Creative Sydney - May 27 to June 13

23rd March, 2009

In its inaugural year, Creative Sydney will feature a provocative talks program and event series at the Museum of Contemporary Art; a conference, Creative Futures, held at Sydney Opera House on Saturday June 13, as well as the launch of Creative Catalysts - a list of Sydney's creative pioneers.

Creative Sydney aims to put the spotlight one of the city's most abundant resources. The creative industries employ five percent of the total NSW workforce (equal in size to the finance industry and 1.5 times larger than agriculture)*.

Creative Sydney will involve artists and practitioners from the full range of Sydney's creative sectors including music, design, architecture, gaming, photography, performance, writing, radio, film, TV, media arts, advertising and visual arts.

Over three weeks from May 27 - June 12, the MCA's Foundation Hall will be home to the Creative Sydney event series, featuring talks, performances, exhibitions and seminars showcasing local creative industries and creating a hub for like-minded Sydneysiders to meet, interact and network.

Curated by Jess Scully (SOYA, SummerWinter magazine) and Marcus Westbury (ABC TV's Not Quite Art, Newcastle's This is Not Art Festival, Melbourne's NextWave Festival) and produced by Mixed Industry (Noise, Cockatoo Island Festival), Creative Sydney's full program and the Creative Catalyst list will be launched in April, stay tuned to www.creativesydney.com.au for updates.

Creative Sydney is part of Vivid Sydney, a unique new public festival featuring Luminous music festival at Sydney Opera House, Smart Light Sydney and Fire Water. Vivid Sydney is one of five anchor events in the first ever NSW Master Events Calendar created by Events NSW on behalf of the NSW Government. For the full Vivid Sydney program visit www.vividsydney.com.au

http://www.creativesydney.com.au