Arts Northern Rivers has celebrated its success in 2024 and is looking to launch the Who We Are project in 2025.
The Arts Northern Rivers Who We Are project is a ‘two-year study profiling the Northern Rivers’ creative industries that discovered a couple of insights,’ explained Jane Fuller, Executive Director of Arts Northern Rivers.
‘The research has shown that the region is home to the largest population of cultural workers in NSW outside of Sydney; and the Northern Rivers’ creative industries are growing four times faster than the national creative workforce. Cultural and creative businesses turned over $887m in 2021, up from $662m in 2016 (a 34 per cent increase). ’
As well as delivering six CASP projects including the Kinship Doobai Dancers and Kyogle Zine and Print Fair, Arts Kyogle was also born.
‘Art On Bundjalung was our biggest yet! This year’s event attracted over 3,500 attendees and generated $55,000 in income for creatives, featuring a full cultural program and artisan offerings in the stunning location by the Dirruwung at Evans River,’ said Fuller.
‘Thank you to everyone we have worked and collaborated with, in 2024, it was a bumper year of activity across our amazing region of creatives.’
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