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Learning from disabled audiences
Access isn't just about ramps and doorways, it's also a new way of thinking about audiences that has ramifications for…
Orchestra Victoria facing eviction
Orchestra Victoria will lose its home in Albert Park in December and new accommodation is yet to be found.
Aging population a career opportunity for artists
Aged care facilities may be the next theatres, with an in-built audience ripe for cultural stimulation.
Inspire60: Max Delany
The Australian Centre for Contemporary Art’s new Artistic Director & CEO tells us what he finds inspiring about his work.
Regional voices ignored by regional arts inquiry
A Parliamentary Inquiry into access to media and the arts in regional and rural Australia failed to hold public hearings…
Winners announced at NSW Premier's Literary Awards
A total of $305,000 was awarded across 13 prize categories on Monday night at the State Library of NSW.
Who are the new guard?
Among the gloom of last week there’s a bright note: some companies have received multi-year organisational funding for the first…
Risk taking needs to happen in the board room
In the old model artistic directors came up with risky ideas and boards applied brakes. But smart governance likes a…
Shock and anger as sector responds to funding crisis
The news that 62 organisations have lost operational funding has sent shock waves through the Australian arts community and its…
Government spends $12 m in mysterious Catalyst windfall
Another 45 successful Catalyst grants were quietly announced on Friday but no one knows where the money is coming from.