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Tweed Shire Council City of the Arts 2003-2005 Report

Every two years the New South Wales State Government nominates a regional centre as the State’s City of the Arts. In 2003 the Premier announced that Tweed Shire was to become the 5th City of the Arts.

This report focuses on the outstanding animated strategies implemented and delivered throughout the Tweed Shire City of the Arts cultural program in 2003-2005. Over the two years approximately 25,000 people were involved in the program as audience members or participants in the many workshops, professional development programs, special events and activities that were initiated. The program achieved outstanding success and far exceeded all expectations.

The report has been broken up into the various sections for easier and faster download. The sections are shown below.

 Introduction (655kB)
 Program Vision, Objectives & Strategies (163kB)
 Program Management (35kB)

Cultural Diversity Program: was comprised of an assortment of interconnected and interactive community cultural development projects.

 Project 1 - City of the Arts Space (142kB)
 Project 2 - Big hART, En-Compass and Metro Screen Youth Crew (230kB)
 Project 3 - Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Cultural Project (329kB)
 Project 4 - DisAbility Arts (251kB)
 Project 5 - Homegrown Filmworks (120kB)
 Project 6 - Tweed River Coordinated Museum Development (119kB)
 Project 7 - Professional Development Program Project (63kB)

Placemaking and Policy Program: designed to increase a broad appreciation of art and its relationship to local identity and sense of place.

 Project 1 - Shaping a Distinctive Environment (72kB)
 Project 2 - Public Art Projects (109kB)
 Project 3 - Tweed Cultural Trails (66kB)

Festivals and Events Program: designed to promote the Tweed Shire's potential as a tourism destination through the enhancement of its calendar of events.

 Project 1 - Audience Development (88kB)
 Project 2 - Calendar of Events (138kB)





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