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How dance connects First Peoples on the world stage
The opportunity to explore cultural connections goes well beyond the sharing of art – it connects with cultural values; our…

Women lead the way in transcending boundaries
Six artists with Australian-Moroccan/Saudi heritage make incremental push-backs on what they will and won’t accept.

Artist as activist: a force for social change
Artists and activists Mama Alto, Steve Lambert and Jax Jacki Brown discuss 'strategic dramaturgy' and making work with the potential…

Fake hijab tells migration truths
An invisible theatre work by artist Jema Stellato Pledger explores diversity, identity and the line between performing and becoming.

Arts publishing on the rise, thanks to industry chutzpah
With a slew of new artist monographs released over the past month, ArtsHub questions the recent focus on visual arts…

Why a visual arts education is the key to arming students for the future
Despite living in an image-saturated world we offer little education in the vital skills of learning to critique what we…

‘The need to make work keeps me going’
Physical theatre artist Debra Batton has had a long and varied career. ArtsHub spoke with Batton about her career journey,…

Creative ageing is an urgent and fashionable topic, yet currently unsustainable
Creative ageing is a two-fold problem: the crisis of our artists ageing into poverty, and the lack of sustainability in…

How workplace routine makes innovation difficult
Your colleagues aren't dinosaurs - it's the routines of your workplace that prevent change from taking place.

Feeling the impact of cultural tourism beyond the majors
Artshub takes a look at how the rise of cultural tourism is trickling into regional Australia and towards bespoke individual…