Education & Student News

It’s 2023: when will ARIs get their due?
While some artist-run initiatives have survived the COVID wreckage, many say a rethink is needed to secure the sector's future.

When passion causes more harm than good
How rethinking passion can help arts workers address structural issues and reshape the nature of arts work for the better.

Holiday help! An art expert suggests screen-free things to do
School holidays can feel like a marathon. Here are five creative ideas to try in every room of the house.

Good Work: building a stronger arts ecosystem
How can we nurture and sustain a thriving Australian arts ecosystem? Four cultural leaders offered ideas at a recent forum…

Opportunities and awards
New Tasmania commission opportunities, plus young instrumentalist winner, ACT Book of the Year finalists and more!

'A shambles': NZ arts education needs urgent attention
The lack of priority for the creative fields across Aotearoa is causing more and more concern, says Andrew Wood.

Opportunities and awards
Australian Women in Music Awards nominations open, opportunities at APAX 2023 Market plus winners of Dobell Drawing Prize #23, and…

Key guidelines in First Nations Cultural Policy for music creators
Australian Music Centre’s new First Nations Culture Policy seeks to establish a guideline that safeguards First Nations cultural intellectual rights…

Trove saved thanks to $42.2 million Federal lifeline
The Albanese Government has provided digital archive Trove with $33 million over four years plus an additional $9.2 million in…

Rethinking performance, exhibition and documentation through dance
From dance experimentations in the 70s to more recent performance-exhibitions, what does it mean to look at dance in a…