Australia Council Annual Report 2012 - 2013.pdf

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Australia CouncilAnnual Report


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Mission

Year at a Glanc e 6

Report rom the Chair 6

The Australia Council respects Indigenous communities and cultures. Readers should be aware that this report may contain images or reerences to members o the

Indigenous community who have passed away.

Compliance Index 101

Letter o transmittal

Senator the Hon George Brandis QC

Attorney-Ge neral

Minister or the Arts

Parliament House

Canberra ACT 2600

30 September 2013

Dear Minister,

On behal o the Board o the Australia Council, I am pleased to submit the

Australia Council ann ual report or 201213.

Under Section 9 o the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act

1997, the Board members o the Australia Council are responsible or the

preparation and content o a report o operations in accordance with the

Commonwealth Authorities (Annual Reporting) Orders 2011. The ollowing

report o operations and nancial statements were adopted by resolutions

o the Board on 30 September and 23 August 2013 respectively.

Yours aithull y,

Rupert Myer AM

Chair, Australia Council

Section 1: Year in Review 201213

Report rom the CEO 10

Year in Review 11

Funding Overview 16

Section 3: About Australia Council

The Gover ning Counci l and the B oard 37

Structure o the Australia Council 47

Section 4: Financial Statements

Section 2: Statement o Outcome

Strategic Plan 24

Government Initiatives 31

Contents


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Introduction 054

Introduction

MissionThe Australia Council is the Australian

Governments principal arts unding and

advisory body. The Australia Councils mission

is to support the creation, presentation and

appreciation o distinctive cultural works by

providing assistance to Australian artists and

making their works accessible to the public.

The Austral ia Council thereore plays a cr ucial rol e

in supporting artists and arts organisations to create

and present their work, improve and develop their

skills, and tour and promote their work to wider

audiences. It also develops new audiences or the

arts nationally and internationally, and promotes an

appreciation o the value o the arts to Australians.

The Council s national ocus refects the c ulture and

creativity o both regional and urban communities

and honours its statutory obligation to ensure access

to, and participation in, the arts by all Australians.

The Council s overarching gui ding princi ple is the

support o artistic excellence through the arms

length, peer review o grants to artists and arts

organisations. During 201213 this was enabled by

its artorm boards and panels across all divisions,

whose members are made up o Australias leading

arts practitioners.

Michaela Gleave,A Day is Longer than a Year,2013.

Theatre spotlights, dichroic flters, custom motors.

Installation view: Fremantle Arts Centre. Photograph: Michaela Gleave.

Image courtesy o the artist and Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne.


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Introduction 076

Report romthe Chair

It has been my great privilege to serve the

Council as its Chair over the past 12 months.

It has been a time o great change. The year

concluded with new governing legislation being

approved, a new Australia Council being announced,

the development o more fexible ways o working

with Australias artists and arts organisations andincreased nancial capacity. The Australia Council

Review o 2012, the Mitchell Review o Private Sector

Support or the Arts and the National Cultural Policy,

Creative Australia, have each played a signicant role

in the changes that have occurred.

As we commence this new era, I would like to

acknowledge the vision and oresight o the many

Australians who or more than our decades through

the Council and its previous structures have nurtured

and developed the arts in Australia. The centrality o the

artist has been paramount in the culture and personality

o the Council. I believe that this has been evidenced

by the care and respect shown or the artist in the

work we do. The manner in which we engage with all

artists, arts organisations, Indigenous communities and

government in matters o grant making and advocacy,

has been guided by arts practice expertise, a well

managed and open process o arms length peer

review, collaboration between all tiers o government

and exposure to and dialogue with Australian and

international audiences and markets.

The Austral ia Counci ls unding o $174.8 mi llion

in 201213 translated into the creation o 8,856

new artworks and the presentation, perormance,

publication and exhibition o 7,034 artworks. All

this is testament to the creativity o the thousands

o Australian artists, organisations and community

members who participated in the artistic process,

both in Australia and overseas.

15 millionattendances at Council supported activities

2,021Council grants and projects

168organisations unded through KeyOrganisations multi-year grants andthe Major Perorming Arts Framework

8,856new artistic works created withCouncil support

7,034new artistic works presented withCouncil support

1,019individual artists unded (directlyand devolved)

$174.8 millionin grant and project unding to artists

and arts organisations

201213at a glance

During 201213 the Council was grateul or the

support o the Honourable Simon Crean MP and

his successor as then Minister or the Arts, the

Honourable Tony Burke MP. Minister Crean oversaw

the development and passage oCreative Australia,

which included much needed and appreciated

additional nancial support or Australian artists. His

support and enthusiasm were continued energetically

by Minister Burke.

I would particularly like to acknowledge and

thank those members o Council whose terms

concluded during the year. Louise Herron, Chair,

Major Perorming Arts Board, Chrissy Sharp, Chair,

Dance Board, Ted Snell, Chair, Visual Arts Board

and Frank Cooper, Acting Chair, Major Perorming

Arts Board re tired during the year. Durin g the year

under review, Elizabeth Walsh was appointed as

Chair, Dance Board; Julian Knights as Chair o the

Major Perorming Arts Board and Danie Mellor as

Chair o the Visual Arts Board. With the change in

the governance structure brought about by the new

legislation, their terms o appointment concluded on

30 June 2013, along with Stephen Armstrong, Chair

Theatre Boa rd, Sophie Cunn ingham, Chai r, Literature

Board and Ken Lloyd AM, Community Representative

and Audit and Finance Committee Chair. I have

greatly appreciated the thoughtul contributions and

guidance rom the retiring and continuing members

o Council during my rst year as Chair. I thank them

or their wisdom, their patience and their goodwill

during the changes that have occurred. I have also

greatly appreciated the engaged, sage and constant

support o Robyn Archer AO, Deputy Chair.

On behal o the Council and the sector, I would like

to thank Kathy Keele, who retired as CEO at the end

o 2012. During her term in oce, Kathy worked

with ve ministers and six departments at a time that

saw immense change nationally and globally. The

organisation experienced a restructure, implementedgreater eciencies and introduced many initiatives.

I would like to acknowledge Kathys important

contribution over this complex period and or her

support to me during my rst six months in the role.

From January until May 2013, Libby Christie served as

Acting Chie Executive Ocer a nd I would also like to

thank her or her crucial role during the lead up to the

changes previously outlined. The Council was pleased

to welcome Tony Grybowski as Chie Executive Ocer

in May 2013, ollowing his considerable contribution to

the organisation since 2006 as the Executive Director

o the Arts Organisations division. A trained musician,

Tony has spent his working lie contributing to the

Australian arts scene a s an administrator with leading

arts organisations. I look orward to working with Tony

at this exciting time or the Council.

I would also like to take this opportunity to

congratulate Senator the Honourable George

Brandis QC on his recent appointment as Attorney-

General and Minister or the Arts. We look orward

to working with Senator Brandis and the Ministry or

the Arts within the Attorney-General's Department

in the uture.

All o us at the Counci l were dee ply saddenedin March 2013 by the death o our ormer Chair,

James Strong AO, whose experience, wisdom and

enthusiasm guided our organisation or more than six

years, rom 2006 to 2012. A passionate supporter o

the arts and mentor to many young artists, James let

a lasting legacy with the many arts organisations that

he so ably served.

The commenta ry in this Annual Re port sets out t he

many ways in which the Australia Council has served

the arts community in Australia over the last year, its

nal as constituted by theAustralia Coun cil Act 1975.

This is an organisat ion that is highly en gaged with the

sector that is serves. It has a considerable depth o

management, arts expertise and knowledge. It looks

orward to the opportunities that lie ahead to serve

the sector with greater fexibility and capacity.

Rupert Myer AM

Chair, Australia Council


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098 Section 1: Year in Review

Year in Review201213

Lena Nyadbi, Warmun Art Centre studio 2013.

Photo: Jonathan Kimberley1


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Year in Review

Grant making was the core activity o the Council

in 201213. During the year a total o 2,021 grants

were made to artists and organisations, totalling

$174.8 million.

In addition, the Council undertook initiatives and

grants that assisted the arts sector to better

disseminate and market its activities across Australia

and internationally. A strong research and strategic

analysis program also provided robust ndings and

data analysis to assist the sector to plan or growth.

The Council s activities are coordinated a nd delivere d

by the organisations ve divisions Arts Funding,

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Is lander Arts , Arts

Organisations, Arts Development and Corporate

Resources. The ollowing provides some highlighted

achievements rom the 201213 nancial year.

