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Why exercise is good for your arts practice
A dancer, a pianist and a vocal coach discuss the benefits of fitness on their respective practices.
When art gets too personal
Using the people around you in your art may test whether you care more about your creative work or your…
Ai Weiwei has pulled his work from Denmark – should Melbourne be next?
Weiwei has taken Denmark to task for its asylum-seeker policy. Australia, for now, is another issue.
Rebranding Design
Object has become the Australian Design Centre, and with that rebrand new definitions for future design
Staying awake: the art of the epic
Despite claims social media has destroyed our attention spans, audiences still flock to endurance-length theatrical epics: but why?
What could you do with $1 million?
Arts and the imagination go hand in hand: in the wake of the new Australian Ballet residence we asked other…
A year of directing dangerously
Going to work in a prison revived this theatre-maker and reminded him why he makes theatre.
Indigenous literary festival a place to learn, laugh and participate
The inaugural Indigenous literary festival Blak & Bright will promote and celebrate a diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander…
Great expectations set students up for a fall
Course outlines can offer tantalising visions to prospective students but some who go in planning a creative arts career are…
Overcoming creation guilt in the arts
Should being busy really be a badge of honour? The mounting pressure for artists to create more, more, more may…