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![Imogen Batt-Doyle, winner of The Cloncurry Poetry Prize 2024 with an ode to the Outback. Photo: Supplied. A person squatting on the peak of a mountain with the sun setting in the background.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Imogen-Batt-Doyle_winner-2024-1-e1720506159677.jpg?w=310)
Opportunities and awards
Residency to create site-responsive work inside chic hotel, winners of Bush Music Fund, crime book finalists, and more!
![Two contemporary dancers make shapes with their bodies in a gallery setting.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Sundance.jpg?w=310)
New support for UK/Australian collaborations
The British Council has announced the opening of applications for its Connections Through Culture arts grants, supporting new cultural projects…
![Flag black top, red bottom and yellow circle centre. Aborigingal Australia.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Screen-Shot-2024-07-08-at-9.07.45-am-e1720393792618.png?w=310)
First Nations power list: 41 recent appointments making a difference
ArtsHub recognises a large group of recently appointed First Nations arts professionals.
![A man in a red life jacket paddles a bright orange kayak across a rippled stretch of water between two rocky cliffs.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/conor-luddy-DCZbpnB4MpI-unsplash.jpg?w=310)
On the move: latest arts sector appointments
Our weekly round-up of comings and goings in the Australian arts sector.
![Man sitting on chair outside with paper pages raining down on him. Arts news.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/dmitry-ratushny-O33IVNPb0RI-unsplash.jpg?w=310)
This week's arts news and trending topics
This week's top arts news stories and most read reviews.
![A group of red leotard clad performers stand in formation in front of a wall with their faces also covered, but colourful adornments like wigs or bras breaking up the red.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Performing-arts-company-Voiiid-Collective-launch-A-2022-Jade-Ellis-Photography.jpg?w=310)
The Paint Factory
One man’s vision to create a vibrant and innovative integrated arts precinct and cultural hub that will add value to…
![Three women are out in a field. One is carrying another one on her shoulders. They are mid-dance. They are wearing flame-coloured clothing.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/2023-ADP-Hillscape@Arboretum-photo-by-Lorna-Sim1.jpg?w=310)
Art blooms in unexpected public places
Site-specific dance, public art and an artful flower festival will delight visitors and Canberrans alike, while also challenging preconceptions of…
![Mark Valenzuela, recipient of 2025 Porter Street Commission, in his studio. Photo: Rosina Possingham. A middle-aged man of Filipino descent with a shortly trimmed black beard smiling. He is wearing a brown cap with a green jacket and hands in his pockets. In the background is a studio setting with an array of objects on shelves.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Mark-Valenzuela-Photography-Rosina-Possingham-e1719893500972.jpg?w=310)
Opportunities and awards
Music Victoria Awards open for nominations, ATYP casting, plus winners of ceramic prize, and more!
![A white woman's arm and hand reaching over papers to work on a laptop, while she holds a calculator in her other hand.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/pexels-mikhail-nilov-8296981_CROPPED_RESIZED.jpg?w=310)
Government arts funding over time: are we ahead or behind?
Drilling down into aspects of public arts funding reveals some important trends.
![Artists dressed in pink and purple promote their show on a grey street at Edinburgh Fringe.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/street-performers-870126_1920.jpg?w=310)
Fringe festival furore as state’s US$32 million arts budget vetoed
Fringe festivals have reacted with shock to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ vetoing all arts funding on the basis that some…