Arts Fun ding

Arts Fundi ng supporte d artists , their art makin g

and presentation across Australia through the

grants awarded by the artorm boards, committees

and panels. Core to the work o the division is

arms length peer assessment o applications or

grants. These grants support the creation o new

work, the presentation and promotion o work, and

proessional development opportunities including

residencies and ellowships.

In 201213, the divisions artorm boards and

committees considered 5,436 applications and

awarded 1,345 grants to enable artists to explore,

experiment and create. The Councils artorm boards

supported many artists and arts organisations to

deliver innovative and exciting artorm projects and

initiatives. Some highlights that demonstrate the

breadth o activity include the ollowing:

Community PartnershipsThe Community Pa rtnerships Committee

contributed strategic unding to Malcolm

McKinnons documentary on the DUSTproject by

Hubcap Productions. DUST, which was supported

by the Council, was a perormance project with

members o the asbestos diseases communities

in our states. McKinnons documentary will

present a critical interpretation o the ambitious,

innovative and inspiring community theatre project

and enable DUSTto reach a new mainstream

television audience.

Dance

The Dance Board delive red a Nation al Dance

Forum in partnership with Ausdance National.

More than 170 members o the dance sector

attended to share their perspectives, oster

connections and open discussions. The orum

coincided with the estival Dance Massive, which

presented 18 works over 13 days with associated

workshops, classes, open studios and public

programs. The program was bolstered by the

Market Development sections support o the

International Visitors Program as well as eaturing

the event, The Beat o Our Nation , which ocused

on introducing national and international arts

presenters to Australian Aboriginal and Torres

Strait Islander choreographers.

Emerging and Experimental Arts

In early 2013, the Council launched an Emergingand Experimental Arts Program through its

Inter-Arts Oce. The new program embraces a

diverse range o arts practices that all outside

conventional artorms, including hybrid arts,

media arts, interdisciplinary arts and interactive

art. In May 2013, the Council hosted the inaugural

National Experimental Arts Forum with themes

ocusing on how to support risk, estivals,

experimental practice and knowledge building

in the sector. On the nal evening o the orum,

Robyn Archer AO, Deputy Chair o the Australia

Council, announced the establishment o the

Emerging and Experimental Arts section to

support artists working in these exciting areas o

arts practice.

Literature

The Litera ture Board c ontinued to ma ke a

signicant investment in Australian writers directly,

providing a number o international residencies

and grants. Residencies were awarded to Paul

Ham and Timothy Daly or the Keesing Studio

in Paris, Susan Hawthorne and Julie Janson orthe B.R. Whiting studio in Rome and Catherine

Bateson or the Australia Council studio in

Paris. Notable grants and awards were a two

year Fellowship grant to ction writer Steven

Carroll and an Award or Lietime Achievement in

Literature to author Herb Wharton. The Literature

Board supported a number o new projects,

including the First Nations Australia Writers

Network, the Black and Write mentorship or

Indigenous editors, and the Ilbijerri Black Writers

Lab Initiative a writers lab or Indigenous

playwrights to develop their writing skills to a

proessional industry standard.

Reportrom theCEO

The 201213 fnancial year was marked by

review and reorm or the Australia Council.

In 2012, the Australian Government commissioned

a review o the organisation led by Gabrielle Trainor

and Angus James to explore ways in which the

Council might be better equipped to adapt to a 21st

century arts sector.

The revie w ound that although the Councils model

o unding had served and developed our nations

artists, the Council needed to be more fexible and

responsive to the needs o artists today and into the

uture. In order to adapt to these needs, the review

recommended a more strategic way o allocating

unding.

Ater the comprehensive consultatio n period wit h

stakeholders, the reviews proposals were addressed

in the National Cultural Policy, Creative Australia.

The major recommendation was a new governin g

legislation or the Council, the Australia Coun cil Act

2013, which commenced on 1 July 2013 at the

beginning o the 201314 nancial year.

The legis lation imple ments the ma jority o

recommendations that were made in the review,

including the updating o the Councils governance

structure consistent with other modern statutory

authorities such as Screen Australia and the National

Portrait Gallery o Australia.

One o the integral parts o our grants program is

the peer review system, and this will remain at the

heart o what we do. In 201213, we had seven

artorm boards overseeing our unding or specic

artorms, in addition to a number o panels across

the organisation. With the implementation o a new

governance structure and the establishment o a

range o sector panels and an enhanced peer review

system, the Australia Council will have a broader

pool o skills across a more diverse range o artistic

practice to match the needs o a changing arts sector.

With these changes, the Council will become a

more fexible and vibrant arts unding organisation

that is demonstrably transparent in the way it

allocates nancial and other resources to artists and

arts organisations. This will build a sector that is

prosperous, vibrant and well supported throughout the

community, ensuring Australias artistic achievement is

celebrated publicly and celebrated oten.

It is an honour to be given the opportunity to lead

this important organisation, which or our decades

has been pivotal in nurturing and developing the

Australia n arts sec tor. I give thanks to every pa nel,

sta and Board member or their eorts this year.

Their pass ion, commitmen t, skills a nd experie nce are

an extraordinary resource or the arts in Australia,

and their work has urthered the development o a

creative and enriched Australian community.

Tony Grybowski

Chie Executive Ocer


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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Is lander peopl e, groups

and organisations. This review implemented the

policy that applicants will not be required to submit

a conrmation o identity orm with an application, i

the applicant is successul with unding, the applicant

can be ormally requested to supply a conrmation o

identity i the need arises.

Arts Organ isations

Arts Organi sations mana ges and ove rsees the

operations o major perorming arts (MPA) companies

as well as managing relations with triennially unded

key organisations. In 201213, the Arts Organisations

division oversaw unding to 168 multiyear unded

key organisations and MPA companies, in close

collaboration with state unding bodies.

The unded companies demonstrated an extensive

reach into the Australian community, with 4.4 million inattendance at perormances, 1.1 million in attendance

at schools and education programs and 6.5 million

attendances at exhibitions. This led to 9,000 artists

being employed in the sector.

Services provided to the companies included

business planning assistance, management and

leadership training, and the provision o a range o

orums and resources in the areas o marketing,

digital innovation and organisational governance.

Some highlights rom across the sector included:

The number o partnersh ips created by the

11 Community Partnerships Key Producers

increased. In 2012, a total o 507 individual

partnerships were nurtured between these

companies and other non-arts partners.

Organisations were oered programs to support

capacity development. Programs oered

included the national Arts Executive Leadership

Program which presented skills development

workshops across Australia and attracted 80

executive and administrative sta rom the sector

to develop skills in leadership, business planning

and strategic thinking; and the Emerging Leaders

Program oered places to 24 arts leaders

rom across Australia and provided a year

long program o intensive skills development,

networking and leadership mentoring rom

prominent Australian executives.

Capacity Development grants supporting strategic

development and growth across core business

and program activities o arts organisations

were provided to the West Australian Symphony

Orchestra, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra,

Australian Major Per orming Arts Group, State

Theatre Company o South Austr alia, Oper a

Australia, Australia n Copyright Co uncil, Stat e

Opera o South Australia, West Australian Opera,

the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Ausdance

National, Regional Arts Australia and Restless

Dance Theatre.

Geeks in Residence programs that develop

technical capacity and digital literacy or

both operational and artistic activities were

placed with Arts Access, Barkly Regional Arts,

Inormation and Cultural Exchange and Bell

Shakespeare Company.

Five strategic partnerships were supported

between MPA and key organisations through the

Interconnections Program. The program supports

co-commissions and innovative collaborations

between MPA companies and small to medium

arts organisations. Companies taking up

partnerships included Bell Shakespeare Company,

Malthouse Theatre, Musica Viva Australia,

Queensland Symphony Orchestra and the State

Theatre Company o South Austr alia.

The HIVE LAB program a par tnership be tween

the Adelaide Film Festival, ABC Arts and the

Council placed artistic leaders with lm makers

in an intensive development laboratory aimed

at creating new platorms or screen based

work. Two eature lm proposals were selected

or production development with options or

screening at the 2015 Adelaide Film Festival

and ABC Arts. The unded projects were Spear,

directed by Stephen Page and produced by John

Harvey, and Girl Asleep, directed by Rosemary

Myers with producer Jo Dyer.

Music

The Music Bo ard addressed a n increasi ng range

o diverse music genres and, under the Nashville

Songwriter Residency pilot program, awarded

singer/songwriters Chris Altmann and Travis

Caudle three month residencies in Nashville under

the guidance o expatriate Australian songwriter

and producer Mark Moatt. Caudle and Altmann

worked with Moatt to write and record new

songs, showcase and perorm, and network in

Nashville with music industry publishers, labels

and industry representatives.

Theatre

The Theatre Board created, in partnershi p with

Arts Queensland, the Theatre Diversi ty Associate

initiative in Queensland. Led by respected theatre

director Chris Kohn, this two year pilot program

has been created to increase diversity in castingand programming. The initiative will promote

the work o culturally diverse artists by working

across the independent, small, medium and large

theatre sectors. The initiative is being rolled out in

Queensland Theatre Company, La Boite Theatre,

Metro Arts and Brisbane Multicultural Arts Centre to

help these companies achieve their diversity goals.

Visual Ar ts

The Visual Arts Board, al ongside The atre, Dance

and Emerging and Experimental Arts, supported

The Kaldor Pu blic Art Proj ect #27, en titled 13

Rooms.The project e xhibited 13 internati onal

artists including Marina Abramovi , Allora and

Calzadilla, Clark Beaumont, John Baldessari,Simon Fujiwara, Damien Hirst, Joan Jonas, Xavier

Le Roy, Laura Lima, Roman Ondk, Tino Sehgal,

Santiago Sierra and Xu Zhen. Employing more

than 100 Australian artists working across the

elds o visual arts, interdisciplinary practice,

dance and theatre, the innovative group exhibition

o living sculpture was showcased across 13

purpose built rooms. There were approximately30,000 visitors to the event.

The Arts Fun ding divisi on also mana ges the

ollowing Australian Government initiatives: Artists

in Residence, Creative Communities Partnerships,

ArtStart and Creative Au stralia Ar tists Grant s (see

Section 2 or more details on these and other

Australia n Governme nt initiat ives in 201 213).

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts

The Aborigin al and Torres Strai t Islander Arts (ATSIA)

division supported the development and promotion

o traditional arts practices and new orms o artistic

expression among Aboriginal and Torres Strait

Islander peoples across all artorms. In 201213,

ATSIA ocused on the importance o cultur al

expertise and authority in creative expression, the

lie and well being o communities and international

celebrations o excellence.

International highlights in 201213 were a 76 strong

delegation to the 11th Festival o Pacic Arts in the

Solomon Islands, the unveiling o the monumental work

by Lena Nyadbi Dayiwul Lirlmim (Barramundi Scales) on

the rootop o the Muse du quai Branly in Paris, and

the establishment o a new residency opportunity with

the Kluge-Ruhe collection at the University o Virginia

or six artists, which will see two artists engaged each

year in the residency program rom 201315.

ATSIA held national workshops to increase the

capacity o Indigenous arts organisations to respond

to environmental infuences, opportunities and

challenges. These ocused on the use o researchanalysis and skilled use o media or telling positive

and constructive stories. ATSIA also created spaces

or artists to work together nationally, as with the

Indigenous choreographers program, delivered with

the Market Development section, within the 2012

Dance Massive events in Melbourne.

The National Indigenous Arts Awards were presented

in May 2013 at the Sydney Opera House. The

$50,000 Red Ochre Award, Australias highest peer

assessed award or an Indigenous artist, went to

actor, dancer, choreographer and painter David Gulpilil

OAM. The $20,000 Dreaming Award or a young and

emerging Indigenous artist was awarded to Rhonda

Dick, a photographer rom South Australia. Two

ellowships o $45,000 per year over two years were

awarded to visual artist, Jennier Kemarre Martiniello

and to writer, activist and musician Richard Frankland.

On 27 May the ACCELERATE Indigenous Cultural

Leadership program, in partnership with the British

Council, provided a urther opportunity or Australias

Indigenous cultural leaders.

Key achievements in literature included the First Nations

Australia Writers Network, created in collaboration with

the Literature Board, bringing together writers rom

all states and territories or workshopping, reading,

storytelling and inspiration, and Yellamundie the national

Indigenous playwrights estival, building opportunities

or writers or perormance, sharing ideas and

strengthening the practice o writing and developing

pathways or new work.

In 2013, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

Arts Board a nd division also conduct ed a nationa l

review and consultation about its arrangements or

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The Council strengthened s upport or Aus tralian

artists globally through the Venice Biennale. New

South Wales based artist Simryn Gill represented

Australia at the 2013 Veni ce Bienn ale, and h er

exhibition Here art grows on trees achieved strong

media and critical acclaim. Signicant milestones

have been achieved or the redevelopment o the

Australia n Pavilion in Venice, with the Aust ralian

Government providing $1 million and more than

$5 million being raised rom individual donors.

Simon Mordant AM, Commissioner or Australia

Venice Bien nale 2013 a nd 2015, worked closely

with Council in leading the undraising or the new

Australia n Pavilion .

Continued research and strategic analysis programs

delivered robust data analysis and inormation or

strategic planning, evaluation, knowledge sharing

and advocacy work or the Council and the arts

sector. A major research initiative was Art Facts, a

statistical overview o the Australian arts sector.

Art Facts c overs music and visual arts and wi ll grow

to cover all artorms, including Indigenous arts.

An industry wide scan o n artist re muneration was

also conducted to support sta communication

with the sector and assist peers to consider artist

remuneration consistently in unding decisions.

Corporate Resources

Corporate Resources continued to provide services

and inormation to both the organisation and

external stakeholders in an eicient, timely and

positive manner through the Councils human

resources, inancial services, business inormation,

records management, inormation technology and

oice support unctions

As part o an o ngoing program to improv e the

management and delivery o programs more

eiciently across the Council, new systems and

enhancements were implemented in 201213.

These introduc tions i ncluded a new inanc esystem, and improvements to the records

management system (HP TRIM), IT inrastructure,

security monitoring, grants system and the grants

management database.

A number o initiativ es were del ivered in the human

resources area:

the Workorce Plan was aligned to Australia

Council strategic goals

an online perormance management and appraisal

system was implemented

an online recruitment portal was created

Cultural Awareness Training was delivered as part

o the Cultural Engagement Framework strategy

an update o the Workplace Health and Saety policy

and procedures, in line with major Commonwealth

legislation changes in January 2013.

A number o workshops were also conduc ted tointroduce sta to key legislative and compliance

obligations related to their work area, such as privacy

law, reedom o inormation, good decision making,

procurement and tender activities.

Risk management initiatives were successully

undertaken during the year, including a review o

the adequacy and eectiveness o operational and

nancial controls over key systems relating to grants

payments and returned grants, together with a review

o IT general controls.

Arts Deve lopment

Arts Devel opment supports th e Council t o increase

participation in the arts. Arts Development achieves

this by conducting and communicating research and

knowledge about the sector, and building audiences

and markets or Australian arts.

In 201213, a number o new programs were

introduced including Blaklines, a touring program or

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perorming artists

and arts organisations to tour their work to regional

and remote communities; Project Capital, increasing

the small to medium dance sectors capacity to

present work beyond their own state borders and;

Engage, supporting innovative audience development

strategies in regional and remote Australia.

A range o activiti es connecte d to the Nati onal

Touring Framework re search we re deliver edthroughout the year. One o the achievements

was enabling the state and territory authorities to

meet and consider how to harmonise the various

touring programs across the country. The program

also supported meetings with the Perorming Arts

Touring Alliance , enabling key peror ming arts tou ring

stakeholders the opportunity to develop a sector

action plan to maximise national touring outcomes.

The Council also supporte d artists an d arts

organisations to build partnerships internationally.

In 201213 Australian artists and arts organisations

eatured in 32 countries across six continents.

Highlights include:

The Pub lishi ng Prog ram su pported 31 publ isher s

representing 718 authors at international book

airs, generating more than $2 million in sales.

The Vi siting Inter nation al Pu blishe rs Prog ram

supported 13 international publishers to attend

the Sydney Writers Festival and participate

in 380 one on one industry meetings with

Austra lian publish ers. The Goi ng Glo bal pro gram s upporte d tours

to 19 countries involving 220 Australian

perorming artists. In addition, 34 arts leaders

and producers were supported to attend various

perorming arts markets.

Live On Stage supported 110 Australian

musicians and their managers to attend

international music markets. Over 300 industry

meetings were conducted, generating more than

$1 million in sales.

The Ma rket D evelo pment Sk ills Progra m and

the International Indigenous Explorers programocused on capacity building or Aboriginal

and Torres Strait Islander artists and arts

organisations and those working in the small to

medium perorming arts sector.

Austra lasia n World wide Mu sic Ex po (AWME )

provided a platorm or more than 400 musici ans

to showcase their work to 535 national and

international delegates.

The Vi sual A rts pro gram e nsured the

representation o 84 Australian artists at

international art airs, as well as supporting the

International Visiting Curators and Collectors

programs at the Asia Paciic Triennial, Melbourne

Art Fa ir, Bien nale o Syd ney an d Cair ns

Indigenous Art Fair.

Austra lian artis ts and arts organi sation s had

a signiicant impact in Korea, attending the

Perorming Arts Market Seoul and the Korean

International Art Fair. In addition, exploratory

market visits were undertaken by the Australian

Commercial Galleries Association in China andby the Australian Publishers Association in

Taiwan an d Korea .

The In terna tiona l Netwo rk or Contempo rary

Perorming Arts (IETM) collaboration program

generated over 1,900 enquiries rom artists,

producers, companies, peak bodies and unders

rom Australia and Europe about touring,

residencies, networking and other ac tivities. The

program also supported 35 artists and producers

in collaborative projects in Europe and 57 artists

and producers attended IETM meetings.

The Australian Pavilion, Venice


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Funding Overview

The Australia Council invested over $174.8

million in artists and arts organisations across

Australia in 201213, c ompared to $164.5 milli on

in the previous fnancial year.

The Council supported a wi de range o arts acti vity

during 201213, rom small grants to individual

artists, to multi-million dollar unding to major

perorming arts organisations.

The Council s $174.8 million in vestment ena bled

artists to create 8,856 new works in 201213 and to

present, perorm, publish or exhibit 7,034 new works.

There were over 15 mil lion in a ttendance a t Council

unded events throughout 201213.

This $174.8 mi llion inv estment also unded 2,021

grants and projects. O this, $98 million went to

major perorming arts companies, over $34 million

was distributed through board grants and Council

initiatives, and over $20 million was delivered through

government initiatives (see gure 1).

O the 2,021 grants and projects provided by the

Council in 201213, 982 grants were given to

individual artists and 1,039 grants were awarded to

organisations (gures or individual artists include

artists working together as groups, outside o

ormal structures). During 201213, 6,682 grant

applications were received, which was an increase

o 678 applications on the previous nancial year

(see gure 4), and refects notable growth rom the

national touring programs and early career artist

programs, together with increases in some other

areas, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

Arts and Communi ty Partner ships.

The $17 4.8 mil lion t otal i nvestme nt incl uded

$52.3 million or the nations orchestras; $23 million

or opera; $13.3 million or other music artists and

organisations; $17.5 million or visual artists and

organisations; $27 million or theatre companies and

artists; $18.8 million or dance artists and companies;

$7.1 million or writers, publishers and literaryorganisations; $13.6 million or cross artorm artists

and organisations; and $2.2 million in miscellaneous

unding, including sector building and audience

development initiatives and programs (see gure 2).

The Council s total unding or 201213 also

included:

$8.7 million or international activities by Australian

artists and arts organisations

$7.9 million or arts and cultural activities with a

predominantly Indigenous ocus

$21.1 million or arts and cultural activities with a

predominantly regional ocus

$20.8 million or Government initiatives. These

initiatives are discussed in Section 2 and include

$5.4 million or the Regional Touring Programs

which were transerred to the Council in 201213.

$4.7 million o these grants were classied as

having a national ocus in gure 3.

Figure 1: Grant and program unding

millions$

200

150

100

50

200910 201011 201112 201213

Government initiatives

Council initiatives

Board grants

Key organisations

Major perorming arts

200910 201011 201112 201213

Total unding $000 164,534 163,841 164,510 174,823

Key organisations 21,241 22,116 21,395 21,081

Major perorming arts 94,902 96,523 97,284 98,467

Government initiatives 16,217 16,579 16,122 20,769

Council initiatives 4,641 2,051 2,154 7,662

Board grants 27,533 26,572 27,555 26,844


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Figure 3: Total unding by state and territory 201213

WA

$12.9 million

Qld

$15.9 m illion

NSW

$58.6 million

$1.3 mil lion

$39.5 million

$8.2 mil lion

National

$14.8 million

Overseas

$7.6 mi llion

Total

$174.8 million

NT

$2.6 million

SA

$13.4 million

By state and territory 200910 201011 201112 201213

New South Wales 59.4 60.0 58.2 58.6

Victoria 37.9 39.9 39.2 39.5

Queensland 15.2 15.1 15.5 15.9

South Australia 14.3 13.4 14.2 13.4

Western Australia 11.5 12.7 11.6 12.9

Tasmania 7.3 7.7 7.8 8.2

Northern Territory 2.7 2.5 2.6 2.6

Australian Capital Territory 1.3 1.8 1.6 1.3

National 10.3 5.0 7.5 14.8

Overseas 4.6 5.7 6.3 7.6

Total 164.5 163.8 164.5 174.8

By Artorm 200910 201011 201112 201213

Orchestras 50.4 51.3 51.2 52.3

Opera 20.8 21.1 21.6 23.0

Other music 12.3 12.3 12.8 13.3

Visual Arts 16.4 16.9 15.7 17.5

Theatre 22.0 24.6 23.4 27.0

Dance 17.1 16.1 16.8 18.8

Literature 7.7 6.6 5.9 7.1

Cross-artorm 13.5 10.7 13.1 13.6

Miscellaneous 4.3 4.2 4.0 2.2

Total 164.5 163.8 164.5 174.8 NB: Table includes rounding to the nearest dollar.

Tas

ACTVic

Figure 2: Total unding by artorm 201213

Orchestras

$52.3 millio n

Opera

$23.0 milli on

Other music

$13.3 millio n

Visual Arts

$17.5 millio n

Theatre

$27.0 milli on

Dance

$18.8 milli on

$174.8million

Literature

$7.1 milli on

Cross-artorm

$13.6 milli on

Miscellaneous

$2.2 millio n


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Figure

5:Totalfundingby

division/boa

rd

201213*

NSW

Vic

Qld

SA

WA

Tas

NT

ACT

National

Overseas

Total

ArtsDevelopment

**No. $

35

1,743,038

14

798,822

17

670,248

4

198,312

5

227,963

4

103,350

4

135,9

63

1

35,000

53

6,506,747

202

2,073,188

339

12,492,630

ArtsFunding

No. $

70

986,853

98

1,379,217

14

190,486

11

144,711

10

212,320

8

328,195

3

53,3

81

5

57,650

21

399,573

64

808,577

304

4,560,963

***ArtsOrganisations

No. $

52

8,971,333

44

5,300,621

26

3,219,291

24

2,550,309

15

1,641,800

6

842,710

10

1,028,9

89

7

542,969

22

2,583,324

5

647,094

211

27,328,441

AboriginalandTorres

StraitIslanderArts

No. $

14

422,550

12

255,720

11

321,425

5

67,052

7

174,727

4

68,240

13

385,8

62

1

45,000

3

120,475

10

277,683

80

2,138,734

CommunityPartnerships

No. $

39

1,724,958

41

1,964,674

15

918,895

10

917,353

19

959,256

6

344,500

10

455,0

00

2

99,800

5

384,687

11

217,568

158

7,986,691

Dance

No. $

15

561,489

18

440,216

2

47,350

4

116,460

6

249,430

1

9,500

0 0

1

22,050

4

183,000

1

27,354

52

1,656,849

Inter-ArtsOfce

No. $

19

524,015

8

188,839

3

76,100

3

369,900

5

162,614

2

40,260

1

21,0

00

0 0

6

264,350

2

40,000

49

1,687,078

Literature

No. $

50

1,288,601

47

1,188,686

12

365,000

4

112,000

10

227,239

6

158,000

2

30,0

00

0 0

5

300,645

38

384,133

174

4,054,303

MajorPerormingArts

No. $

13

38,357,893

13

25,638,424

4

9,021,783

3

8,427,922

7

8,403,523

1

6,068,285

1

205,7

70

1

101,606

2

3,398,216

1

3,107

46

99,626,528

Music

No. $

58

1,136,725

37

675,695

21

528,420

3

63,640

10

280,464

3

44,312

3

113,1

50

3

109,555

25

460,576

77

1,024,412

240

4,436,949

Theatre

No. $

32

1,451,493

32

1,052,450

8

391,987

6

292,237

4

163,074

3

116,998

3

122,3

83

3

119,664

8

154,242

13

305,502

112

4,170,030

VisualArts

No. $

55

1,396,180

39

600,364

8

127,244

8

169,010

7

152,000

4

96,480

3

35,0

00

7

136,550

15

187,725

110

1,783,643

256

4,684,196

Totalgrantsandprograms

No.

452

403

141

85

105

48

53

31

169

534

2,021

Total$

$

58,565,128

39,483,728

15,878,229

13,428,906

12,854,410

8,220,830

2,586,4

98

1,269,844

14,943,559

7,592,260

174,823,392

NB:Tableincludesroundingtothenearestdollar.

