Youth arts sector fights for the future

The defunding of Young People and the Arts Australia last year shocked the youth arts sector; now its members are fighting back.

The defunding of peak body Young People and the Arts Australia last year shocked the youth arts sector, but now its members are fighting back.

 

The Australia Council’s decision late last year to defund Young People and the Arts Australia (YPPA), the national peak body for organisations and practitioners engaging children and young people in the arts, startled many in the arts industry.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts