In 2008, Arts Northern Rivers and the Northern Rivers Creative Industries Consortium led the way by developing the state's first regional Arts and Creative Industries Strategy.

The Strategy provides a framework for stakeholders to work together to realise the potential of the creative industries in the region.

Key recommendations include:

• Appointment of Creative Industries Brokers to facilitate linkage to markets, for local practitioners in the fields of Design/Fashion, Music and Digital Media/Games;
• Design and development of a creative industries web portal;
• Establishment of a Creative Industries Marketing Consortium;
• Creation of creative industries incubators and affordable work spaces in the region;
• Development of a Creative Industries Education and Training Round Table;
• Support for an Indigenous Arts Business Centre.

Download a copy of the Arts and Creative Industries Strategy 2009  and/ or the preliminary Arts and Creative Industries Mapping Report 2009. 

Development of the Northern Rivers Arts and Creative Industries Strategy was supported by Arts NSW; the NSW Department of State and Regional Development; and the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet.