Ghana’s creative arts scene is a kaleidoscope of talent, skills, and vision. Creative arts present a wonderful opportunity for Ghanaians to redefine arts & culture while participating fully in nation-building and contributing to Ghana’s economic development.
Like every promising sector, there has to be a guiding and regulating hand that steers the progress of sector players and ensures that best standards and practices prevail.
The Creative Arts Agency is that guiding hand established by parliament through the Creative Arts Industry Act, 2020 (Act 1048) to provide the necessary institutional framework for the development and management of the arts industry and other related matters. In summary, we are a national agency focused on the development of creativity and culture. We exist to support Ghanaians in participating in the arts and developing creative capacities.
As an Agency, we have a long list of functions prescribed by the Act to help us operate effectively and with direction. Our functions fall within the remits of promoting the growth and development of the industry as well as creating an even playing field for all industry players. For easier understand, we have broken down our functions into different categories.
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Ghana has the potential for a thriving, dynamic, creative arts industry. From music, to fashion, theatre, architecture and the visual arts and design: the Ghanaian creative vision is being recognised as a strong force to be reckoned with.
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To achieve our mission, we have a 2018/2019 strategic plan with goals to guide what we do:
Our values guide us to create an environment where creativity is valued and allowed to flourish and to be the voice for artists and creative arts operators within discussions at all political levels.
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Our definition of the "creative arts industry" is broad and encompasses many disciplines and fields. It includes cultural sites, visual arts, traditional cultural expressions, performing arts, music, publishing and literary arts, audiovisual, new media, design and creative services, and research and recordkeeping.
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