"The Australia Council establishes the Community Arts Committee in 1973 and the Community Arts Board in 1978"
Item
- Title
- "The Australia Council establishes the Community Arts Committee in 1973 and the Community Arts Board in 1978"
- Description
- The Australia Council established the Community Arts Committee in 1973 and the Community Arts Board in 1978. The purpose of the latter was to encourage wider participation in the arts, especially for groups with little social capital. The Board was “the first funding body to identify the community arts phenomenon and respond with definition and policy." This occurred under the directorship of Rosalie Bower, the first director of the Community Arts Board, who wrote in a paper entitled 'The Case for a Community Arts Centre': “The activities within a centre should be accessible to children, aged people, the physically handicapped, ethnic groups and those whose time is severely restricted by work and family ties. The activities supplied by the centre should be conducted free from competitive elements which otherwise might discourage people from participation, and they must be inexpensive and accessible at almost any time. They must not pre-suppose education or income levels which would cut them off from any section of the community.'" (Australia Council 1979/1980 Annual Report, page 32)
- Identifier
- AC00034
- Publisher
- Disability Arts History Australia
- datePublished
- 1970s
- category
- Action
- Type
- Create Action
- Format
- Text
- inLanguage
- English
- keywords
- Disability Arts Policy, Community Arts, Access, Participation in cultural life
- copyrightNotice
- © Disability Arts History Australia, Contributed by Annie Rolfe
- Item sets
- Action
Not viewed