Performing Arts

Arts curriculum caught in caretaker period - again
Education Ministers have approved the Australian Curriculum: The Arts but publication needs to wait for a new government.

A feast of a festival
Adelaide’s Queer Culture Festival is getting ready to mix it up.

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra launches 2014 season
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s 2014 season has been revealed, and its new focus on accessibility will be music to many…

Building cross-platform usability
With an increasing percentage of users accessing the web on mobile devices, the arts need a comprehensive responsive site.

Major new permanent exhibition on Aboriginal Victoria
A new world-first exhibition, First Peoples, will open in Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre 7 September 2013.

Digging up art in the Pilbara
Mining groups BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto are teaming up with art groups groups to foster art in the Pilbara,…

Election & the arts: Weighing up the policies
Speeches by Tony Burke and George Brandis at Blacktown Arts Centre on Monday may be the closest thing we get…

Accompaning pianist hits all the right notes
Tully Brookes has won first place in the 2013 Geoffrey Parsons Award for collaborative pianists.

Giving back grant money
When you’ve jumped through a bunch of hoops to get grant funding it's hard to imagine handing the money back.…

Archie Roach song now part of ‘the nation’s memory’
A ballad about the Stolen Generation is among 10 songs added to National Archive's registry of culturally significant recordings.