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Arts South Australia

{{Short description|South Australian government agency}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Use Australian English|date=July 2019}}

Arts South Australia (previously Arts SA) was responsible for managing the South Australian Government's funding for the arts and cultural heritage from about 1996 until late 2018, when it was progressively dismantled, a process complete by early 2019. Most of its functions were taken over by the Department of the Premier and Cabinet (DPC) under Premier Steven Marshall, while some went to the Department for Education and others to the Department for Innovation and Skills.

In September 2023, under the Malinauskas government, the arts were once again brought together under DPC.

History

Arts SA was created primarily as a funding body around 1996,{{cite web|url=https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/organisation/39651|website=The Australian Live Performance Database|title=Organisation: Department for the Arts South Australia|access-date=29 July 2019}}{{#tag:ref|The date was arrived at by interrogating the SLSA catalogue [https://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/ here]. Previous to 1996, records were linked to the Dept for the Arts & Cultural Development (1993/4–1996), Dept for the Arts & Cultural Heritage (c.1991–3) and Dept for the Arts (1987–1990).|group=Note}} at which time it fell under the Department of Transport, Urban Planning and the Arts (DTUPA).{{cite report |title=Annual report, 1999–2000|author=Government of South Australia. Department for Transport, Urban Planning and the Arts|date=2000}} It was responsible for the development of and funding for the arts sector within South Australia, and was responsible for nine statutory corporations and a number of not-for-profit arts organisations.

During the period of its existence, Ministers for the Arts were:

  • Diana Laidlaw (1993–2002)
  • Mike Rann (5 March 2002 – 21 October 2011),[https://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/AboutParliament/From1836/Pages/AllFormerMembers.aspx Former Member of Parliament Details, Hon Mike Rann] while also serving as Premier
  • John Hill (21 October 2011 – 21 January 2013)[https://www2.parliament.sa.gov.au/FormerMembers/Detail.aspx?pid=535 Former Member of Parliament Details, Hon John Hill]
  • Jay Weatherill (21 January 2013 – 26 March 2014),[https://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/Members/Ministers/Pages/Ministers.aspx Parliament of South Australia, Hon Jay Weatherill] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206000000/https://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/Members/Ministers/Pages/Ministers.aspx |date=6 December 2014 }} Retrieved 19 January 2016 while also serving as Premier
  • Jack Snelling (26 March 2014 – 17 September 2017)[https://www.sa.gov.au/directories/government "Government Departments and Ministers"], Retrieved on 19 January 2016
  • Jay Weatherill (18 September 2017 – 19 March 2018), while also serving as Premier[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-18/sa-government-reshuffles-cabinet-after-resignations/8956274 "SA Government Reshuffles Cabinet After Resignations", Retrieved on 10 December 2017 ]
  • Premier Steven Marshall was responsible for the portfolio since being elected in March 2018.{{Cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-22/sa-liberal-government-sworn-in-whos-who-in-ministry/9575712|title=Here's the team steering SA's first Liberal Government in 16 years|date=2018-03-22|work=ABC News|access-date=2018-05-16|language=en-AU}}{{Cite news|url=https://premier.sa.gov.au/meet-the-team/steven-marshall-mp|title=Steven Marshall MP|date=2018-05-03|work=Steven Marshall {{!}} Premier of South Australia|access-date=2018-09-16|language=en}} After August 2018, responsibilities were dispersed (see below).
  • Andrea Michaels is Minister for Arts in the Malinauskas ministry since March 2022, along with the portfolios of Small and Family Business, and Consumer and Business Affairs{{cite web |last1=Harmsen |first1=Nick |last2=Dayman |first2=Isabel |title=New South Australian cabinet sworn in, with independent Geoff Brock making surprise comeback |website=ABC News |date=24 March 2022 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-24/independent-former-minister-joins-new-south-australian-cabinet/100935424 |access-date=30 September 2024}} {{as of|September 2024}} she is still in the position.{{cite web |title= Hon Andrea Michaels|website= South Australian Parliament |url=https://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/Search/Member?type=member&id=5572 |access-date=30 September 2024| url-status= live| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240930010722/https://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/Search/Member?type=member&id=5572| archive-date=30 Sep 2024}}

