Who we support
The Office for the Arts works to support Australia's rich cultural and Indigenous sectors by:
- developing policy, research and statistics
- administering legislation and funding
- supporting the elite national arts training institutions
- managing the National Portrait Gallery and Artbank
- working with portfolio agencies to achieve the government's cultural and indigenous objectives, and
- providing oversight of the National Network to deliver national Indigenous Art, Culture, Languages and Broadcasting programs.
Matters dealt with by the Office for the Arts
- Indigenous visual art
- Private sector support
- Arts governance and training
- Arts policy
- Regional arts support - visual, performance, festivals and music
- Arts support
- Artbank
- Indigenous broadcasting and content
- The Indigenous Broadcasting Review
- Indigenous languages and culture
- Indigenous repatriation
- Creative industries
- Film incentives
- Australian film industry
- Literature and Lending Rights
- Prime Minister's Literary Awards
- Collections support and access
- Collections development
- Cultural property