*FundingbydivisionincludesgovernmentandCouncilinitiative

allocationsdeliveredbyeachdivision.

**Numberograntsandprojects.

***ArtOrganisationsincludesgrantstokeyorganisationsandcompany/sectordevelopmentinitiatives.

Figure 4: Total applications, grants and projects

200910

201011

201112

201213

200910 201011 201112 201213

Grant and project applications 4,700 5,689 6,004 6,682

Grants and projects approved: 1,873 1,897 1,922 2,021

Grants and projects to organisations 1,121 1,085 1,019 1,039

Grants and projects to individuals

(including artists working together as

groups outside o ormal structures)

752 812 903 982

Grants to individual artists devolved

through organisations/companies143 105 108 37

Grants and project applications

Grants and projects to organisations

Grants and projects to individuals

Grants to individuals artists devolved through organisations/companies

2000 4000 6000 8000


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2 23Section 2: Statement of Outcome

Statemento Outcome

2Ben Hancock, Lucy GuerinPieces for Small Spaces, 2013.Image: Byron Perry


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Strategic planIn 201213, the Council sought to support

the creation, presentation and appreciation

o distinctive cultural works by providing

assistance to Australian artists and making their

works accessible to the public.

The strate gic directi on o the Cou ncil was g uided

by its strategic plan or 201213, which monitored

artorm sector needs and aligned to the broad

principle o maintaining an Australian arts sector that

is artistically vibrant, diverse and accessible.

The strategic planning process was driven by an annual

review o the artorm sector plans which identied

trends, and reviewed outcomes o previous unding

programs to determine strategic directions. The artorm

sector plans were developed with input rom the sector

and published on the Councils website.

The Austr alia Co uncils pero rmance a gainst t hese

goals and the key perormance indicators set out in

the Portolio Budget Statement 201213 (PBS) are

set out in this section.

Goal 1

Increase Australians access to and awareness

o the arts.

The Council unded a numbe r o initi atives to i ncrease

the national markets or the arts. These initiatives

included the strengthening o national touring

networks, providing leadership through artorm

sector planning, promoting the Council as a key

source o inormation about the arts, and increasing

the diversity o access to unding through a Cultural

Engagement Framework (CEF).

Throughout 201213 , more than 15 million pe ople

attended Council unded events or initiatives, an

increase o 2 million rom 201112.

Target Target achiev ement

Number o

artistic works

exhibited,

perormed and

published

8,500 7,034

Whist slightly under

target, the 7,034 works

or 201213 represented

a 37% increase on the

year beore, notably

in the literature works,

community partnership

projects, regional touring

programs (Playing

Australia, Festivals

Australia and Visions

o Australia) and Arts

Development programs

such as Hopscotch and

Art Fare.

Number o

attendances

at Council

supported

activities

14.0

million

15.4 million

Target exceeded

refecting strong

perormance rom

key organisations andexhibitions.

The Counc il run s programs and ini tiatives to incre ase

national and international audiences and markets

or Australian arts and assists the presentation

o artistically vibrant works in those markets.

It supports a diverse range o arts and cultural

activities in communities and utilises the arts to build

stronger communities.

Target Target achievement

Number

o visits to

website

0.69

million

0.73 million

Number o

page views

on website

2.0

million

2.6 million

Key highlights or 201213:

Access to the arts was a ocus o the unding

provided to MPA companies. These companies

delivered more than 6,000 perormances to an

aggregate audience o 3 million people across

Australia.

The Council unded seve ral orga nisations to

deliver programs and increase participation in the

arts in under represented communities regional,

multicultural and artists and audiences with

disability. Organisations unded include Regional

Arts Austral ia, Kultour and Arts Acc ess Austral ia.

The Creativ e Communities Partnershi p Initiativ e

(CCPI) supported two pilot Cultural Places

projects run by the state arts unding bodies in

Queensland and South Australia, which aimed to

increase regional community participation with

community arts projects.

Scheduled marketing activities to ensure the

Council was a visible and credible source

o inormation about the arts, through the

management o website content and the Councilsnews platorm, Artery, and associated social media.

Strategic Goals or 201213:

Goal 1

Increase Australians access to and awareness o

the arts

Goal 2

Improve the sustainability o Australian arts practice

Goal 3

Support creative innovation to ensure the vibrancy

and relevance o Australian arts in the 21st century

Goal 4

Develop and increase markets and creative

engagement or Australian artists

Goal 5

Increase support and resources available to artists

Goal 6

Improve eciency, responsiveness and accountability

across the Australia Council and unded organisations


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Category Budget

Estimate

$m

Actual

Expenses

$m

Variation

$m

Regional 14.0 21.2 7.2

Non-regional - 144.9 144.9

Non-specic 154.0 8.7 145.3

Total 168 174.8 6.8

Australian Government Spatial Reporting 201213

Program 1: Investment in the Arts

Spatial accounting captures and records

expenditure by geographic location under three

categoriesregional, non-regional and non-speciic.

Since the 201112 Budget, the government has

published spatial accounting inormation in regional

ministerial statements, providing greater visibility on

levels o expenditure expected to be distributed to

regional Australia.

Goal 2Improve the sustainability o Australian arts

practice.

The Council invests in the developme nt and

production o excellent Australian artistic work.

The Council invests in artistic production and in the

development o artistic practice by providing grants

and other orms o nancial support to individual

artists and organisations through a range o support

programs:

the creation o new work

proessional development opportunities

awards or the recognition o outstanding

achievement or artistic potential.

Key highlights or 201213: O the 2,021 grants unded, 1,039 were awarded to

organisations and 982 were awarded to individuals.

Increased collaborative partnerships with national

and international umbrella organisations, including

Melbourne Art Fair, Korean Arts Management

Service, International Network or Contemporary

Perorming Arts (IETM) and Australian Perorming

Arts Centres A ssociation.

Supported Indigenous artists through the

ACCELERATE Indigenous Leadershi p program, in

partnership with the British Council, in addition to

the three year Indigenous literature strategy.

Delivered a range o programs in proessional

development or MPA companies, including

arts executive and comprehensive emerging

leader programs, industry summits, and skills

development programs or artists, creatives and

arts managers.


Number o grants and pro jects 1,850 2,021 Targets were largely met or exceeded,with the unding shiting towards

individual artists.Number o individual artists unded 750 982

Number o organisations unded 1,100 1,039

Number o new Australian

artworks created

6,5 00 8 ,85 6 The number o works created rom all

grant programs exceeded the target,

notwithstanding that direct unding

to specic new work categories was

marginally below target.

Total unding or n ew Austral ian

artwork projects

7

million

6.6

million

Goal 3

Support creative innovation to ensure the

vibrancy and relevance o Australian arts in

the 21st century.

The Council perormed re search and provided

innovative grants programs and opportunities

tied to sector planning. This planning increased

opportunities or cross artorm collaborations and

increased unding to emerging arts practices.


The Council created the Emerging a nd Experimen tal

artorm section in Arts Funding to und and support

new and emerging art practice.

Key highlights o this strategy in 201213:

National and international engagement with

the work o Australian artists by unding the

presentation and promotion o new and existing

works through a range o competitive grant

programs oered by all artorm areas.

Building national and international markets

through initiatives and grants programs to build

opportunities or Australian artists and arts

organisations to increase networks, partnerships

and exchange with national and international

peers. Initiatives include: Australian Perorming

Arts Market, Australasi an World Music Expo

(AWME), Sounds Australia, Visiting International

Publishers Program, Go See, the international

visitors program through Dance Massive, the Asia

Pacic Triennial (APT) and the Cairns Indigenous

Art Fair. Another signicant initiativ e include d the

management o Australias representation at the

Venice Bien nale, inc luding proje ct managemen t

o the capital redevelopment project or a new

Australian Pavilion . Competitive grants progra m

include Playing Australia, Visions o Australia,

Festivals Australia, Going Global, Art Fare,

Booked, International Perorming Arts Markets

and Live on Stage.

Indigenous ocused partnerships with the

Kluge-Ruhe at the University o Virginia in the

United States o America and the Ban Centre

in Canada as well as the Festival o Pacic Arts.

Goal 4

Develop and increase markets and creative

engagement or Australian artists.The Council invested in national and international

market development activities by supporting

international collaboration projects (Korean Arts

Management Service, Australian Connection program

and the IETM Australia Collaboration program), touring

and market presence programs (Visiting International

Publishers Program, Booked, Art Fare, International

Perorming Arts Markets grants programs). These

programs enable artists and arts organisations to

enhance their incomes and reputations, increase their

audiences, extend the lie o their creative work and

build exciting new artistic collaborations.

