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‘The Renewal: A Village Dreams’. Photo: Courtesy of Woodford Folk Festival and Lachlan Douglas. A group of performers wearing white cluster around a woven dome, holding poles of light above them.
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Woodford's renewed approach to ritual

Woodford Folk Festival’s closing ceremony returned to its ritual roots – but this time, without the use of fire.

AACHWA’s Our Business: Aboriginal Art Centre Forum, Jambinu (Geraldton), 2022. Photo: Dragonfly Media. A figure with their back turned to the viewer, wearing an orange shirt with the words ‘PROMOTE EMPOWER CONNECT’.
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Art centres go above and beyond

The cross-sector benefits of community-controlled art centres.

Photo: Stelios Kazazis, Unsplash. Three sculptures of goddesses on the architectural column of the Parthenon.
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Australians fighting for the Parthenon Marbles’ return

A major campaign in Australia has been active since the 1980s in building a movement around the return of the…

‘The Nightingale and Other Fables’ upcoming at Adelaide Festival 2024, directed by Robert Lepage. Photo: Michael Cooper. A performer in traditional Chinese garment standing on a rooftop with a branch extending out into the violet night sky.
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Orientalism, a stain that taints Australian opera?

From yellowface to chinoiserie – Orientalism pervades Western stages, so will that include Adelaide Festival’s upcoming, lauded centrepiece opera?

Nadiah NfuZion, Dance Summer Camp 2017, Portugal. Photo: David Velez Photography. A large crowd of people gathering in front of an outdoor stage for an energetic dance class.
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Bridging the diversity gap through art

A showcase of creatives who use their respective arts practices to enrich, uplift and educate.

Aerialist Lauren Watson in a scene from 'NERVE'. Photo: Cinnamon Smith. A performer with her leg and arms raised, balancing on her sitting bones. The background is pitch black with soft lights illuminating her body.
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A matter of perception 

Disabled entrepreneurs who choose the arts to engage with their audiences.

Cessalee Stovall delivers a Stage A Change workshop at Darlinghurst Theatre Company. Photo: Amylia Harris. Stovall stands on the right hand side, speaking to a group of people who are sitting around tables. She is a woman with black curly hair tied up in a bun, brown skin, wearing a pink cardigan.
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Perspectives on the concept, craft and currency of community engagement

Forward-thinking performing arts organisations are embracing community engagement in new and expansive ways.

arts education: A woman writing on a whiteboard filled with brainstormed ideas on art composition techniques.
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4 urgent issues on the minds of arts educators this year

Problems of equity and access continue to weigh on the minds of art teachers at the start of this new…

Work by Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran (Sullivan+Strumpf) at ART SG 2024. Photo: Supplied. A woman at the ART SG art fair taking a photo in front of a mid-sized ceramic sculpture. The Sculpture is colourful and looks like two adjoined elephants standing on their hind legs.
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What ART SG reveals about Singapore’s booming art scene

Drawing a record number of attendees in its second year, ART SG highlights Singapore’s rising status as a key art…

Photo: Eric Nopanen, Unsplash. Woman lying on the ground near grey radio.
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Australian independent music, where is it?

How can we listen to more independent Australian music, and where can artists share their tracks?

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