A self-assessment tool designed to help Australian arts organisations assess their digital capabilities, form a digital strategy or identify key priorities, and thrive in the growing digital landscape.

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A selection of case studies that explore how cultural practitioners use digital platforms and approaches to make innovative new work and build connections with audiences.

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This program provided arts organisations with access to a specialist to help them develop their digital capacity and pilot a new digitally led project.

The program was delivered in four phases, across fourteen weeks, and saw organisations work with their specialist to:

• Assess – identify the organisation’s current level of digital maturity.
• Ideate – identify digital challenges and opportunities.
• Develop – a flagship project, model program or prototype product.
• Pilot and refine – launch a project, evaluate early learnings and present findings.

Twenty-three arts and cultural organisations participated in the program, across 3 rounds in 2023 and 2024.

This program preceded the Digital Specialist-in-Residence program.

It provided arts organisations with access to a digital strategist over 3 months, who provided coaching to develop digital capacity, build entrepreneurial mindsets and develop a bespoke digital strategy

Fifty-four arts and cultural organisations participated in this program, across 6 rounds and a pilot program between 2021 and 2023.

A six-month program for emerging digital artists that prioritised collaborative learning, as well as individual practice development, through a series of curated online cohort sessions, an in-person workshop and one-on-one mentoring. Investment of $10,000 was also offered to enable participants to realise new ideas and develop their digital practice.

The Digital Fellowship Program was developed and delivered in partnership with Creative New Zealand to support artists to co-develop their digital practice and set directions for the future of the arts in our region.

The program was delivered three times across 2021, 2022 and 2023 and a total of 16 Australian artists participated – joining 16 peers from New Zealand.

A 12-week mentoring program for artists, groups and organisations to develop new digital business ideas. It was delivered by INCUBATE, the University of Sydney’s Startup Program and brought together a national cohort of twelve digitally centred businesses.

Through one-on-one mentoring, industry connections and weekly goal setting, ProtoX Arts provided the subject matter expertise to empower members of the arts community to pursue their digitally centred ideas into businesses.

Delivered by ACMI in conjunction with Creative Australia and with support from the Ian Potter Foundation, this program provided an opportunity for senior arts executives to be mentored by leading digital strategists.

The program objective was to improve the internal ability for cultural institutions and organisations to make better long term technology choices, understand a rapidly and continually changing digital environment, be better able to select and work with technology providers, as well as collaborate with and develop artists and creative practitioners who are also working through this period of exponential change

Developed and delivered in collaboration with the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), this six-week online course provided learners with insight into key digital concepts, modes of digital practice, emergent technologies and also introduced ideas around digital strategy and business model innovation.

Curated by arts and cultural practitioners, Digital Transformation for the Creative Industries was specifically designed for artists and creative practitioners, arts administrators, managers, and directors working, whether independently or from organisations large or small, who wanted to better understand digital practice and strategy.

Creative Australia funded over 500 artists and arts workers to participate in this course in 2021 and 2022.  It was developed to address a core priority in the strategy around building digital literacy.

This opportunity enabled creative practitioners to develop relevant digital skills, expertise and strategies to explore new creative work and build sustainable careers.

The 2023 program included panel discussions on AI and Web3 and a workshop for digital producers.

The program also supported small, funded delegations at:

• Melbourne International Games Week
• Future of Arts, Culture & Technology Symposium (FACT)
• REMIX Perth
• REMIX Sydney
• Festival of Interactive Narrative and Storytelling in Dunedin (New Zealand).

These opportunities allowed artists and arts workers engaged in digital practice to network more broadly and engage in workshops and critical dialogues with peers working across the creative industries.

• Badu Arts Centre
• BlakDance Australia Ltd
• Buku Larrnggay Mulka Incorporated
• Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association
• DUMAWUL
• GUCK PTY LTD
• On Country Events and Productions
• NAISDA LIMITED
• Studio Gilay 

Digital Specialists 2024 – Round Nine

• AWZA – Reggie Ba Pe III & Elisabeth Hare
• Ally Murphy
• Distil Immersive – John-Paul Marin
• Meeum – Sam Hemphill
• The Creative Technologist – Joe Robinson
• Awesome Black – Travis De Vries
• Luke de Zilva
• Wojamin Creative – Mandy Braddick 

Digital Specialist-in-Residence organisations 2024 – Round Nine

• Sydney Jewish Museum
• Regional Arts WA
• The Torch
• Wheeler Centre: Books, Writing, and Ideas
• Everybody Now!
• Marrugeku Inc
• CircuitWest 

Digital Specialists 2024 – Round Eight

• Meeum: Elyse Mayberly & Sam Hemphill
• Ally Murphy
• WojaminCreative: Mandy Braddick
• The Creative Technologist: Joe Robinson
• Awesome Black: Travis De Vries
• Luke de Zilva
• AWZA: Reggie Ba-Pe & Elisabeth Hare
• Distil Immersive: John-Paul Marin
• Ryan Sandilands

Digital Specialist-in-Residence organisations 2024 – Round Eight

• Australia Plays Transform
• Indigenous Art Code Ltd
• DADAA Ltd
• Wilurarra Creative
• Overland Magazine
• Mundaring Arts Centre Inc.
• Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
• Murray Art Museum Albury

Digital Specialist-in-Residence organisations 2023 pilot

• Tranby Aboriginal Cooperative
• Canberra Museum and Art Gallery
• Blak & Bright First Nations
• Red Hot Arts
• Blacktown Art
• Footscray Community Arts
• Story Factory
• Penrith Performing & Visual Arts

