Turning Point is a ten-year strategy for the contemporary visual arts, released by Arts Council England. The long-term strategy was triggered by a major Arts Council review of the sector and has five priorities: audiences, participation and education; support for the artists; innovation and risk; diversity and leadership; and places, spaces, and partnerships. Its key outcomes will be:

more opportunities for people to experience and engage with the contemporary visual arts wherever they are in the country;

more opportunities for artists to make new work;

a stronger culture of innovation and risk;

a more diverse contemporary visual arts sector and more diverse audiences and participants;

strengthened leadership and a stronger visual arts profession;

stronger contemporary visual arts organisations with longer-term planning and less `short-termism’;

stronger regional, national, and organisation-to-organisation partnerships; and

greater engagement in, and understanding of, contemporary art in its historical and cultural context. To access the strategy online as a series of PDF documents, CLICK HERE.

www.artscouncil.org.uk