Queenslanders are actively participating in the arts
- 25 Feb 2015
Five in 10 Queenslanders (that’s over 2 million) are making art or are actively involved in an arts activity.
Research shows that Queenslanders’ participation in the arts significantly increased in 2013 to 50 per cent from 42 percent in 2009. The increase was most noticeable in Visual arts and craft and music.
Figure 1 – Participation by art form (2009 and 2013)
| 2009 | 2013 | |
| Visual arts and craft | 22% | 31% |
| Theatre and dance | 8% | 8% |
| Literature | 15% | 15% |
| Music | 15% | 21% |
| Total | 42% | 50% |
Source: Arts in Daily Life: Queenslanders and the Arts
Visual arts and craft remains the most popular art form in which Queenslanders actively participate. Since 2009, more Queenslanders are participating in or making craft like ceramics, jewellery, sewing or woodcraft (14 per cent), and painting, drawing or street art (13 per cent).
Many Queenslanders are also involved in playing a musical instrument (16 per cent), singing (9 per cent), and writing a novel or short story (8 per cent).
For more information about how Queenslanders engage in the arts see Arts in Daily Life: Queenslanders and the Arts report.
The Arts in Daily Life research was commissioned in partnership with the Australia Council for the Arts.