and culture activities and events in the Macedon Ranges, visit Arts and Culture or call (03) 5422 0333.