Chief executives included:

  • Timothy O'Loughlin (1997–2000){{cite web|website=Government of Australia. Senate committee|url=https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Environment_and_Communications/Completed%20inquiries/1996-99/access/report/e02|title=Access to heritage: Appendix 2: Hearings and witnesses, (section) Glenelg, Wednesday 2 July 1997|access-date=30 July 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/news/media-centre/media-releases/timothy-oloughlin-appointed-chair-of-the-australia-council-community-partnerships-committee-2/|title=Timothy O'Loughlin appointed chair of the Australia Council Community Partnerships Committee|website=Australia Council|date=1 January 1990|access-date=28 July 2019}}{{#tag:ref|No earlier mention of a CEO before 1997 was found, so it seems likely that O'Loughlin was the first.|group=Note}} (afterwards promoted to CEO of DTUPA){{cite web|url=https://www.dpti.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/116403/annrep0001.pdf|website=Government of South Australia. DPTI|title=2000–01annual report|publisher=Dept of Urban Planning, Transport and the Arts|first=Timothy|last=O'Loughlin|access-date=30 July 2019}}
  • Kathie Massey (December 2000 – 2004){{cite web|website=Artlink|date=December 2000|url=https://www.artlink.com.au/articles/2594/artrave/|title=Artrave|author=Edblog|access-date=30 July 2019}}
  • Greg Mackie (2004–2008){{cite news|publisher=The Advertiser|website=AdelaideNow|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/lifestyle/sa-lifestyle/south-australias-most-influential-women/news-story/abca76995d2850dec4d28670b43ac40e|title=South Australia's most influential women|first1=Penelope|last1=Debelle|first2=Jessica|last2=Leo|date=7 March 2014|access-date=27 July 2019}}
  • Alexandra Reid (2009–2015)
  • Peter Louca (2010–2018){{Cite news|url=https://witnessperformance.com/bleeding-in-the-dark/|title=Arts South Australia: Bleeding in the dark|date=2018-10-03|first=Ben|last=Brooker|work=Witness Performance|access-date=2018-10-05}}

In September 1997, Arts Minister Laidlaw and then new CEO O'Louglin completely restructured Arts SA. Previously, it had operated under art form divisions, but the new structure created three divisions: arts leadership, professional development and emerging artists; cultural tourism and export; and the development of new commissions, events and festivals.{{cite web|website=Artlink|author=Edblog|url=https://www.artlink.com.au/articles/2544/artrave/|title=Artrave|access-date=3 August 2019}}

From 2015 until August 2018, Arts South Australia was headed by Peter Louca, former chief of staff to Minister Jack Snelling[http://indaily.com.au/politics/2015/11/19/labor-power-plays-as-jay-keeps-faction-in-check/ "Labor Power Plays as Jay Keeps Faction in Check", inDaily] and one-time Labor Party candidate for the federal seat of Mayo.{{Cite news|url=https://www.adelaidereview.com.au/arts/peter-louca-future-arts-south-australia/|title=Peter Louca: "I think our best years are ahead of us." |date=2016-08-10|work=The Adelaide Review|access-date=2018-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815030854/https://www.adelaidereview.com.au/arts/peter-louca-future-arts-south-australia/ |archive-date=2016-08-15 |url-status=live}} Peter Louca instigated the re-branding of Arts SA to Arts South Australia in 2016.

In 2016, following significant federal funding cuts experienced by several South Australian small to medium arts organisations,[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-20/$105m-budget-cut-caught-australia-council-by-surprise:-emails/7185900 "Australia Council budget cuts blindsided peak arts body's executive, documents show", ABC News] Arts South Australia was criticised by Arts Industry Council for South Australia for not providing enough financial support to the independent arts sector.[https://aicsa.net.au/state-budget-misses-the-mark-for-artists-in-south-australia/ "State Budget misses the mark for artists in South Australia", Arts Industry Council of South Australia][https://indaily.com.au/news/2017/06/23/budget-fails-independent-arts-sector-aicsa/ "Budget Fails Independent Arts Sector", InDaily] In 2016 Arts South Australia operated with a budget of $140 million, less than one percent of the state budget.[https://www.adelaidereview.com.au/arts/peter-louca-future-arts-south-australia/ The Adelaide Review] It was then a division of the Department of State Development, overseen by the Minister for the Arts. In 2016 Arts South Australia established the campaign "Made In Adelaide" to export and promote South Australian artists at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.{{Cite web |url=http://madeinadelaide.club/media/made-adelaide-grants-new-award-now-open/ |title="Made In Adelaide grants and a new award now open", Made In Adelaide Website |access-date=16 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106041507/http://madeinadelaide.club/media/made-adelaide-grants-new-award-now-open/ |archive-date=6 January 2018 |url-status=dead }}

In September 2023, under the Malinauskas government, the arts were once again brought together under DPC, in a "united arts portfolio",{{cite web | last=Willis | first=Belinda | title=Fierce campaign wins new 'united arts portfolio' | website=InDaily | date=14 September 2023 | url=https://indaily.com.au/news/2023/09/14/fierce-campaign-wins-new-united-arts-portfolio/ | access-date=19 September 2023}} with Andrea Michaels as Minister for Arts (appointed March 2022). A new cultural policy was being developed at the same time, due to be released in mid-2024.{{cite web | title=New era for the arts in South Australia | website=Premier of South Australia | date=14 September 2023 | url=https://www.premier.sa.gov.au/media-releases/news-items/new-era-for-the-arts-in-south-australia | access-date=19 September 2023}}

Responsibilities

=Arts South Australia until 2018=

Statutory Authorities reporting to the Arts South Australia were:

Other organisations under their umbrella included:

  • Adelaide Film Festival
  • Carclew (centre for youth performing arts development)
  • JamFactory
  • Music SA (formerly AusMusicSA, established 23 July 1997{{cite web|website=Music SA|url=http://www.musicsa.com.au/about/|title=About|access-date=3 August 2019}})
  • The Music Development Office (MDO), responsible for the management of the Contemporary Music Grants Program and the Jon Lemon Artist-in-Residence Program, as well as a number of other grants.{{cite web|website=Government of South Australia. Dept for Innovation and Skills|url=http://mdo.sa.gov.au/artistic-development/contemporary-music-programs/contemporary-music-grant-program-faqs/|title=Contemporary Music Grant Program: FAQs|quote=This program is delivered by the Music Development Office (MDO).|access-date=8 August 2019}}
  • Patch Theatre Company
  • Windmill Theatre Company

Other responsibilities included:

  • The South Australian Ruby Awards (from 2006), which recognise outstanding achievement in South Australia's arts and culture sector.{{Cite news|url=https://indaily.com.au/arts-and-culture/2015/12/12/2015-ruby-awards-celebrate-the-best-of-sa-art/|title=2015 Ruby Awards celebrate the best of SA art|date=2015-12-12|work=InDaily|first=Suzie|last=Keen|access-date=2018-11-27}}
  • Management of Australia's oldest intact mainland theatre, The Queens Theatre (2010–2018; then taken over by GWB McFarlane Theatres).{{cite web|url=http://www.queenstheatre.com.au/about|website=Queens Theatre|title=About|access-date=27 July 2019}}

=August 2018 transfers and creations=

==DoE==

To the Department for Education:{{Cite news|url=https://aicsa.net.au/state-budget-sees-cuts-to-the-arts-and-significant-changes-to-arts-south-australia/|title=State Budget Sees Cuts to the Arts and Significant Changes to Arts South Australia|work=AICSA - Arts Industry Council of South Australia|access-date=2018-09-16}}

  • Carclew
  • History Trust of South Australia
  • Patch Theatre Company
  • Windmill Theatre Company

==Dept for Innovation & Skills==

To the Department for Innovation and Skills (previously Department of State Development):{{cite web|website=South Australia. Dept of Innovation and Skills|url=https://innovationandskills.sa.gov.au/creative-industries|title=Creative Industries|access-date=27 July 2019}}

  • South Australian Film Corporation
  • Adelaide Film Festival
  • JamFactory
  • Music SA
  • Music Development Office
  • GamePlus (new - for the video game industry)

==DPC==

The biennial Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature are managed by the State Library of South Australia (which is under the DPC).