Digital Strategists 2023

• Luke de Zilva
• Junior Major – Claire Evans
• AWZA – Reggie Ba-Pe & Elisabeth Hare
• Lynda Kelly
• Ryan Sandilands
• Ally Murphy
• Meeum – Elyse Maberley & Sam Hemphill
• Distil – John-Paul Marin & Matt Smith

Digital Strategist-in-Residence 2023 participants – round six

• Guts Dance
• 4A
• Chamber Music Adelaide
• Slingsby Theatre Company Ltd
• Diversity Arts Australia
• Arts Law
• Canberra Contemporary Art Space Incorporated
• West Australian Opera Company Inc

Digital Strategist-in-Residence 2023 participants – round five

• Artlink, SA
• Ballarat International Foto Biennale, VIC
• Barking Gecko, WA
• the CORRIDOR project, NSW
• Corrugated Iron Youth Arts, NT
• Great Southern Dance, TAS
• Metro Arts, QLD
• The Mill Incorporated, SA
• Tuggeranong Community Arts Association Inc, ACT

Digital Strategist-in-Residence 2022 participants – round four

• Access2Arts, SA
• Ananguku Arts & Cultural Aboriginal Corporation, SA
• Canberra Glassworks, ACT
• Open Space Contemporary Arts, SA
• The Red Room, NSW
• The Riddoch Arts & Cultural Centre, SA
• West Australian Symphony Orchestra, WA
• Yirramboi, VIC

Digital Strategist-in-Residence 2022 participants – round three

• Adelaide Chamber Singers, SA
• Cairns Indigenous Art Fair Limited​, QLD
• City of Newcastle (New Annual)​, NSW
• Community Arts Network Western Australia Ltd​, WA
• Eastern Riverina Arts Incorporated​, NSW
• Guildhouse , SA
• Kill Your Darlings, VIC
• No Strings Attached Theatre of Disability​, SA
• Tasdance (Assembly 197)​, TAS
• Western Edge Youth Arts Inc, VIC

Digital Strategist-in-Residence 2022 participants – round two

• Accessible Arts, NSW
• ActNow Theatre, SA
• artisan, QLD
• Co3 Contemporary Dance, WA
• KALACC, WA
• Music in Exile, VIC
• The Unconformity

Digital Strategist-in-Residence 2021 participants – round one

• Australian Network for Art and Technology, SA
• Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association, NT
• Cirkidz Inc, SA
• Institute of Modern Art Limited, QLD
• Liquid Architecture Sound Inc, VIC
• Studio A Limited, NSW
• Terrapin Puppet Theatre Ltd, TAS
• Brisbane Writers Festival, QLD

Digital Strategist-in-Residence 2021 pilot program participants

• Arena Theatre Company, VIC
• Jam Factory, South Australia
• Sharing Stories Foundation, NSW
• Sydney Dance Company, NSW

Digital Fellowship Program participants 2024

Elsie Andrewes, NZ
Hana Aoake, NZ
Jayden Purcell, NZ
Kate ten Buuren, AUS
Kasey Gambling, AUS
Max Brading, AUS
Mere Taito, NZ
Moorina Bonini, AUS
Natasha Ratuva, NZ
W. Sze Tsang, AUS

Digital Fellowship Program participants 2023

• Ahilapalapa Rands, NZ
• Gabrielle Widders, VIC
• Joshua Faleatua, NZ
• Kathryn Gledhill-Tucker, WA
• Pelenakeke Brown, NZ
• Raelke Grimmer, NT
• Sandy Wakefield, NZ
• Sophia Dumaresq, ACT
• Tanu Gago, NZ
• Vidya Rajan, VIC

Digital Fellowship Program participants 2022

• April Phillips, NSW
• Emele Ugavule, WA
• James Albert, SA
• Jamie Berry, NZ
• Katrina Ioisa, NZ
• Maxwell Wollerman-Turner, NZ
• Michel Mulipola, NZ
• Mi-kaisha Masella, NSW
• Rosanna Raymond, NZ
• Roshelle Fong, VIC
• Sione Faletau, NZ
• Victoria Chiu, VIC

• Audioplay: Gemma Pepper
• ReAction Theatre: Louise Howlett
• WashDog Studios: Dave Court
• ArtsPay: Marc Goldenfein
• Stalker Theatre & Box or Birds: David Clarkson
• Arena Theatre Company: Debra Allanson & Christian Leavesley
• Cityguide: Danny Brookes
• Culture Vault: Millie Migdoll & Sam Linas

• Alyse Newman, VIC
• Creative Bytes, VIC
• David Harris, QLD
• Fiona Hooton, ACT
• Fiona Peel, ACT
• Glen Walton, VIC
• GRID Series Pty Ltd (ARIEL), VIC
• Jessica Priebe, NSW
• Nick Atkins, NSW
• Robert Buratti, WA
• Sammaneh Pourshafighi, VIC
• Samuel Mcgilp, VIC

• Anne Dunn, Sydney Theatre Company
• Bobby Cerini, Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre
• Caroline Spence, Sydney Dance Company
• Carmel Young, Desart
• Christine McEwan, Opera Queensland
• Eric Holowacz, Godinymayin Yijard Rivers Arts and Culture Centre (Katherine Regional Cultural Precinct)
• Gill Perkins, Bell Shakespeare
• Jamie Lewis, Next Wave
• Katie Russell, Australian Museums and Galleries Association (AMaGA)
• Kath M Mainland, Adelaide Festival Corporation
• Max Delany, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
• Nick Hays, Australian Dance Theatre
• Nikki Zerella, Arts Access Victoria
• Penny Whitehead, Geelong Gallery
• Vincent Ciccarello, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra