A LOCAL GOVERNMENT GUIDE FOR GROWING COMMUNITY WELLBEING THROUGH THE PERFORMING ARTS
Do you speak “local government”? Performing Spaces provides you with a common language and some excellent, practical tools and advice for getting the most out of your local cultural facilities.
Do you need:
- a framework to describe how the performing arts create public value outcomes?
- to communicate how to measure economic and non-economic success?
- to know what the critical success factors of a performing arts centre are?
Local government plays a pivotal role in building cohesive, liveable, prosperous communities. The performing arts has significant untapped potential as a natural enabler of those outcomes. Local government often holds the key to unlocking that potential.
In the majority of cases, performing arts facilities are owned, funded (at least in part) and often directly managed by local government. The performing arts centre is the flagship of the community, often sitting in the most prominent place in the town’s CBD. Our research tells us that local governments value their performing arts centres first and foremost as spaces that generate community wellbeing. They mention things like community cohesion, vibrancy and growing the local economy.
This guide was developed primarily for local government senior management, to assist them to grow community wellbeing through their performing arts centres and facilities.
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