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

GLOBAL
 Noosa ShireShire
     Noosa   Council
                     CONTEXT
                  Council

In an increasingly interconnected world it is important to be cognisant
of the issues impacting Noosa’s arts,culture and heritage: from global,
national and state influences



From outside the Noosa region, a range of factors           •   Persistent skills gap in people being able to fully
and trends have the potential to impact on the                  utilise emerging tools
cultural sector locally - some present as challenges,
others as opportunities and some can offer both.            •   Communities of interest engaging virtually where
                                                                artists who feel isolated locally can engage with
Policy and Funding                                              international artists in similar fields to share and
                                                                learn
•   Lack of current arts-specific policy at a federal or
    state level resulting in a need to align with other     Economy
    policies or develop stand-alone local policies
                                                            •   Changing nature of cultural tourism with “baby
•   Stagnation and reduction in government and                  boomer” retirement sector looking to travel for
    corporate funding for the arts, particularly for            niche cultural interests
    individual artists or small initiatives, with funding
    focussed on economic outcomes such as major             •   Growth of home based businesses, particularly in
    events                                                      studio based cultural sector or digitally engaged
                                                                arts practices
•   Changing models of resourcing such as
    crowdfunding, cultural philanthropic funds and          •   Explosion in availability of cheap imported
    micro-loans                                                 products competing with locally produced,
                                                                original works of art and craft
•   Need to measure and demonstrate outcomes
    and value across differing facets (cultural, social     Community
    and economic), which has been particularly
    difficult in areas like arts and heritage where data    •   Ongoing concern over the lack of genuine
    has been difficult to collect accurately and has            recognition and inclusion of indigenous arts and
    often failed to tell a convincing story                     heritage

Participation                                               •   Increased priority on creation of precincts or
                                                                urban renewal to develop or maintain distinct
•   People’s increasing desire to engage with and               community identity
    participate in the arts but not necessarily through
    traditional means such as attending a gallery or        •   The co-location of public infrastructure with like-
    joining a creative group                                    minded facilities eg galleries/museums, galleries/
                                                                libraries, or with commercial infrastructure
•   Changing nature of volunteerism seeing an                   to off-set costs such as retail, hospitality,
    increase in short-term project or specific skill-           accommodation
    based volunteerism
                                                            •   People craving a sense of identity and belonging
•   Fragile viability of community organisations,               in an increasingly complex world
    particularly impacted by funding changes, and
    administrative complexity                               •   Growing understanding of the important role
                                                                creativity and arts practice can play in education,
Technology                                                      health and wellbeing

•   Rapid development of technology changing
    approach to many facets of cultural sectors

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