Create NSW

Create NSW
Agency overview
Formed13 May 1971 (Ministry of Cultural Activities)
1 April 2017 (Create NSW)
Preceding agencies
  • Ministry of Cultural Activities (1971–1975)
  • Department of Culture, Sport and Recreation (1975–1976)
  • Cultural Activities Division (1976–1984)
  • Office of the Minister for the Arts (1984–1988)
  • Ministry for the Arts (1988–2006)
  • Arts NSW and Screen NSW (2006–2017)
JurisdictionNew South Wales
Headquarters323 Castlereagh Street, Sydney
Minister responsible
Agency executives
  • Kate Foy, Deputy Secretary, Community Engagement
  • Chris Keely, Executive Director, Create NSW
  • Grainne Brunsdon, Head of Screen NSW
Parent DepartmentDepartment of Enterprise, Investment and Trade
Websitewww.create.nsw.gov.au

Create NSW is a government agency of the Government of New South Wales, that falls within the Enterprise, Investment and Trade cluster. The agency was created on 1 April 2017 from an amalgamation of Arts NSW (ANSW) and Screen NSW. Create NSW is responsible for administering government policies that support the arts, artists and the various cultural bodies within the state of New South Wales in Australia, and for the provision of funding. It also provides secretarial and administrative support to the Arts & Culture Advisory Committee, a high-level committee which works with the government to help shape policy and promote the arts throughout the state.

As of May 2020, the executive team is headed by Kate Foy (Deputy Secretary, Community Engagement), Chris Keely (Executive Director, Create NSW) and Grainne Brunsdon (Head of Screen NSW). The agency advises the Minister for the Arts.[1] Ultimately, the Minister is responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.

  1. ^ "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.