Target

Target

achievement

Number o grants

supporting

Australia n artists

internationally

350 620

Number o

initiatives thatstrengthen ties with

other countries

30 38

Number o

countries

presented in

60 76


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Goal 5

Increase support and resources available

to artists.

The Council undertakes re search, a nalysis a nd

evaluation to inorm uture policy and program

development.

Target

Target

achievement

Total unding or

research and

development

projects

0. 5 mi ll ion 0. 85 mi ll ion


The ArtStart program, an Australian Gover nment

initiative aimed at developing business expertise

and practical resources to build income generating

arts practices or young/emerging artists, was

again successul in 201213. This program

received renewed unding as part o the National

Cultural Policy, Creative Australia, and will be

continued in 201314.

Goal 6

Improve efciency, responsiveness and

accountability across the Australia Council and

unded organisations.

The Council was maintai ned by sound na ncial

management, and the ongoing review o systems

and processes to eectively manage the cost and

Income Target Target achievement

Operational unding rom Government

(as a % o total unds)

98.0 95.5 Revenue rom government was on

target and Council received additional

own source revenue, notably $3.2

million in donations or the Venice

Pavilion redevelopment project.

Other cash undraising income


0.4 1.9

Ot he r in come ( as a % o tota l u nds ) 1.2 2 .2 A bo ve t ar ge t d ue to h ig he r i nc om e

earned on unds invested and

additional contributions received

(mainly rom State Governments) or a

variety o ad hoc projects.

Capital unding rom Government


0.4 0.4

ecient delivery o the grant programs. The Councils

eciency, responsiveness and accountability was

aided by the collaborative relationship management

o 168 regularly unded organisations. This was also

achieved through the expert advice being provided

to and rom artorm boards and market development

panels or their decision making processes.

Expenditure Target Target achievement

Expenditure on programs/projects

(as a % o total expenditure)

91.0 91.4

Expenditure on capital items


0.4 0.6 Additional capital expenditure was

incurred due to the planning and

design phases o the Venice Pavilion

redevelopment project.

Expenditure on other labour costs


6.0 5.6

Other expenses


3.0 3.0

Proportion o unding expended

through grants and initiatives


Grants (as a % o expenditure) 87.0 90.0 Targets were met overall with

expenditure mix shiting towards

individual artists.Initiatives (as a % o expenditure) 4.0 1.0


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Government InitiativesIn 201213, the Council managed a number o

Australia n Gover nment ini tiatives , the maj ority

o which were unded through its appropriation.

Artists in Re sidenc e

The Ar tists i n Resi dence (AIR) initia tive i s manage d

by the Councils Community Partnerships section.

AIR ai ms to ex pose Aus tralia n schoo l stude nts

to the beneits o creative practice by creating

opportunities or artists and teachers to work

together on developing eective teaching methods

and practices or the arts. In 201213, AIR provided

$1.3 million to proessional artists enabling them to

broaden their experience and share their skills, while

providing Australian school and university students

with greater exposure to creative practice. Since2009, over 320 residencies have taken place in

schools across the country.

ArtStar t

ArtStart provides s mall busi ness sta rt up gra nts to

artists o all disciplines who have recently graduated

rom tertiary or TAFE studies. Each ArtStart grant

provides up to $10,000 or services, equipment,

resources and activities that will assist graduates

to build an income generating career in the arts

practice they have studied. ArtStart has proved to

be a valuable strategic intervention during what

is oten a challenging transition period or early

career artists, with recipients citing increased

conidence, business, artistic and inancial skills

as gains rom their ArtStart year. Also evident are

the new networks, markets, career opportunities,

sponsorships and grants that recipients have

leveraged as a result. To date, ArtStart has

distributed $8 million to 830 recent graduates.

ArtStart was ini tially unded by the Austr alian

Government or a period o our years (200910 to

201213), and will be continued in 2013-14.

Canberra and Darwin Symphony Orchestras

The Counc il over sees Aus tralia n Gover nment

grants to the Canberra and Darwin symphony

orchestras and provides urther assistance to both

organisations through the provision o capacity

building programs to strengthen their sustainability.

Creative Australia Artists Grants

The Creati ve Austral ia Artists G rants progra m is a

ve year, $10 million program that supports artists,

including young and emerging artists, across all

artorms to deliver new artistic works, undertake

ellowships and create additional presentations to

Australia n audienc es.

In its second year 201213, this initiative has

distributed $1.3 million to artists or:

eight New Art projects

two Book2 grants

eight 21st Century Stories grants

three Music presentation grants and,

Creative Australia Fellowships or ve established

artists and six early career artists.

Creative Communities Partnership Initative

In 201213, the CCPI provided $2.7 million to large

scale projects benetting communities.

Managed by the Councils Community Partnerships

section, this ongoing initiative builds quality arts

programs that give individual community members

the opportunity to directly participate in all aspects

o art making across all artorms. It also develops

community based partnerships with long term

outcomes and stimulates innovation in the use o the

arts to enhance community well being. Since 2009,

54 projects have been supported under this initiative,

including nine projects approved in 201213.

Get Reading!

This $1.6 mi llion ini tiative e ncourages Australia ns

to discover the joy o reading through an extensive

national campaign. The 2012 campaign eatured

all Australian authors or the rst time as part o the

guide 50 Books You Cant Put Down. The change

to all Australian authors resulted in a 24% increase in

sales compared to the 2011 campaign, according to

Nielsen BookScan data, with 197,533 units sold overthe 6 weeks. Independent research company AMR

Interactive also ound that 36% o respondents were

aware o the campaign, and that 50% o those aware

stated it made choosing a good book easier.

'Body Fluid II (redux)'by John A. Douglas. Photo by Heidrun Lohr,

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Visual Arts and Crat S trategy

The Vis ual Arts and Cra t Strate gy (VACS) wa s

developed as a joint initiative o all Australian

governments in response to the 2002 Report o the

Contemporary Visual Arts and Crat Inquiry (The

Myer Report, 2002). Since its implementation in

200304, the VACS has signiicantly increased the

vitality and sustainability o Australias contemporary

visual arts sector.

In 201213, the VACS delivered its tenth year o unding

to the contemporary visual arts and crat sector.

VACS Stage I (Dece mber 2003 to Ju ne 2007)

provided $39 million over our years, hal o which

was committed by the Australian Government,

with an equivalent amount matched by the state

and territory governments.

VACS Stage II (200708 to 201011) was a $49.4million our year joint strategy delivered by the

ederal, state and territory governments. The

VACS unding ocus ed on our ke y areas: s upport

or inrastructure, expanding the market, support

or individual artists and support or Indigenous

arts and crat.

VACS Stage III (20111 2 to 201415) i s a

$55.3 million joint ederal, state and territory

government unding package. It supports

contemporary visual arts and crat organisations

across Australia, providing assistance to individual

artists, artist run initiatives and projects.

Major Festivals Initiative

The Major Festivals Initiative (MFI) supports the

commissioning, development and showcasing o

new Australian perorming arts productions o scale

or presentation at Australias major international

arts estivals. Members include Adelaide Festival,

Brisbane Festival, Darwin Festival, Melbourne

Festival, Perth International Arts Festival, Sydney

Festival and Ten Days on the Island (Tasmania). In

201213, the $750,000 per annum und supported

ERTHs Murder, Sydney Theatre Companys The

Secret River, Malthouse Theatres The Shadow

King, Circas Opus, as well as seed unding or The

Escapists Suburbia. The initiative also supported the

second o three Development Sites (via an additional

$500,000 commitment over ve years through

Creative Australia Artists Grants) in Brisbane in

September 2012. Development Sites provide a orumto prole new work in progress to MFI members

and other potential presenters and partners. Works

pitched at the rst Development Site 2012 in

Melbourne included Shaun Parker & CompanysAM I

and Branch Nebulas Concrete andBone Sessions.

Regional Touring Programs

In August 2012, the Australian Government transerred

the responsibility or the Regional Touring programs

(Playing Australia, Festivals Australia, Visions o

Australia, the Contemporary Touring Initiative and the

Contemporary Music Touring Program) to the Council.

By supporting perorming arts, music, exhibition

touring and arts events at estivals, the aim o these

programs is to provide access to the arts and increase

audiences throughout Australia, with a particular ocus

on regional and remote communities. The Council

worked closely with the Oce or the Arts (OFTA) to

transer 159 contracts to Council or projects unded

under OFTA administration. In addition, the Council

has assessed two rounds o Festivals Australia and

one round o Playing Australia, Visions o Australia and

the Contemporary Touring Initiative, supporting 75

projects or a total $5.9 million, o which $5.4 million

was paid in the year.

