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10-year arts roadmap launched in Queensland

The decade-long plan is focused on five key areas, including elevating First Nations arts and culture, sharing Queensland stories, and driving state-wide social change.

2 Oct 2020

Richard Watts

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Queensland’s Minister for the Arts Leeanne Enoch MP launches the state’s decade-long arts plan on Thursday with sector colleagues Kris Stewart, Artistic Director, Brisbane Powerhouse; Joel Edmondson, CEO, Queensland Music Festival; and Kerry Saul, General Manager, Empire Theatres. Image: Facebook.

Focused on five key areas, including First Nations arts and social change, Creative Together: A 10-year Roadmap for arts, culture and creativity in Queensland was launched by Minister for the Arts Leeanne Enoch at the Billie Brown Theatre on Thursday.

Released as Queensland prepares for a state election on Saturday 31 October, the roadmap aims to renew and transform the state – socially, culturally and economically – through arts, culture and creativity.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts