Policy unveiled to back ACT’s cultural ambitions

With a $10 million budget boost and $28.44 million for the redevelopment of Canberra Theatre Centre, the state has embarked on its ambition to become the arts capital.

29 Jul 2022

Celina Lei

Performing Arts

Early concept design of the new Canberra Theatre Centre, courtesy of ACT Government.

In October last year, the Government of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) announced the territory’s ambition to become Australia’s arts capital, starting off with a $10 million budget boost.

The Statement of Ambition, published 1 October 2021, highlighted three strategies to CREATE, DEVELOP and PROMOTE the state’s arts and cultural scene.

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Celina Lei is an arts writer and editor at ArtsHub. She acquired her M.A in Art, Law and Business in New York with a B.A. in Art History and Philosophy from the University of Melbourne. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne.