How to Use Our Work

ANA conducts in-depth research and analysis on topics related to arts, culture and creativity. Our publications and submissions to government consultations also offer pragmatic recommendations to improve policy related to arts and culture, and for leveraging culture and creativity in other policy areas.

Our work can help with the development of effective investment, regulation and policy settings to help strengthen creative industries and enable access to cultural experiences for people within your jurisdiction. It also highlights new policy opportunities in areas outside of the arts portfolio that can help address some of Australia’s biggest challenges.

In particular:

• our Position Paper outlines practical actions governments can take now to create an arts and culture system that delivers for all Australians
• our work mapping the interconnected arts, culture and creativity system in Australia and identifying leverage points for change
• cultural funding trends across all levels of government
• enabling actions governments can take, beyond direct funding, to support cultural access and strengthen creative industries
• culture’s role in boosting productivity
• the transformative impacts of arts, culture and creativity on our prosperity, cohesion, security, health and sustainability
• policy opportunities to enhance social cohesion
• focus group research on the views of middle Australians towards arts and culture.

ANA’s publications provide in-depth research on topics related to arts, culture and creativity, including the cultural and creative industries. They also contain practical tools that can assist in your activities and interactions with stakeholders.

In particular:

• our mapping of income and investment in Australian arts and culture reveals opportunities for exploring underused and emerging sources of finance
• our work on cultural funding, The Big Picture, may help inform your strategy towards government investment
• the transformative impacts of arts, culture and creativity, along with focus group research on the views of middle Australians, may be useful for advocacy and grant applications
• our toolkit for building and maintaining effective partnerships in arts, culture and creativity, can help you navigate present or future collaborations.

Our research may help inform your donations and investments in arts, culture and creativity, and assist in navigating partnerships with governments, business, creators and cultural organisations.

In particular:

• our work on the transformative impacts of culture and creativity on health, wellbeing, social cohesion and sustainability, along with our focus group research on the views of everyday Australians towards arts and culture, may help inform purposeful investments
• our explainer of the arts, culture and creativity system may assist you in identifying leverage points and enrich investment decisions
• our mapping of financial inflows into Australian arts and culture provides a framework for assessing returns on investments
• our report on thriving cultural partnerships can help with forming and maintaining effective collaborations
• our work on government investment in arts and culture, along with other enabling government actions, may help inform your own investments and partnerships.

Our publications are in-depth, reliable resources that can provide data to add to reports, peer-reviewed research and presentations, and may assist in identifying productive areas of further inquiry. They can also provide accessible introductions to topics in this area for students in cultural and creative industries courses.

In particular:

• our report on Australia’s cultural and creative economy 
• our findings about a defined system of interest – the arts, culture and creativity system in Australia
• our research collating, analysing and visualising trends in cultural funding across all levels of government in Australia
• our work demonstrating culture’s role in boosting productivity
• our analysis of the impacts and responses to artificial intelligence in arts and culture
• our exploration of the transformative impacts of arts, culture and creativity on our prosperity, cohesion, security, health and sustainability
• focus group research on the views of middle Australians towards arts and culture.

Use our in-depth research to gain a deeper understanding of the cultural and creative economy, as well as the impacts of arts, culture and creativity on Australia’s wider economy and society.

Our work can provide reliable data to add to your reports and presentations, and reveal opportunities for more effective investment, regulation and policy settings for cultural and creative industries.

In particular:

• our report on Australia’s cultural and creative economy 
• our comprehensive mapping of the financial inflows into Australian arts and culture
• our research analysing trends in government expenditure in arts and culture in Australia since 2007–08, adjusted for inflation
• our innovative research demonstrating culture’s role in boosting productivity
• our report on the transformative impacts of arts, culture and creativity on the prosperity and wellbeing of individuals, communities and the nation.

Use our research to better understand the investment and policy settings for Australian arts, culture and creativity, for insights on how arts and culture can help Australia address pressing challenges, and to obtain reliable data for your articles and content.

In particular:

• our Position Paper, Imagine 2035, sets out how governments can create a robust arts and culture system that delivers for all Australians
• our focus group research on middle Australians’ perspectives towards arts and culture contains useful insights and direct quotes
• our research into the transformative impacts of arts and culture on our cohesion, health, society and economy, as well as on productivity
• our media releases and recent media appearances, mentions and op-eds
• our Chair Rupert Myer AO’s Address to the National Press Club  and other recent speeches
• our submissions to government policy consultations on current issues.

Get in touch about media opportunities by contacting Alexandra Nichols on 0431 468 665 or alexandra.nichols@newapproach.org.au. 

Our evidence-based and accessible publications can help you better understand the arts, culture and creativity system in Australia, including how it directly and positively impacts our society and economy. 

In particular:

• our media releases provide brief summaries of our research and news of our activities and events
• our Chair Rupert Myer AO’s Address to the National Press Club on Australia’s pathway to becoming a cultural powerhouse, and other recent speeches
• our exploration of the transformative impacts of arts, culture and creativity on our wellbeing and social cohesion
• focus group research on the views of everyday Australians towards arts and culture
• our model of the interconnected arts, culture and creativity system in Australia, which can help you see your place in the whole.

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Our publications may be useful to understand how Australian governments invest in and enable arts, culture and creativity, and to provide comparison points and ideas for your own country. Much of our work also references a substantial body of Australian and international research.

In particular:

• The Big Picture provides an example of trend analysis of cultural expenditure by governments at national and sub-national levels, and also contains international comparisons
• our work on Australia’s arts, culture and creativity system may help you make international comparisons, particularly in the context of the UNESCO Cultural Value-Generation Model
• our research on actions governments can take beyond direct funding to enable culture and creativity may be useful in providing international comparisons and examples
• our work on the transformative impacts of arts, culture and creativity can help you understand how wellbeing is assessed in Australia and identify examples of impact assessment
• our innovative research on culture’s role in boosting productivity is applicable across international borders
• our mapping of financial inflows into Australian arts and culture provides an example of a typology of finances in a national context, and a framework for returns on investment.