Visual Arts
What you need to know ahead of the National Arts Debate
The National Arts Debate will enable voters to assess Liberal, Labor and Greens arts policies. Here’s our guide to understanding…
Why arts and tourism need each other
NSW’s fastest growing region is an exemplar of the power of culture to draw tourism and revitalise local communities.
The new cultural cringe
The ingrained assumption that work made by regional companies is of poorer quality than metropolitan productions needs to be fought.
The truth about creative personalities
Mad genius? Lonely eccentric? Attention seeker? We debunk the myths in search of the real creative personality.
How to successfully apply for a public art commission
Looking closely at the EOI process, what makes an application stand out, and how you should write it to increase…
Theatres back Labor, Greens arts policies
Your state theatre company has an opinion on how you should vote – or rather how you shouldn't.
The great peak bodies massacre
Why have four out of the five national peak artform organisations just had their funding discontinued by the Australia Council?
Woo me and wonder me with a story
Music, letters, mist and shadows are the unexpected media that tell tales in a new exhibition at the MCA.
Labor boosts funding in new arts policy
One month out from the federal election the ALP have launched a new arts policy which promises to undo the…
Monash to host million-dollar music theatre residency
Once 'teeth, tits and tap', musicals are now being recognised and embraced in universities, as a new initiative demonstrates.