OzArts Information

OzArts is the Australia Council for the Arts program of market development initiatives to showcase the best of Australia's contemporary arts to the world. Its aim is to promote high-quality, 'export-ready' contemporary Australian arts to key international decision makers. Through the OzArts website and other promotional tools, OzArts profiles a broad spectrum of the Australian arts - dance, literature, music, theatre, and visual arts and crafts - and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, and artists whose work is performed for young people. For our colleagues overseas, the OzArts website features Australian artists with high-quality, ready-to-export products. It also includes a calendar of tours, exhibitions, events and other activities by Australian artists on the road overseas. Together these features are a dynamic showcase of new artists and their works and a handy guide to where to see Australian artists and their work overseas. For the Australian arts sector, OzArts helps raise the overall profile of Australian contemporary artists working in the international arena and ensures an ongoing visibility and presence. The website is a valuable source of information and contacts - from agents to managers, dealers to publishers and contacts for international festivals, promoters, arts events, book fairs and art fairs - who are key to developing business relationships in the international marketplace. The OzArts website is updated continually, and new features are added on a regular basis to ensure it remains the definitive resource about the Australian arts scene.