BACKGROUND
The key arts and cultural organisations of the Hunter have established an agreement and arrangement for cooperation and collaboration to strengthen the combined voice of arts and culture in the region and to collectively advocate for support and investment to achieve agreed arts and cultural priorities for the region.
The Hunter Regional Plan 2036 and the Greater Newcastle Metropolitan Plan 2036 set out a vision for the Hunter to become the leading regional economy in Australia with a vibrant new metropolitan city at its centre.
Newcastle and the Lower Hunter region have an exceptional arts and cultural sector, which offers professional opportunities, programs and services in contemporary art, dance, literature, performance, screen, and community cultural development.
The region is on the cusp of significant change and there are many opportunities to evolve.
HCA is currently guided by a committee, which includes: Newcastle Writers Festival director Rosemarie Milsom (Chair), independent film producer Annette Hubber (Deputy Chair),Finance Director Tim Askew (Treasurer), music consultant John Davis (Secretary), Catapult Dance Choreographic Hub founder/director Cadi McCarthy, Maitland Regional Art Gallery deputy director Courtney Novak, and The Creator Incubator founder/director and artist Braddon Snape.
We welcome new members of the committee and would love to hear from you if you have time to contribute to shaping the future of Hunter Creative Alliance and its activities.
Jamie North_Slidings // The Lock-Up 2017 // Photo by Jessi England
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In response to this, Newcastle’s professional arts organisations – Catapult Dance Choreographic Hub, Newcastle Writers Festival, Octapod, Screen Hunter, Tantrum Youth Arts and The Lock-Up – have formed Hunter Creative Alliance (HCA) to develop a unified approach and lead an integrated arts and cultural vision for the region.
HCA works with others and together as agents of change to ensure arts and cultural identity, impact and relevance are rigorously and meaningfully integrated in the region’s evolution and transition:
HCA's objectives are to:
Advocate for arts and culture in Newcastle and the Hunter region.
Promote the critical role arts and culture plays in the region’s identity and future
Represent a united arts and cultural sector that actively contributes to the creation and adaptation of the Hunter as one of Australia's leading liveable regions.
Advocate for the critical role arts and culture plays in the region's local and global identity.
Advocate for arts and culture to be strategically integrated in the region's transition through policy. planning and investment.
Foster continued success across the Hunter region's arts and cultural sector.
Lead a unified approach and voice in dealing with government. business. education and community.
Promote and attract investment and support for arts and cultural development in the region.
Collectively these organisations attract more than 20,000 people/participants across hundreds of activities, employ up to 1400 artists/creatives and turn over $2.5 million annually.
AFFILIATED INDEPENDENT ARTS ORGANISATIONS
