Western Downs Arts and Cultural Strategy
Creative engagement to inform the development of the first ever Arts and Culture strategy for the Western Downs region, the home of Big skies, and Big heART.
Beginning with a collaborative workshop with local artist champions and online engagement, Fourfold in partnership with Western Downs Regional Council set out to gain insights and knowledge about existing perceptions of arts, culture and heritage from not just those actively engaged, but stakeholders who have not been engaged to date.
Our team provided training to empower arts practitioners to run their own community workshops throughout the area in conjunction with WDRC, which led to the delivery of an additional 7 community workshops.
Deep diving into final data outputs assisted the team with understanding the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and challenges for arts and culture in the region. It revealed that people in the Western Downs highly value social connection and bringing people together with arts and cultural activities.
Client: Western downs Regional Council
