NETS Australia gets art into the regions and works with arts professionals and organisations to develop exhibitions for travelling and sourcing funding to facilitate these activities. Artists and their work are promoted, supported and made accessible to regional, remote and metropolitan communities through the work of NETS Australia.
NETS Australia works with art professionals and organisations to develop skills and awareness of best practice in transporting, handling, packing, exhibiting and storing works of art.
In the Report of the Contemporary Visual Arts and Craft Inquiry published by the Commonwealth of Australia in 2002, Rupert Myer found:
ÒRegular touring of exhibitions of contemporary visual arts and craft to regional and remote areas, including to Indigenous communities, is essential for general audience development. It also provides a valuable service for metropolitan galleries and artists.Ó
Moreover, Myer states:
"... there are a number of networks of organisations and institutions that play a key role in the development of contemporary art and craft practice in Australia. Through their exhibition, educational and promotional activities they nurture the careers of artists and craft practitioners and arts professionals. They provide opportunities for the revitalisation of the work of established artists and they also provide initial professional experience for emerging artists and curators. Through their networks they help build audiences, create demand for contemporary art and pioneer new international relationships
