Features
Redundancy, renovation and restructuring: coping with chaos
Working in an organisation going through a restructure or redevelopment can be a boon or a bust for your career.
Using art to revisit trauma helps us put it in the past
Creativity provides a space where – whether through a picture, play, song, or simply scribbles on a piece of paper…
‘It gets harder’: Tim Winton on writing
The author of Cloudstreet offers insights into the writing life and reflects on the differences between writing for the page…
Scrounging for money: how great writers made a living
From pest exterminators to advertising copywriters, the great writers of the past found inventive ways to support themselves and their…
Prioritising self-care in the arts
Looking after yourself is an important part of maintaining creative energy
Dead white males and gay dancers: challenging stereotypes part two
If you think that classical music is all about dead white males, or that there’s something unmanly about male ballet…
How to price your visual art
Pricing visual art can seem like plucking a number out of the air, but the reality is much more complicated.
Japan invades Sydney Harbour, again
Artists rethink the trauma of war by reflecting upon the little discussed attack on Sydney by the Japanese.
From opera to fringe: challenging art form stereotypes
Opera is expensive and elitist, while 'fringe' is code for 'second rate'. Why to do such stereotypes endure?
Why New York is interested in Toowoomba, and not Melbourne
A regional QLD city has caught the eye of New York curator–influencers, who value its cultural programing as being richer…