Sounds Australia

Sounds Australia is a music export initiative o the

Council, managed by Australasian Perorming Right

Associat ion (APRA ). Sounds Australi a leads to

increased employment and income generation or

Australi an music ians and manager s. The Au stralia n

Government has provided additional unding o $1.75

million towards the enhanced delivery o Sounds

Australi a rom 2013 14 to 20161 7. The Cou ncil ha s

contracted APRA and will work with them to deliver

a suite o additional activities such as showcases,

networking events and industry meetings as part o

their Australian music export strategy and enhanced

ocus on domestic live music.

Forever Now curators 2012

Photo: Heidrun Lohr

In 201213, the Council administered $5.6 million o

VACS unding, inc luding $940,0 00 in direct grants to

individual artists. The remaining unds were delivered

to key organisations, artist run initiatives and

projects. Highlights or 201213 include:

Two Northern Territory Ar tist Run Ini tiatives,

Darwin Visual Arts Association (DVAA) and Watch

This Space ( WTS), were able to suppor t the

production, promotion and appreciation o visual

arts. DVAA presented 22 exhibitions in 2012

with more than 250 artists, many o which were

young or emerging Darwin based artists. WTS

showcased emerging artists rom Alice Springs,

Melbourne, Canberra and the United Kingdom in

solo and group shows.

Asia Pacic Triennial (APT ) marked its twentieth

anniversary at Queensland Art Gallerys Gallery oModern Art. APT eatured new and recent works

by 75 senior and emerging artists and groups

rom 27 countries across the Asia Pacic region.

Total attendance rea ched 565,248, a daily av erage

o 4,451, with the closing weekend attracting an

audience o more than 20,000 visitors.

Support or Tim Johnsons art practice under the

New Work category allowed the artist to embark

on an intense period o collaboration with artists

Karma Phuntsok, Yiwon Park and Nava Chapman.

Their joi nt works oc used on each o the arti sts

cultural and religious backgrounds, exploring their

dierent approaches to painting. The works will

be presented in a solo exhibition at Ikon Gallery in

Birmingham, England in November 2013.

Eugene Ughetti Speak Percussion 2011

Photo: Je Busby


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David Gulpili, 2013

Photo: Caroline McCredie

About the

AustraliaCouncil

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6 37Section 3: About the Australia Council

About the AustraliaCouncil

The Australia Council is the Australian

Governments principal arts unding and

advisory body. The Council is accountable to the

Australia n Parlia ment and to the Gov ernment

through the Minister or the Arts.

Formed as an interim council in 1973, the Council

was given statutory authority status by the Australia

Council Act 1975. It replaced an earlier non-statutory

body called the Australian Council or the Arts, which

had been established as a division o the Prime

Ministers Department in 1968.

The Council subsumed other arts rela ted Australi anGovernment unctions, such as the Commonwealth

Literary Fund and the Commonwealth Art Advisory

Board. It was granted considerably expanded

unctions and greater independence rom the

government than its predecessors.

The work o the Council is guided by two

undamental principles:

The arms length pr inciple, enshrine d in the

Australia Counci l Act 1975, and maintained in the

Australia Counci l Act 2013, provides that Ministers

may not direct the Council with respect to the

provision o grants.

The peer a ssessment pri nciple, whereby

decisions on grants are made by artists,

individuals closely associated with the arts,

and community representatives who are peers

o those being assessed. Grants are oered to

artists and arts organisations whose proposals,

in competition with those o other applicants, and

within budgetary constraints, demonstrate the

highest degree o artistic merit and innovation.

The Governing Counciland the Board

In 201213, the Council was overseen by the

governing council. Members o the governing

council were appointed by the Minister or the

Arts and we re chosen or thei r experie nce,

passion and skill. They were non-executive

Council members and together, ormed a group

o artists, educators, business managers,

administrators and arts audience members.

With the introduction o the Australia Council Act

2013, a new governing Board was appointed by the

then Minister or the Arts, the Hon Tony Burke MP,

and comprises o a range o expertise across artistic

practice, arts management, business and nance,

philanthropy, legal aairs, corporate strategy and

research. The new Board came into eect on 1 July

2013, at the beginning o the 201314 nancial year.

The gover ning counci l members a s o 30 June 2013:

Chair, Mr Rupert Myer AM (Vic)

Deputy Chair, Ms Robyn Archer AO (SA)

Chie Executive Ocer, Mr Tony Grybowski (NSW),

ex-ocio member

Mr Stephen Armstrong, Chair Theatre Board (Vic)

Ms Lee-Ann Buckskin, Chair Aboriginal and Torres

Strait Islander Arts Board (SA)

Ms Sophie Cunningham, Chair Literature Board (Vic)

Proessor Matthew Hindson AM, Chair Music

Board (NSW)

Mr Julian Knights, Chair Major Perorming Arts

Board (NSW)

Mr Kenneth Lloyd AM, Community interest

representative (SA)

Dr. Danie Mellor, Chair Visual Arts Board (NSW)

Ms Samantha Mostyn, Community interest

representative (NSW)

Ms Elizabeth Walsh, Chair Dance Board (Tas)

During 201213, the Council operated under the

unctions laid out in theAustralia Coun cil Act 1975 :

Formulate and carry out policies designed to:

promote excellence in the arts

provide and encourage the provision o

opportunities or persons to practice the arts

promote the appreciation, understanding and

enjoyment o the arts

promote the general application o the arts in

the community

oster the expression o a national identity by

means o the arts

uphold and promote the right o persons to

reedom in the practise o the arts

promote the knowledge and appreciation o

Australia n arts by per sons in othe r countri es

promote incentives or, and recognition o,

achievement in the practice o the arts, and

encourage the support o the arts by the states,

local governing bodies and other persons and

organisations.

Provide advice to the Government o the

Commonwealth, either o its own motion or upon

request made to it by the Minister, on matters

connected with the promotion o the arts or

otherwise relating to the perormance o its

unctions.

Do anything incidental or conducive to the

perormance o any o the oregoing unctions.

On 1 July 2013, theAustralia Coun cil Act 1975

was repealed and replaced by theAustralia Coun cil

Act 2013. TheAustralia Counci l Act 2013 updates

the Councils unctions, powers and governance

structure to be consistent with other Commonwealth

statutory authorities within the arts portolio.

From 1 July 2013, the ollowing Board members were

appointed under theAustralia Coun cil Act 2013 :

Chair, Mr Rupert Myer AM (Vic)

Deputy Chair, Ms Robyn Archer AO (SA)

Chie Executive Ocer, Mr Tony Grybowski (NSW),

ex-ocio member

Mr Waleed Aly (Vic)

Ms Lee-Ann Buckskin (SA)

Mr Adrian Collette AM (Vic)

Mr Khoa Do (Vic)

Proessor Matthew Hindson AM (NSW)

Ms Mary-Ellen King (WA)

Ms Sophie Mitchell (QLD)

Ms Samantha Mostyn (NSW)

Mr Tim Orton (Vic)


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The Governing Council in 201213

Ms Robyn Archer AO

Deputy Chair (SA)

Ms Archer was appointed Deputy Chair o the governing council or three years on 1

July 2012. Ms Archer is Chevalier de lOrdre des Arts et des Lettres; Ocer o the Crown

(Belgium); Creative Director, Centenary o Canberra 2013; Artistic Director, The Light in

Winter (Federation Square); Chair, Arts Advisory Group, Adelaide College o the Arts; Patron,

Brink Productions (Adelaide); Australian Script Centre (Hobart); Australian Art Orchestra

(Melbourne); Arts Law Society (Sydney); Institute o Post-Colonial Studies (Melbourne);

Arts Health Foundation; Ambassador Adelaide Football Club; International Womens

Development Agency; 2012 Ambassador National Year o Reading; Member o the

European House o Culture: patron o The Australian Art Orchestra; supporter o Big hART.

Mr Tony Grybowski

Chie Executive Ofcer (NSW)

Mr Grybowski was appointed Chie Executive Ocer and member (ex-ocio) o the

Australia Council or ve yea rs on 15 May 2013. Mr Grybowski is Chair o the Deci sions

Review Committee and a non voting member o the Audit and Finance Committee.

Mr Stephen Armstrong

Chair, Theatre Board (Vic)

Mr Armstrong was appointed to the Australia Council as Chair o the Theatre Board or

three years on 16 August 2011. Mr Armstrong is an independent producer and consultant;

Board director or Chunky Move; Trustee or the Victorian Actors Benevolent Trust;

Curates and produces a series o events or the London based School o Lie; and a

philanthropic program manager or the Myer Foundation.

