The Australia Council’s International Arts Strategy detailed the objectives and approaches of their strategic international development work, which complements but operates separately to their grants programs.

Under the strategy, the Australia Council’s international engagement and market development activities expanded from an export and outbound focus to the exchange of practice, knowledge and expertise with our international counterparts. This acknowledges the different kinds of intervention required to serve the needs and demands of cultural exchange, market nuance, art form areas and geographic regions; and the intersections in between.

The findings in this report reflect necessary pivots and re-prioritisations throughout the strategy period. However, the predominant story is one of success, with the total spend of $8 million resulting in significant positive impacts across the strategy’s objectives.