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Victorian Premier's Design Awards 2024 revealed

This year's Awards range from recognising the branding for a truly global organisation to the design for a Brunswick-made shoe.

ArtsHub

Nov 20, 2024

Eileen Kramer in the forthcoming Sydney Festival production 'AFTERWORLD'. A 110-year-old woman holds her hands to her veiled face.

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Vale Eileen Kramer

The iconic Australian dancer and choreographer has died aged 110.

Richard Watts

Nov 20, 2024

Footscray Community Arts welcomes long-awaited outdoor upgrade to open in 2025

A new outdoor venue will allow year-round activations at Footscray Community Arts.

ArtsHub

Nov 20, 2024

Gallery visits do good for youth mental health

Significant improvements in youth mental health have been recorded through AGNSW’s Culture Dose for Kids program.

Celina Lei

Nov 20, 2024

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15 First Nations arts professionals given significant career boost

Dhiraamalang, the Wesfarmers First Nations Arts Leadership Program, has announced its 2024 recipients for a life-changing pathway.

Gina Fairley

Nov 20, 2024

An ABBA parade is just one of the events in Brisbane this weekend.

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5 things to do in Brisbane this weekend

Go round the twist, explore enchanted gardens, dance in the CBD and much more in Brisbane this weekend.

David Burton

Nov 20, 2024

The cast of Dear Evan Hansen, in Sydney this weekend.

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5 things to do in Sydney this weekend

Explore historical Peru, receive an education on gay cruising, do your Christmas shopping and more in Sydney this weekend!

David Burton

Nov 20, 2024

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Arts Workforce Scoping Study interim findings indicate crisis across sectors

New findings illustrate that Australia's creative workforce is in a critical shape, facing recruitment and retention issues.

Gina Fairley

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The case for those with the battle scars to sit on arts boards

With the make-up of arts boards ever under the microscope, looking to directors from the sector with runs on the…

Dr John Daley and Rachel Krust

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The untapped potential of theatre-based interventions for mental health

The benefits of using interactive theatre and creative arts activities to educate and build mental health skills.

Ally Kelly

New report shows Australia in crisis, but offers a pathway to wellbeing through creativity

As social cohesion drops to a new low in Australia, ANA’s new report touts creativity’s positive impact on wellbeing.

Gina Fairley

Four Americans of different genders and ethnic backgrounds stand in a line in front of a wooden door, meeting Senator Nancy Pelosi to preserve the National Endowment Agency.

Will the US win?

What will be the impact of this week's US election results on the arts? And what will be the implications…

David Pledger

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Two figures, Ahunim Abebe, Mark Saturno are crouched on the left hand bottom corner of the stage. In the background are 3 silhouette figures with pale light behind them.

Theatre review: Jack Maggs, Adelaide Festival Centre

Based on the novel by Peter Carey, this production is a fine new work in the Australian theatrical canon.

Peter Burdon

Nov 20, 2024

et al., ‘maintenance of social solidarity 2006–24 (detail)’. Installation view: ‘et al.: epochal’, Monash University Museum of Art. A table with a laptop inside a space with metal fencing on both sides, and a projector displaying ambiguous text and landscape.

Exhibition review: et al.: epochal, MUMA

Truth and power challenged as Aotearoa New Zealand collective et al. disrupts the MUMA galleries.

Celina Lei

Nov 20, 2024

A painting of a snail by Mike Makatron with a shell that depicts a garden.

Exhibition review: Nature of Nature: Mike Makatron, Backwoods Gallery

Prolific mural artist hosts a rare gallery exhibition with exceptional results.

Ash Brom

Nov 20, 2024

The five-person band of RocKwiz Orkestra on stage.

Performance review: Never Mind the Buzzers, Here’s RocKwiz LIVE!, West Gippsland Arts Centre

The original TV show has become a popular touring franchise.

Joe Matera

Nov 20, 2024

Two panels. On the left is author Rick Morton. He has grey-brown tousled hair, glasses and a three-day growth. On the right is his book 'Mean Streak', which shows people trying to climb up a ladder.

Book review: Mean Streak, Rick Morton

This exhaustive record of the illegal and self-serving behaviour of people in high places is as compelling as it is…

Erich Mayer

Nov 19, 2024

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Guy Simon is pivoting from acting to being an Assistant Director, and speaks about the experience for ArtsHub's 'So you want my arts job?' series. An Aboriginal man with black hair and brown eyes gazes steadily into the camera.

So you want my arts job: Assistant Director

If you are willing to be an extra set of eyes and ears for the director, working as an assistant…

Richard Watts

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What should I do to prepare for a monologue performance?

Monologues are the purest form of storytelling for an actor. So how do you prepare for them?

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So you want my arts job: Design Curator

Design Curator Tonya Meyrick of Geelong Design Week in Australia’s only UNESCO City of Design shares insights into her role.

Celina Lei

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Networking and Mentoring – Learning Module 4, Networking 101

The first chapter of five videos in this fourth module, offering practical advice for creative businesses and produced by The…

Madeleine Swain