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New NT arts strategy seeks sector consultation

The development of a 10-year Northern Territory Arts Strategy will inform future government investment in the arts.

4 Feb 2024

Richard Watts

arts strategy. Bare-chested dancer leans to the right with his right arm up and out from his body. Behind him there is a distinct two halves to the backdrop, pitch black on the left and an outback sunset scene on the right.

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Dancer Jessie Norris in a publicity image for the NT Dance Company’s 2023 production ‘The Other Side of Me’. Photo: Paz Tassone.

Northern Territory residents and arts sector members are invited to contribute to the development of a new arts strategy for the Territory, with the consultation process now underway.

The NT Labor Government’s 10-year Northern Territory Arts Strategy is intended to support the territory’s arts sector and inform future government investment in the arts, the Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, Chansey Paech, explained in a statement.

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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