REGIONAL ARTS AUSTRALIA (RAA) IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT PEAK BODY THAT IS THE NATIONAL VOICE FOR ARTS IN REGIONAL AUSTRALIA.

We seek to ensure the arts in regional Australia are embedded within all of Governments plans for regional Australia. To be critically positioned across multiple policy platforms and to support strong partnerships between governments, industry, not-for-profits and commercial business.

RAA’s guiding principle is that ‘place’ is central to creative practice. It provides profound practical and emotional links between the economies and synergies of artistic and cultural practice.

Place-based initiatives seed longer-term cultural and economic sustainability, boosting local capacity, diversifying engagement, increasing accessibility and connection. Investment in innovative approaches within existing areas of strength make arts and cultural activities more accessible to all Australians.

We advocate for informed national regional arts policy that represents the diversity of practice and cultural landscape and represents best practice.

We encourage programs that support a creative ecosystem that is interconnected and integrated across art forms, across communities and across landscapes.

Our strategic programs are co-designed with the regional arts sector, a process where findings inform and develop to establish a comprehensive framework for the future of the arts in regional Australia.

The future is regional. The future is creative.®