Visual Arts

State earns $226 million from musicals boom?
A boom in musicals brought as much money in as the Australian Open tennis and provided 3,000 jobs.

Arts sector silence fails Indigenous peak bodies
Indigenous Arts needs its own peak bodies to enable specific outcomes to the Indigenous sector that the mainstream arts cannot…

How your anxiety is affecting your creativity
'Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity', wrote TS Eliot. But modern research shows the relationship is much more complicated.

Five questions to help you bounce back from grant rejection
Missing out on a grant can be frustrating and demoralising but asking the right questions can turn it into an…

Taking your art practice to the next level
In this video discussion, four gallery managers offer valuable advice on exhibiting and approaching galleries.

The impact of #ausvotesarts
The recent Federal election saw unprecedented coverage of the arts as a political issue, the outcomes of which may have…

VIDEO: Who are the 2016 Archibald finalists?
51 artists are in the running for Australia’s oldest and most lucrative portrait prize.

The 101 year old dancer inspiring fashion
A 101-year-old dancer collaborated with a Sydney fashion designer to fund a program of creative immersion in aged care facilities…

The 50 most annoying phrases you hear at work
Arts workplaces are supposed to be creative but many are falling into management speak as if they were banks.

Controversy as Big West Festival announces closure
Current funding challenges facing the arts sector are not the reason for the festival’s closure says Chair, while stakeholders fume…