Features

On the road: why you need to be strategic about touring
Whether venturing around the country or overseas, planning a long-term touring strategy needs careful consideration.

Who goes to MONA? Peering behind the 'flannelette curtain'
David Walsh's Museum of Old and New Art is located in one of the most disadvantaged municipalities in Tasmania, but…

How the arts respond to crisis
From indie artists to state companies, even the most skilled arts administrators are sometimes faced with catastrophe. What can we…

How to attract audiences: a radical rethink
Arts organisations are ‘snow blind’ with demographic data that fails to explain what really makes audiences buy tickets. There is…

Don’t get an arts job
Monetising your art might kill your creativity.

Creative State one year on
One year since the Victorian Government announced an extra $115 million in cultural investment, what has the program achieved, and…

Five tips to get the most out of your work day
Drinking coffee at work has a range of benefits, plus four more.

Contemporary art replaces industrial giant
When industry moved out and left a country town floundering, art festival Cementa moved in to activate it.

Finding the right place to sell your art
A new kind of gallery space is emerging, straddling the distance between the traditional commercial gallery and the artist-run not-for-profit.

What's hot in comedy in 2017
From comedians who deliberately make you sad to a new wave of feminist humour, comedy festivals are the perfect time…