This digital story was produced for the ARC Linkage Project
The Role of the Creative Arts in Regional Australia: A Social Impact Model with the community of northwest Tasmania.
In 2022, the research team asked community members in northwest Tasmania to describe the role of art, culture and creativity in their community.
Research participants across this region are overwhelmingly proud of
the people who comprise their community. The value of arts and culture in
northwest Tasmania is centred on building cohesion, tolerance and connectedness within the community. Participants positioned art, culture and creativity (including creative
thinking and arts-based solutions to pressing challenges) as an essential part
of the community’s future across social, economic and environmental domains.