Draft Arts & Culture Strategy - Wellington

Wellington City Council would like your views on a draft arts and culture strategy for the city. Wellington is a creative city that is fortunate to be home to some of New Zealand's finest arts organisations and artists.

We have a reputation for being a passionate, inquisitive and tolerant city that welcomes and promotes participation, experimentation and collaboration in the arts.

Wellington could be doing more to make sure it remains a key centre for cultural activity. We have a number of strengths, but there are also some concerns:

• Many Wellington-based arts and cultural organisations are struggling to attract funding and maintain service levels.
• Key Wellington cultural events have not taken place or have been reduced in scale.
• It is becoming increasingly difficult to develop and present creative works.

We need to respond to these challenges so Wellington remains a relevant and exciting place that people want to live in, yearn to visit or will recommend to others.
The draft Arts and Culture Strategy aims to:

• build on the city's existing strengths and untapped opportunities to provide a focus for Council investment, asset management and staff
• provide direction so we can work more effectively with others - communities, business, tertiary institutions, and the arts and cultural sector - to address the challenges before us
• reinvigorate Wellington's arts and cultural offerings to residents and visitors.

Public Question & Answer Sessions
Two public question-and-answer sessions with Council officers will be held on Tuesday 4 October 2011. These sessions will be held at:

12.30pm - 1.30pm and 5.30pm - 6.30pm
Korimako Room (Committee Room 2)
Ground floor, Council offices, 101 Wakefield Street, Wellington.

Submissions
To give the Council your submission on the draft Arts and Culture Strategy, read the draft strategy below and fill in the submission form.

The deadline for submissions is: 5.00pm Friday 14 October 2011.
Draft Arts and Culture Strategy (765Kb PDF) 
Online Submission Form
The submission form is also available in a printable version which you can post.
Printable Submission Form (149Kb PDF)
Alternatively, the draft strategy and the submission form are also available:

• at the Council Service Centre at 101 Wakefield Street
• from Council libraries
• from Toi Pōneke Arts Centre, Abel Smith Street
• by post - contact the Council for your copy.