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Trauma, resilience, sex and art: your guide to the 2020 Miles Franklin shortlist
The Miles Franklin Literary Award is Australia's most prestigious literature prize. The six shortlisted novels shimmer with relevance and signal…
From the Archive: How to make your board work for you
The way a company's board operates can mean success or failure for a business. A previous SAMAG panel discussion struck…
First opera sung entirely in Noongar language commissioned in WA
A new commission will retell a story of sibling rivalry that’s been shared for generations on Noongar boodja in south-west…
Creative prompts for post-COVID theatre
Playwright Fleur Kilpatrick reflects on the spirit of art-making and offers a series of prompts to get your creative juices…
It’s time to talk about spiritual wellbeing
Artists have a unique connection to spirituality though they are wary about talking about it, according to Dr Jackie Bailey.
The real cost of defunding the ABC
ABC funding cuts undervalue both the arts and contemporary stories in our multicultural Australia, argues Vyshnavee Wijekumar.
Lockdown survival toolkit for Victorian artists
As Victoria is declared a State of Disaster, we want to support Victorian artists by updating our one-stop resource to…
Coaxing New Zealand's arts community back out the door
As New Zealand's lockdown restrictions lift, artists and arts organisations question how difficult it will be to get punters back…
Joy Hester – a body of work, remembered at last
The Heide retrospective of Hester’s work marks the centenary of her birth. It comes at a time when audiences have…
Art is at the heart of community: how can we keep it beating?
Artists discuss how lockdown has revealed certain truths about arts’ role in our communities, and what we need to do…