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Arts and Cultural Development

Important message

Changes to Library access and book drop

Construction of the new Civic Centre building will soon commence. The current Civic Centre carpark and nearby entrance will be closed from Monday 28 April and remain closed while works take place. The City Library will remain open and will be accessible from the Civic Centre Customer Services’ entry near Civic Park. 

Please note that the City Library returns chute will be temporarily unavailable. A new Book Drop will be installed at the Cavenagh St side of the Civic Centre soon. 

We kindly ask all customers to:

  • return items inside the Library during opening hours, or
  • use one of the 24/7 return chutes located at Casuarina, Nightcliff or Karama libraries.

For more information about the project, please go here.

We apologise for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.

Creative Strategy 2024 – 2030 

City of Darwin has a Creative Strategy 2024 – 2030, informed by extensive engagement with the local community, stakeholders, and Darwin’s creative sector. 

To read or download a copy click here 

Our Vision

We want a capital city where creativity is amplified. Where talent, skill and tradition are nurtured and elevated for the enrichment of all.

The strategy has been developed to build on our creative sector which includes individual artists, organisations, businesses, and our audiences.

The seven-year, place-based strategy is structured around three focus areas

•    Celebrating Larrakia
•    Distinctly Darwin 
•    Invigorating spaces.

With six guiding principles to underpin the three priorities across the life of the strategy

•    Relationships
•    Partnering
•    Adding value
•    Diversity
•    Building capacity
•    Municipality-wide reach.

The strategy was guided by Council’s Arts and Cultural Development Advisory Committee (ACDAC) and its Creative Strategy Working Group and developed in collaboration with Matrix on Board Consulting.

The Creative Strategy draws from the Darwin community’s participation and wisdom, the current local and national policy environment, and City of Darwin’s Strategic Plan to nurture and grow the creative lives of all who live, work, play and study across the municipality.  

To contact the Arts and Cultural Development team email arts@darwin.nt.gov.au. 

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