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First ever impact study of SA’s small to medium sector launched

1.8 million people experienced the work made by South Australia’s small to medium arts sector in 2018, according to a landmark new report from the Arts Industry Council of South Australia.

24 Jan 2020 12:00

Richard Watts

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Windmill Theatre Company’s Grug is touring nationally in 2020. Image supplied.

South Australia’s small to medium sector generates an additional $3 of earned income for every $1 of funding invested by the state government, according to a new report commissioned by the Arts Industry Council of SA (AICSA).

MEASURING IMPACT, prepared by independent consultants Jones MacQueen, is the first ever study of the contribution made by the small to medium sector in South Australia.

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Richard Watts

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