2018-12-11 S&O Agenda - Attachment 1 to Item 10 - Noosa Cultural Plan 2019-2023

 LOCAL
 CHALLENGES

While global trends and issues, both positive and negative, impact on arts, culture and heritage in Noosa
there are additional local pressures in these sectors. Consultation with local community and cultural
stakeholders identified a range of challenges and issues including:

•   Economic pressures such as rising living                 •   New residents and visitors, particularly those
    costs, limited affordable housing and                        from metropolitan areas, often have high
    cheaper online and imported cultural                         expectations in terms of venue and service
    products mean that it is difficult for local                 delivery
    artists to make a living without alternate
    income streams                                           •   Noosa’s geographic proximity places it on
                                                                 the fringe of the south-east Queensland
•   While participation in the arts is strong there              region however this frequently excludes it
    is limited evidence of a robust professional                 from State or Federal Government regional
    arts sector except for the architecture and                  funding and programs
    other design fields
                                                             •   Organisations are finding it harder to
•   Organisational sustainability is a critical issue            maintain local cultural facilities to a high
    with some organisations and event providers                  enough standard to attract audiences and
    relying on one or two key individuals to keep                visitors
    going
                                                             •   It can be hard for artists new to the area to
•   Some organisations report that there could                   make connections with their local sector
    be more collaboration in the sector and
    that they are competing with each other for              •   Council’s ability to resource and fund growth
    resources, funding and audiences                             in the arts and cultural sectors

•   Many residents want to participate in
    cultural activities but find it difficult to locate
    an activity




    Noosa TAFE Site
    The Queensland Government opened a TAFE campus in Tewantin in 2006. The environmentally
    sensitive campus offered business and arts courses with a specialty in ceramics.
    In 2014 the Queensland Government closed the campus and then in 2018 it indicated that it may sell
    the facility.
    While Noosa Council is considering the feasibility of purchasing the TAFE site, to date no financially
    viable option for an arts/cultural use has been identified.

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