=Online grants portal=

{{as of|August 2019}}, the Arts South Australia online portal is still being used for managing grant applications.{{cite web|url=https://grants.arts.sa.gov.au/|title=Welcome to Our Online Grants Portal|website=Arts South Australia|access-date=8 August 2019}}

Artlab Australia

Artlab Australia is a government agency that "provides expert services for the preservation, care and management of the state's cultural collections". It works mainly for and in collaboration with major South Australian collecting institutions, but also provides services and support for collections that are maintained by various communities around the country as well as internationally, on a fee-for-service basis.{{cite web | title=About | website=Artlab Australia | date=1 July 2020 | url=https://www.artlabaustralia.au/about | access-date=11 December 2023}} 50px Text may have been copied from this source, which is available under a [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/ Attribution 3.0 Australia (CC BY 3.0 AU)] licence.

Established as the State Conservation Centre of South Australia in 1985, the unit has been located in the North Terrace cultural precinct since its beginning, between the Migration Museum and the Art Gallery of South Australia{{cite journal| title= Artlab Australia| journal= ANZTLA Newsletter| issue=39| first=Ian| last=Cook| pages=15–17}} (street address 70 Kintore Avenue{{cite web | title=Contact | website=Artlab Australia | date=24 January 2023 | url=https://www.artlabaustralia.au/contact | access-date=11 December 2023}}).

The specialist staff who work on the conservation of materials are mostly graduates of a University of Canberra program on the Conservation of Cultural Materials. They are qualified to work on a range of materials, including paper, photographs, textiles, sculptures, and heritage building features in the laboratories, and also provide advice on optimum storage conditions for collections. Artlab serves libraries, museums, art galleries, Aboriginal art and craft centres, and many other clients. Artlab Australia is one of few rare book conservation services in Australia, and also cares for large technology items. Other conservation and restoration of other types include "murals and decorative paintwork, historic interiors, mosaic and terrazzo floors, stained glass windows, carved timberwork, carpets and curtains, furniture and other fittings such as lights, balustrades and decorative railings".{{cite web| url=https://www.pc.gov.au/inquiries/completed/heritage/submissions/artlab_australia/sub140.pdf| title=Productivity Commission: Conservation of historic heritage places: Submission to the public inquiry on behalf of Artlab Australia| date=2005| author=Artlab Australia}}

Restoration projects have included the reredos at St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide and chapels at New Norcia monastery in Western Australia. Artlab has also undertaken several projects outside of Australia, including cultural preservation in Bali in partnership with the Indonesian Government and others, funded by the World Bank, and work in Taipei and Hong Kong.

Artlab's services include disaster preparedness planning, environmental management of display and storage conditions in order to prevent deterioration, and research and analysis that contributes to both the development of conservation practice and to a greater knowledge and understanding of cultural artefacts and works of art. It also offers preventive conservation for collections, training of conservators through internships, conservation capacity building projects overseas, and education and advisory services to support communities in the preservation of their cultural heritage. Artlab has given courses in several Asian countries, and in 1999 developed a training package called reCollections.

As of 2005, Artlab Australia employed 25 staff, which made it the largest conservation facility in Australia. It operated as a business enterprise within Arts SA, with initial investment made by the South Australian government and possessing the capability and policy to run a commercial service. At that time, Artlab warned of the "critical skills shortage...within the heritage industry", and the need for providing courses for people to become stone masons, wheelwrights, carriage makers, and gilders.

Notes

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References

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Further reading

  • [https://dpc.sa.gov.au/responsibilities/arts-and-culture Arts and culture] Home page for DPC Arts and culture section, successor to Arts South Australia
  • [https://aicsa.net.au/ Arts Industry Council of South Australia]

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