IN a new agreement, ACT Arts Minister Tara Cheyne has announced,  the government will provide funding to the ANU School of Music and ANU School of Art and Design for community outreach activities.

More than $2 million will be provided to both schools over the next three years to support a broad range of music and visual arts programs and enable members of the community to access music and visual arts programs, develop their artistic skills and enable artists to develop and increase their capacity and capability.

Rebranded as the ANU Community Music Centre the music program is intended to provide more opportunities for adults, women, gender diverse individuals, minority groups, and to increase the visibility of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music and musicians.

The School of Art and Design will offer two public outreach programs, “Sharing Stories Arts Exchange” and the new program, “Living City: People, Plants and Places”.