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So you want to be a visual artist?
How do you get a foothold as a professional artist in Australia?

How to work the room
You see them at parties and opening nights, those well-connected people who seem to be able to speak with everyone…

Alexandra Harrison
Alexandra Harrison is the current Dancehouse Housemate artist-in-residence.

Ruth Rogers-Wright: singer/songwriter
Ruth Rogers-Wright is a Melbourne-based singer/songwriter who will be performing her unique blend of jazz and soul throughout July and…

8 top Australian creative residencies
One of the best ways for visual artists to perfect that piece of work that has been sitting in the…

Clint Hurrell: designer-director
Clint Hurrell has twenty-five years experience designing and directing Spectacle Art projects from Bondi Beach New Years Eve Fire Sculptures…

Stephen Lloyd Helper
Producer and director Stephen Lloyd Helper is known for creating and championing work of cultural diversity.

Jeremy ‘Yongurra’ Donovan
Jeremy Donovan is national spokesperson for Generation One and ambassador for CREATivE CHANGE.

Why not both access and excellence?
The Australia Council Review wants access arts in a separate stream from excellence. Peak bodies are not convinced.

Finding words for dance's physicality
For dancers mediating movement through words and context destroys the purity of physical intimacy.