Draft Arts and Culture Plan

The Arts & Cultural Plan is designed to:

Identify what makes Wentworth unique
Define what Arts and Culture is
Describe the benefits of having an Arts and Cultural Plan
Determine a cultural vision
Make recommendations for future actions.

As this is the first Arts & Cultural plan developed for Wentworth Council it is designed to provide a strategic approach to arts and cultural development within the Shire. Overall the plan is a tool to assist Council and the community to build a rich and vibrant cultural experience for all residents.

The recommended guidelines for cultural planning (NSW Ministry for the Arts) sees the development of an arts and cultural plan ideally being undertaken over an eight to twelve month period, with extensive consultation and would require a considerable budget allocation. The Arts and Cultural plan that has been drafted for Council is consistent with the requirements of the DLG checklist, and demonstrates the linkages to Federal, State and Regional Arts bodies, however much more work is required to futher develop detailed actions and strategies as recommeded by NSW Ministry for the Arts.

There are two key recommendations stemming from the draft plan:

To establish a consultative group that represents the diversity of arts and cultural interests in the Wentworth Shire.
To adopt a Wentworth Shire Council Public Arts Policy, for which the consultant has developed draft policy wording.

The Draft Plan is available for public exhibition for 21 days ending 14th December 2009. This will allow the public an opportunity to make comments for Council’s further consideration.

Comments can be submitted by post to Wentworth Shire Council, PO Box 81 Wentworth NSW 2648 or by emailing council@wentworth.nsw.gov.au.