The party also wants to expand the Labor Government's ''per cent for art'' scheme to private developments and extend the sometimes controversial public art program.

But the policy is not costed, and many details are yet to be worked out.

Greens candidate and performing artist Elena Kirsch-baum said Canberra had developed an ''absurd'' reputation as a boring place because unique talent was not being fostered.

''Most artists leave Canberra. There's just not the support here for professional artists,'' she said.

''There's a real lack of creativity and interesting consulting with artists about the way money is being spent on the arts in Canberra. We've got this enormous input that the Labor Government has put into public artwork, which is fantastic ... but then there's this real lack of money and energy put into, say, the performing arts or emerging artists.''

The Greens art policy outlines 21 measures to improve the arts in the ACT, such as ''anti-scalping'' legislation to help live music events and local architecture competitions.

But Ms Kirschbaum was unable to say exactly how some of the ideas would be put into practice.

One measure calls for the expansion of the public art program to include increased arts funding and greater consultation into the way arts money is spent.

Ms Kirschbaum said the public art program should be spread across a number of smaller, varied artworks rather than big million-dollar projects.

''We want money spent a whole lot holistically, and there's a huge range of different things that fit into that,'' she said.

Ms Kirschbaum organises the Tilt street performers festival in Garema Place. Earlier this week she was forced to apologise for a Facebook message in which she asked friends to help drive ''emo'' teenagers away from the festival.

The Greens want to see artists taking part in Government arts festivals paid a more realistic rate.

Ms Kirschbaum said artists who performed in Melbourne, Adelaide or Sydney would be paid up to four times the ACT rate. ''For one hour of roving entertainment [in Canberra] they would be paid $140 to $200, in Melbourne it would be anywhere from $400 to $700 for an hour.''