Ms Sophie Cunningham

Chair, Literature Board (Vic)

Ms Cunningham was appointed to the Australia Council as Chair o the Literature Board

or three years on 16 May 2012. Ms Cunningham is a Board member o The Stella Prize,

Mentor o JUMP and Course Director or the Faber Academy.

Proessor Matthew Hindson AM

Chair, Music Board (NSW)

Proessor Hindson was appointed to the Australia Council as Chair o the Music Board

or three years rom 27 March 2009, and reappointed or a urther three year term to 26

March 2015. Pro Hindson is a renowned composer and Chair, Composition and Music

Technology Unit, Sydney Conservatorium o Music; was Composer in residence or 2012 at

Australian National Academy o Music, and had a commission in 2012 with Musica Viva.

Mr Julian Knights

Chair, Major Perorming Arts Board (NSW)

Mr Knights was appointed to the Australia Council as Chair o the Major Perorming Arts

Board and a member o Council or three years rom 17 April 2013. Mr Knights replaces

Ms Louise Herron who resigned as chair on 3 August 2012. Mr Knights is a Founding

Partner o Ironbridge Capital and ormer Chair o the Sydney Dance Company.

Mr Rupert Myer AM

Chair (Vic)

Mr Myer was appointed Chair o the governing council or three years on 1 July 2012.

Mr Myer is a member o the Audit and Finance Committee; Chairman Nuco Pty Ltd;

Board Member o The Myer Foundation and Australian International Cultural Foundation;

Member o the University o Melbourne Faculty o Business and Commerce Advisory

Board; Deputy Chair Myer Holdings Ltd; Member o Jawun Indigenous Corporate

Partnerships; Director o AMCIL Limited; Chairman, The Aranday Foundation; Board

Member, The Yulgilbar Foundation, The Myer Foundation Arts and Humanities

Committee, and Patron Bendigo Art Gallery.

Mr Kenneth Lloyd, AMCommunity interest representative (SA)

Mr Lloyd was appointed to the Australia Council as a community interest representative

and a member o council or three years rom 16 June 2011. Mr Lloyd is a member o

the Audit and Finance Committee, and has held senior positions in the Department or

the Arts and Cultural Development (now Arts SA), the Art Gallery o South Australia and

Country Arts SA. He held the position o Chie Executive Ocer, Country Arts SA, rom

1993 to 2010 and in 1996 was appointed to the honorary position o National Secretary,

Regional Arts Australia. He is a Board member o The Carrick Hill Trust, a South Australian

Government statutory authority.

Dr Danie Mellor

Chair, Visual Arts Board (NSW)

Dr Mellor was appointed to the Australia Council as Chair o the Visual Arts Board

or three years rom 16 May 2013. Dr Mellor replaces Proessor Ted Snell AM whose

term ended on the 4 February 2013. Dr Mellor lectures in Theoretical Enquiry at Sydney

College o the Arts, the University o Sydney.

Ms Samantha Mostyn

Community interest representative (NSW)

Ms Mostyn was appointed to the Australia Council as a community interestrepresentative and a member o the council or three years rom 16 June 2010. Ms

Mostyn is Commissioner; Australian Football League; Commissioner o the National

Mental Health Commission; Director o Citigroup Pty Ltd; Director, Australian Volunteers

International and Sydney Theatre Company; Member, AFL SportsReady; Director,

Transurban Group; In dependent non-e xecutive director, Virgin Blue Holdi ngs Ltd; and

Deputy Chair o Diversity Council o Australia.

Ms Elizabeth Walsh

Chair, Dance Board (Tas)

Ms Walsh was appointed to the Australia Council as Chair o the Dance Board or three

years rom 19 October 2012. Ms Walsh replaced Ms Chrissy Sharp whose term ended

on 18 October 2012. Ms Walsh is a member o the Artistic Advisory Panel, Tasmania

Perorms, and is a Board member o the Terrapin Puppet Theatre.

Ms Lee-Ann Buckskin

Chair, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board (SA)

Ms Buckskin was appointed to the Australia Council as Chair o the Aboriginal and

Torres Strait Isla nder Arts Boa rd or three years on 16 May 2012. Ms Bu ckskin is

Manager Aboriginal Arts Development or Carclew Youth Arts in South Australia and is

a member o the South Australian Museums Aboriginal Advisory Committee; Designer,

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander War Memorial, Adelaide.


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Ms Sophie Mitchell (QLD)

Ms Mitchell was appointed as member o the Australia Council Board under the Australia

Council Act 2013. Ms Mitchell is Director, Expressions Dance Company (ormerly

Chairman); Trustee, Queensland Perorming Arts Trust; Director, Corporate & Special

Projects, RBS Morgans; Director, Silver Che Limited; Member, Australian Government

Takeovers Panel.

Mr Tim Orton (Vic)

Mr Orton was appointed as member o the Australia Council Board under theAustralia

Council Act 2013. Mr Orton is Chair, Geelong Perorming Arts Centre; Chair, Rhodes

Trust Australia; Executive Board member, Committee or Melbour ne; Managin g Director,

Nous Group; previously Managing Director o Deakin Australia; Consultant, McKinsey

and Company London and New York.

Mr Adrian Collette AM (Vic)

Mr Collette was appointed as member o the Australia Council Board under theAustralia

Council Act 2013. Mr Collette was the ormer CEO, Opera Australia or 16 years;

currently Executive Director, Engagement and Partnerships, University o Melbourne;

ormer Member, Victorian Council or the Arts; Lie Member, Australian Entertainment

Industry Associations Executive Council; previously MD, Reed Books.

Mr Khoa Do (Vic)

Mr Do was appointed as member o the Australia Council Board under the Australia

Council Act 2013. Mr Do is a lm director, producer and screenwriter. Mr Do has been

nominated or AFI Awards and shortlisted or an Academy Award; is an international

keynote speaker; community and youth worker and leader. Mr Do was Young Australian o

the Year in 2005.

Ms Mary-Ellen King (WA)

Ms King was appointed as member o the Australia Council Board under the Australia

Council Act 2013. Ms King is Board member, Perth International Arts Festival; previously

General Manager, Melbourne International Arts Festival; Executive, Victorian Arts Centre;

Acting Managi ng Director, Melbou rne Symphony Orchestra; Melbourne manager, Opera

Australia; Assistant Man ager, Perth Conce rt Hall. Cu rrently Chi e Operati ng Ocer

Community, Bethanie Group.

Mr Waleed Aly (Vic)

Mr Aly was appointed as member o the Australia Council Board under the Australia

Council Act 2013. Mr Aly is an award-winning author, broadcaster, academic and

lecturer in politics at Monash University. Mr Aly is also a practising musician.

Australia Council Board rom 1 July 2013

Ms Robyn Archer AO

Deputy Chair (SA)

Ms Archer was appointed Deputy Chair o the Australia Council Board under the

Australia Counci l Act 2013.

Mr Tony Grybowski

Chie Executive Ofcer (NSW)

Mr Grybowski will continue to be an ex-ocio member o the Australia Council Board

under theAustralia Council Act 2013.

Mr Rupert Myer AM

Chair (Vic)

Mr Myer was appointed as Chair o the Australia Council Board under theAustralia

Council Act 2013.

Ms Lee-Ann Buckskin

Ms Buckskin was appointed as member o the Australia Council Board under the


Proessor Matthew Hindson AM

Proessor Hindson was appointed as member o the Australia Council Board under the

Australia Council Act 2013.

Ms Samantha Mostyn

Ms Mostyn was appointed as member o the Australia Council Board under the



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Corporate Governanceand the Council

In 201213, the primary role o the governing

council was to achieve the agencys policy

and strategic objectives. To ulfl this role,

the Council was responsible or the overall

corporate governance o the agency,

including implementing its strategic direction,

establishing and monitoring the achievement o

managements goals and ensuring the integrity

o internal control and management inormation

systems. It was also responsible or approving

and monitoring fnancial and other reporting.

Under theAustralia Council Act 1975, the governingcouncil had between 10 and 14 members, not

including the Australia Council Chie Executive Ocer

(CEO), who also served as an ex-ocio member o

the Council. Terms o appointment or members o

the Council were generally three years, and members

were eligible or re-appointment. Appointments could

not be or more than six continuous years. Members

were appointed with a view to achieving a balance o

relevant expertise in the arts, business, management,

public policy, corporate governance and administration,

appropriate to regional, gender, multicu

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