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$5 million arts strategy announced for Western Sydney

The NSW State Government has released a new three-year arts strategy for Western Sydney.

30 Jul 2025 16:12

Richard Watts

NSW Minister for the Arts John Graham MLC launches the Plan for Western Sydney Arts, Culture and Creative Industries: 2025-2028. The photo shows an animated man with silver hair and wearing a blue suit and white shirt but no tie. He stands at a lectern and gestures with his left hand.

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NSW Minister for the Arts the Hon John Graham MLC launches the Plan for Western Sydney Arts, Culture and Creative Industries: 2025-2028. Photo: Courtesy Western Sydney University. Photographer: Sally Tsoutas.

The NSW State Government has released an ambitious, $5 million, three-year arts strategy for Western Sydney which includes a new focus on investment in the region, a First Nations Cultural Strategy and plans for a new, biennial Western Sydney Festival.

Launched at Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre on Tuesday night (29 July) by NSW Minister for the Arts the Hon John Graham MLC, the Plan for Western Sydney Arts, Culture and Creative Industries: 2025-2028 aims to unlock the full potential of one of Australia’s fastest growing and diverse creative communities.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts