Embracing diversity in arts policy

Nike Jonah, from the Arts Council England has been in Australia sharing the importance of putting diversity at the centre of arts policy.
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‘Art can do many things: entertain, instruct, console, inspire, enrage, transform. It teaches us things we can’t be taught in any other way and makes us see things we wouldn’t otherwise see. It allows us the illusion of escaping our daily lives while simultaneously taking us deeper inside ourselves.’
Blake Morrison
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From Achieving Great Art for Everyone – A strategic framework for the arts

The Arts Council England late last year released their 10-year vision, Achieving Great Art for Everyone – A strategic framework for the arts and for anyone who has been thinking about Australia’s own approach to art and culture policy for the next decade, its policy goals would be surprisingly familiar.

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Fiona Mackrell
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Fiona Mackrell is a Melbourne based freelancer. You can follow her at @McFifi or check out www.fionamackrell.com