Great Lakes Arts Network

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What is the Great Lakes Arts Network?

• GLAN is a committee of Council consisting of representatives from cultural organisations and practitioners including visual and performing artists, writers, theatre groups, musicians, teachers, cultural venues, crafts workers and community groups.
• Working groups are established to focus on and develop arts programmes.
• GLAN meetings are open for people to come and represent their work, raise issues, seek support and make connections. You can learn what is happening around the Great Lakes including opportunities for your group- funding, training, performances, resources. Shape the cultural development of your community.
• GLAN aims to promote the cultural well being of the area and to emphasise community engagement and the creative expression of values and aspirations to inform council policies and decisions, thereby bringing the culture of government closer to that of communities.
• GLAN also aims to improve links with other spheres of government in order to increase opportunities for partnerships and funding to enable council to devise and implement cultural processes consistent with broader objectives.

The Great Lakes Cultural Awards

The Great Lakes Arts Network and Great Lakes Council acknowledge and honour outstanding contributors to the visual and performing arts in the Great Lakes Local Government Area.

The awards:

• Recognise individuals and organisations for artistic excellence, innovation achievement and / or support of the arts. Raise the awareness and profile of the arts in the Great Lakes.
• Glan has a workshop programme designed to improve the capacity of community organisation in developing programs and services for the community. Previous workshops include: how to apply for funding, organise events, develop plans and engage in networking.
• A cultural Industry Marketing working group is developing resources and programmes to promote the local arts industry.

  The objective of this project are:

• Assist visual arts producers in the area to increase their profile, leading to inquiries, visitors, sales and commissions through the production and targeted distribution of a high quality booklet.
• To increase the range of arts interests for residents and visitors to the local area. To demonstrate to producer the benefits and cost effectiveness of cooperative marketing activities. To demonstrate to producers the benefits and cost effectiveness of cooperative marketing activities.
• To demonstrate to producers the benefits and cost effectiveness of cooperative marketing activities. To demonstrate to the community and Governments the economics and cultural importance of the arts industry to this area.

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