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How can we make the arts better?
Easy English
September 2020
Hard words
This book has some hard words.
The first time we write a hard word
● the word is in blue
● we write what the hard word means.
You can get help with this book
You can get someone to help you
● read this book
● know what this book is about
● find more information.
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About this book
This book is written by
the Australia Council for the Arts.
The arts are a big part of life for everyone
in Australia.
The arts include
● music
● visual art and craft
● photos
● books and poems
● theatre
● dance
● festivals
● community arts. Page 3
Why did we make this book?
We want you to help us make the
arts industry better.
The arts industry includes the jobs and
organisations that make art.
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What do we know so far?
The arts are important
Lots of people work in the arts.
More Australians
● take part in the arts online and in person
than they did in the past
● think the arts are important now than
in the past
● think First Nations arts are important
now than in the past.
First Nations arts means arts made by
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People.
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The coronavirus makes things hard
We know that the coronavirus makes
things hard.
The coronavirus
● is a health problem like the flu
● means it is not safe to see the arts in
person for now in some places in Australia
● means that the arts industry had to stop
working or work differently.
We want to make the arts industry better when
there is more work in the industry again.
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We want to make the arts better
By 2030 we want
● more Australians to have better lives
because of the arts
● more First Nations arts included in the arts
● even more people to think the arts
are important
● Australia to be stronger because of the arts
● more people to have the chance to take part
in the arts. For example, people from
different cultures and people with disability. Page 7
Your ideas can help us
We want to know
● What do you want the arts to be like
in 2030?
● What can we do to make the arts
industry better by 2030?
● How can we help more people take part in
the arts and think the arts are important?
● How can we make the arts more inclusive?
Inclusive means everyone can take part.
For example
– people with disabilities
– people from different backgrounds.
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We also want to know
● How can the arts help Australia
after the coronavirus?
● How can the arts industry be stronger
and safer in case things get hard again in
the future? For example, if the coronavirus
happens again.
We will get ideas from different people.
For example
● artists
● arts organisations
● people in the community.
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How to tell us your ideas
You can tell us your ideas
● in a letter
● in an email
● on the phone
● on our ideas wall on our website
● in a small group meeting online
● in a virtual town hall meeting.
A virtual town hall meeting means a large group
of people will meet online to share ideas.
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30 SEP
2 OCT
When is the next town hall meeting?
The next virtual town hall meeting is
● Wednesday 30 September 2020
and
● Friday 2 October 2020.
More information about how to join is on
our website.
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2020 OCT
When do you need to tell us?
You can tell us your ideas in
September and October 2020.
When will we share the ideas with you?
We will listen to everyone’s ideas.
We will tell you everyone’s ideas by the
end of 2020.
We will share everyone’s ideas on our website.
Everyone’s ideas will help us plan ways to
make the arts better by 2030.
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Notes
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Notes
More information
For more information contact
the Australia Council for the Arts.
Call 02 9215 9000
Toll free 1800 226 912
Website www.australiacouncil.gov.au/
programs-and-resources/re-imagine-what-
next/
Email [email protected]
The NRS can help if you need support to speak
or listen.
NRS Help Desk 1800 555 667
NRS website communications.gov.au/
accesshub/nrs
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© Scope (Aust) Ltd. You may use this document for your own personal,
non-commercial purposes only. You must not use the document for any
other purpose and must not copy, reproduce, digitise, communicate,
adapt or modify the document, or any part of it, (or authorise any other
person to do so) without the prior consent of Scope (Aust) Ltd.
Scope’s Communication and Inclusion Resource Centre wrote the
Easy English version in September, 2020.
To contact Scope call 1300 472 673 or visit www.scopeaust.org.au
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