Local Giants is an ambitious new capacity building program which seeks to unlock the cultural ambition and potential of regional Australia; born of a three way partnership between Performing Arts Connections (PAC) Australia, Performing Lines and Regional Arts Australia.
With support from the Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund—an Australian Government initiative, the Australian Government through the Regional Arts Fund, and the NSW Government through Create NSW, Local Giants will be delivered across 2021 – 2023 in partnership with regional partner venues in South Australia, New South Wales and Queensland.
Speaking to the inception of the program the partnership of Performing Lines, Regional Arts Australia and PAC Australia have said that Local Giants is responding directly to consultation with regional colleagues and seeks to create the foundations for new models of working that elevate the work of regional artists and arts workers.