The Tasmanian Greens will fight to ensure artists get fair pay, substantially increase funding to Tasmania’s artistic sector and ensure that political interference in art funding and administration is a thing of the past.
Tasmanians work in creative and cultural fields at one of the highest rates in Australia. The arts enrich society by providing meaning and joy, and make an enormous contribution to the Tasmanian brand and economy. We need to do more to support Tasmanian artists.
We’re regularly informed of the Minister’s office meddling in the roll out and announcement of arts initiatives and events, to maximise personal and political exposure. The art itself is the exhibit, and our cultural institutions and artists need the freedom to showcase their work free from political interfecence.
And they need more funding to deliver the art all Tasmanians enjoy.
The Greens will work to double arts grants to individuals and increase grants to organisations by 50%, ensure building maintenance costs are including in core funding for arts organisations, make grants for multi-year periods to provide certainty and proper planning, and create energy efficiency upgrades via grants to arts organisations.
A $12m investment in creative spaces across regional Tasmania will make art more collaborative and accessible to all. Artists that do get work, shouldn’t be expected to do it for free, as exposure enough isn’t enough. We’ll advocate for fair pay for artists, in line with national campaigns and frameworks such as that proposed by the National Association for the Visual Arts.
The Greens value our creative sector and want to do more to stimulate it. Increasing funding, freedom and the value we place on the arts as a whole will help increase creativity, output and appreciation.
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