CPA is supported by the Australian Government through the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications.  The activity and impact of CPA is therefore reported to this particular Department. 

CPA ensure arts and cultural initiatives can flourish through the mutual support of businesses and donors. 

Providing resources for arts professionals regarding fundraising, networking and community outreach are ways CPA assists arts initiatives.  Financial support, professional development, coaching and mentoring, revenue raising skills and general capacity building are services provided by CPA for arts professionals. 

CPA believes that arts and cultural activities are an important investment that positively impacts the greater community.

CPA are responsible for such partnerships as The Guardian Newspaper and the Human Rights Arts and Film Festival. 

Resource: https://creativepartnershipsaustralia.org.au/

-Akira Zosens 

-Viscopy is Australasia's rights management organization for visual arts;

-Viscopy members include artists, authors, musicians and other owners of copyright in works

-key roles: licensing the copyright in artistic works for customer base in Australia and New Zealand, including all the major Australian auction houses and public galleries, on behalf of the members;

-objectives: help members look after the rights in work, recognition, respect, as well as fair payment involved;

-members are eligible to receive payment from the decretory license schemes for education and governments, as well as annual licenses for business use of text and images and the visual arts pay-per-use licenses for merchandising, magazines and auction catalogues; 

-Viscopy was established in 1995 as a public-funding-supported organisation to a self-supporting collecting society;

-Viscopy operates on a non-profit basis with free membership fee and only charge artists a proportion of the royalties collected on their behalf to cover the costs of providing services (25% on royalties in Australia and New Zealand and 10% for overseas); 

-representing 43% of the total visual artists in Australia and New Zealand including indigenous artists and over 40,000 international artists and beneficiaries of artists' estates through reciprocal agreements with over 40 visual arts rights management agencies around the world;

-Viscopy merged with Copyright Agency on November 30th, 2017 and Copyright Agency is appointed by the Australian Government to manage the artist resale royalty scheme; an Artist Director has been added to the Copyright Agency's Board and Artist members will elect the Artist Director in the future;

-Copyright Agency CEO, Adam Suckling said "This is a significant moment in the history of these two organisations. Not only is it a positive move for members and the industry, it will help us drive efficiencies and ensure we can increase distributions to visual artists.”

 
-Shirley (XUEWEI LIU)

References:

 

•  From conservation to support/develop professional public gallery services and community engagement:

Established in 1957 as the Regional Galleries Association of Victoria (RGAV), it provided support and advocated on behalf of galleries in regional Victoria. The RGAV was influential in the establishment of gallery standards and advocating for the employment of specialised, professional staff to collect, conserve and present high quality exhibitions of visual art to regional communities. In 1987 it became the Public Galleries Association of Victoria (PGAV) to extend their support to metropolitan galleries in Victoria. The priorities of the organisations at this time were supporting the professional development of gallery staff and enabling public galleries to engage new audiences.

 

•     PGAV represents 50 galleries across metropolitan and regional Victoria. As the peak body, it delivers programs to support the development of the sector, advocates on behalf of the sector and promotes the sector to key stakeholders and audiences. It is aimed at building the capacity of public galleries in Victoria, enabling their members to present engaging visual art experiences which deliver valuable social, economic and cultural returns to their communities. 

•    Support, develop and promote Victoria galleries within the national context.

•   It acts like an agent (broker) between:

ü   Members (50 public galleries)

ü   Three tiers of government

ü   Private and philanthropic sectors

ü   Education and research institutions 

ü   Public audiences and community

•  A national voice of Victoria gallery sector

•   Services include:

ü   Program delivering (education, professional training and national awards)

ü   Research and data collection (social, economic and cultural impact etc.) 

ü   Work with local governments support their work with public galleries 

•  Established an internship program at NGV

•  Initiated professional training programs with NETS Victoria (The National Exhibitions Touring Support) and Museum Australia (Victoria)

•  “Get into Art” program

•  Collecting cultural, social and economic data and research results for government.

•   It functions like a mediator to provide a bridge of correspondence between their members, public audiences, different governments and sectors and contributes to shaping a more unprejudiced policy.

 

·    Purpose: 

- Victoria Evans

Australian Museums and Galleries Association (AMaGA) is the national association and peak advocacy body representing the museums and galleries sector nationally.

The Museums Australia merged a number of separate museums associations long existing in Australia in 1994 (the Council of Australian Museums Associations, the Museums Association of Australia, the Art Museums Association of Australia, and the Museum Education Association of Australia.)

The work of this Association is primarily enabled through its members ,Membership fees support the Association’s activities across all States and Territories. But for some specific programs or some national projects, they sought funding from department or state governments.

As a national membership association they provide advice, representation, support and services to enable organisations and individuals to thrive; and as a peak body they advocate on behalf of the sector to communicate the value of museums and galleries, raise professional standards, inform policy, and promote ethical practice.

key initiatives

They aim to support the creative industries with key initiatives like the Museum Accreditation `Program and Victorian Collections.

What They Do:

They have branches in different regions，for example in vic，they provide services including 

Policies：