Major performing arts organisations: a review of the issues for funding agencies
Description
D'Art Report: Major Performing Arts Organisations: A Review of the Issues for Funding Agencies
D'Art Topics in Arts Policy no.27, June 2009
IFACCA and Australia Council
This report brings together the three elements of the research project on the major performing arts sector: the 2006 D’Art question, the 2007 survey and the 2008 mini-summit. It provides a synthesis and overview of the key issues and dilemmas that were identified in the survey responses and in the mini-summit discussions.
The project has shown that the majority of governments from the 28 contributing countries around the world support at least some of their country’s major performing arts organisations through their national arts support agency. However, it has also revealed differences in the major performing arts sectors across these countries and variety in the approaches and models used in the delivery of government support.
Publications
D'Art report: Major performing arts organisations: A Review of the Issues for Funding Agencies
This report brings together the three elements of the research project on the major performing arts sector: the 2006 D’Art question, the 2007 survey and the 2008 mini-summit. more >
Report on public policies for the performing arts
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Love your work: training, retaining and connecting artists in theatre
A new report into Australia's theatre sector highlights the many interconnections between artists, larger companies, smaller companies, venues and festivals. more >
Report on the performing arts in Europe
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State on Stage: The impact of public policies on the performing arts in Europe
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Review of Arts Council England’s regularly funded organisations investment strategy 2007-08
An external review of our regularly funded organisations investment strategy and the Arts Council's responses to the review. more >
Anticipating Change in the Major Performing Arts
Considers the impacts on the major performing arts sector of trends such as rapid economic development in the Asia region and shifts in the demographics and leisure time options of the Australian population. more >
The Economic Environment of American Symphony Orchestras
Major symphony orchestras in the United States regularly spend more money than they take in, and some dip so far into endowments that they risk their long-term survival, according to a new report. more >
Mission, Models, Money
What can be done to deepen understanding of the challenges facing arts organisations and how can we best ensure that their artistic and cultural endeavours thrive? more >
Performing Arts Research Coalition
A collaborative project created to offer a more unified and factually based voice on issues of common concern. more >
Arts and Cultural Organizations
Overview of available data in the USA. more >
D'Art report: Support for Major Performing Arts Organisations: Preliminary Report
In preparaton for the Mini Summit on this topic, respondents were asked to provide the definition (if there was one) of major performing arts organisations used by their agency, and to rank by order of importance a list of issues relating to the support of major performing arts organisations. more >
New and Alternative Financial Instruments: Consultation draft
This report considers methods of financing arts and cultural organisations (A&COs) which extend beyond the mainstays of contributed income. more >
Cultural Value and the Crisis of Legitimacy
Holden argues for a different alignment between culture, politics and the public that requires arts professionals to find new ways to build greater legitimacy directly with citizens. more >
The performing arts sector: Papers on Future Trends and Issues
Three publications on defining the performing arts sector, reviewing trends and drivers affecting the sector and the major policy issues and challenges facing the sector. more >
Performing Arts in a New Era
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Securing the future
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Cultural Policy and the National Debt
A talk to the X Club, University of Western Australia by Katharine Brisbane, with a range of thought-provoking comments on support to major performing arts organistions and Australia's 'Nugent report'. more >
News
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Young faces on the podium are adding verve to Britain's orchestras
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Review to cut costs and 'refresh' Opera Australia
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Consultation on examining new ways to fund the production and presentation of theatre
This document sets out ideas which encapsulate, from an Arts Council perspective, some of the challenges facing both the theatre sector and the Council regarding how best to fund theatre production in the future. more >
Report on the Major Performing Arts
We are pleased to publish D’Art report no. 27, Major Performing Arts Organisations: A Review of the Issues for Funding Agencies. more >
Australia Council releases orchestras evaluation
An independent evaluation has found that Australia’s six symphony orchestras have made a smooth transition to become fully independent companies following their divestment from the ABC. more >
Who's in, who's out?
One of the fascinating series of discussions at the National Performing Arts Convention have hovered around what constitutes a 'national performing arts community.' It's an impossible question with a full cargo train of baggage behind it, but it's an essential first agreement for any community hoping to make a positive difference. more >
'Radical Ideas' at arts conference draws protest
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A report from the National Performing Arts Convention, Denver, where nearly 4,000 artists and arts administrators have converged to try and determine a direction for the performing arts in the United States.
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Report predicts social change for major performing arts sector
A new report from the Australia Council for the Arts predicts that major performing arts companies need to keep pace with economic and social trends. more >
Local playwrights consigned to the small end of town
About 100 new Australian scripts or texts are being professionally produced on stages nationally a year, but smaller theatre companies are "taking the brunt of that new work", according to new research. more >
Major Performing Arts mini summit report
A report on IFACCA’s mini summit on Support for Major Performing Arts Organisations, held in Australia in February 2008, was distributed earlier this week to our members. It summarises the main issues discussed at the summit. more >
National Ballet of Canada goes West
Ballet company makes a rare yet successful jaunt to a foreign stage in San Francisco. more >
Major performing arts sector consolidates steady growth
Australia’s 29 major performing arts companies continue to show steady growth across key financial and artistic indicators, according to the latest report from the Australia Council for the Arts. more >
Mini Summit to explore funding of the major performing arts
IFACCA and the Australia Council for the Arts will host a Mini Summit on Support for Major Performing Arts Organisations in Adelaide, Australia, later this month. more >
Performing arts funding to be reviewed
The Funding Committee for the Performing Arts will review the present subvention arrangement for the performing-arts sector and develop new funding-assessment criteria and disburse subventions under the new funding model from 2009. more >
Expression of Interest Consultancy Study on a New Funding Mechanism for Major Performing Arts
An expression of interest for a consultancy study. more >
Tory taskforce advocates government replaces ACE in arts funding control
The Conservative Party’s Arts Taskforce has recommended the responsibility for funding England’s national performing arts companies be taken away from Arts Council England and transferred to central government. more >
An English Language National Theatre for Wales
The next stage in the process of planning for an English Language National Theatre for Wales will take place this week. The Arts Council for Wales are looking for an individual with the vision, experience and commitment to lead, as Chair, the creation of the English Language National Theatre company for Wales in conjunction with the Welsh Assembly Government. more >
En Argentina se resuelve reclamo histórico de grandes agrupaciones artísticas nacionales
El convenio acordado reconoce las especificidades propias de la profesión artística, a través de un régimen laboral acorde con las mismas y un reconocimiento económico que a lo largo de la carrera se traduce en un incremento salarial de hasta el 65%. more >
Debt to be paid to Argentinian artists of national major performing arts organizations
A new agreement establishes better working conditions for artists given the (up to) 65% increase in their salary. more >
Support to Major Performing Arts Organisations
We are pleased to release our latest D'Art report, Support for Major Performing Arts Organisations: Preliminary Report on Definitions and Issues, a first step in our co-hosting a mini-summit on this topic with the Australia Council for the Arts in Adelaide, Australia, in early 2008. The aim of the D’Art is twofold: to identify key senior executives in national arts councils and ministries of culture to take part in the mini-summit; and to identify key themes and issues and develop information resources for the mini-summit. The report outlines preliminary information on definitions of major performing arts organisations adopted by agencies, and a prioritised list of issues identified by the 15 respondents from 14 countries. More information on the mini-summit will be announced later in the year. more >
Call for More Investment in Irish Cultural Institutions
Ireland’s Council of National Cultural Institutions has called for investment in cultural institutions to be made a key element of the 2007-2013 National Development Plan. more >
Assembly warned 'don't interfer with arts'
Former Westminster Culture Secretary Chris Smith has warned the Assembly Government that if it directly funds Wales' 'big six' arts organisations it must not interfere with their creativity. more >
SUPPORT FOR MAJOR PERFORMING ARTS ORGANISATIONS
The Australia Council for the Arts and the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA) plan to co-host a mini-summit in 2008 on issues relating to the support of major performing arts organisations. As a first step, we have released D'Art 27 to identify critical policy issues and locate key personnel from national arts councils and ministries of culture to inform and focus debate at the mini-summit. The query, which also provides context about the topic, is available in three languages: Support for Major Performing Arts Organisations (English), Soutien apporté aux grandes organisations d’arts du spectacle (French), and Apoyo para las Principales Organizaciones de las Artes Escénicas (Spanish). more >
Big Five arts companies to share £2m Executive bonus
A £2 million boost in funding for Scotland's national performing arts companies will be announced today by the culture minister, Patricia Ferguson. more >
Arts Council increases funding for major arts organisations
Australia Council for the Arts has announced a 2.3% funding increase for 145 organisations that currently recieve funding on a triennial basis. more >
Australian Government releases national review of orchestras
Australian Minister for the Arts, Senator Rod Kemp, has released the findings of a national review into the the country's orchestras. more >
Arts Council of Wales fueling sustainability in arts organisations
Nine arts companies from across Wales have been announced as the first beneficiaries of a £1m. Arts Council of Wales scheme to promote accountability and longevity in arts organisations. more >
Performing arts organizations face attendance, financial challenges
Canada's largest theatre companies, dance companies, opera companies and symphony orchestras face major challenges in expanding their audience and generating sufficient revenues to be financially sustainable, says a new report conducted by the Canada Council for the Arts. more >
Events
Support for Major Performing Arts Organisations
Co-hosted by Australia Council
26 February 2008 to 29 February 2008
Adelaide, Australia
State on Stage: Best Practices of Government support for Performing Arts
An international conference on best practices in government support of the performing arts. more >
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