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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…
Will Blockbuster exhibitions be the collateral damage of COVID?
When we think of blockbusters we imagine big crowds, big dollars and international travel – a sure recipe for cancellation…
Is there a lack of diversity in LGBTQI children's literature?
According to a Deakin study, almost a third of rainbow families struggle to find representation in LGBTQI+ children’s books. Booksellers…
Exit Interview: Ashleigh Wilson, Arts Editor at The Australian
As he leaves The Australian, Ashleigh Wilson wraps up two decades with the paper, half of which was spent shaping…