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What Darwin Festival learned about operating in a pandemic
The homegrown Darwin Festival 2020 created a palpable sense of community despite adhering to social distancing guidelines.
Connection, conversation & cultural exchange: Artlands online
The Artlands Conversation Series is a curated series of online discussions exploring the needs and issues important to regionally based…
Post-pandemic pick-me-ups: great art will show the way
Art inspires, consoles, teaches empathy, and gives perspective and meaning. Here, creatives from across the country look beyond our current…
Classical music must stop obsessing about young audiences, says ASQ's Sharon Grigoryan
As she prepares to leave the Australian String Quartet after seven years, cellist Sharon Grigoryan reflects on the highs and…
WA government announces $76M arts & culture recovery package
The package includes a $15 million ‘Getting the Show back on the Road’ plan for the performing arts, and a…
Custom-built circus centre to open in Brisbane in 2021
Flipside’s uniquely designed new building will be a home for community and social circus training while also accessible to the…
Six essential videos to help you get your art online
Produced in partnership with Creative Victoria, our Artists Essential Toolkit video series covers the fundamentals of getting your work online…
Why we’ll need great art more than ever after COVID-19
From around the country, artists and arts workers reflect on why the post-pandemic world will need art more than ever.
Anger in NSW as media receive funding outcomes ahead of applicants
Outcomes of the already-delayed funding round were communicated to applicants by the media, or by texts from colleagues, instead of…
AMPAG to close after 21 years
The Australian Major Performing Arts Group will wind up in September, making way for new methods of arts advocacy for…