Opinions & Analysis
A conference with only the tea breaks
All the best work at a conference happens in the breaks so let's dispense with the rest of it.
Programming based on age a ‘death sentence’
Arts organisations need to be pragmatic when it comes to programming based on the increasing baby boomer demographic.
Don’t you know who I am?
Arts industry prejudice favours the young, the big city-based, the childless, the schmoozer and the male.
Making sustainable theatre in Australia
There are lots of ways to make theatre greener without sacrificing your creative vision.
The art market's money tightrope
Marketplace reality is changing the nature of doing business as a contemporary artist but there are still moral red lines.
The art of mental health
Some believe that suicide has reached cultural epidemic proportions. Art can help the healing process.
Bundaberg isn't all prude
The small conservative committee that banned a nude does not represent the thriving regional arts scene.
Spinning the celebrities
With the Navy the latest organisation to get in on the act, the role of celebrity culture in creating blockbusters…
New censorship threatens diversity
The censorship of art threatens our society's diversity and tolerance.
Last drinks: In-house catering causes indigestion
Selling more drinks at interval has been seen as a guaranteed way to raise revenue for venues. But is it?