Opinions & Analysis
Arts advocacy: speaking with one voice
Fair payment? Education? Career opportunites? How do arts advocates decide where to put their energies.
Can a bad review be a good thing?
How can a panning from the critics become some tough love in disguise?
On the Road stimulating small communities
The funding decisions are yet to be made but just the opportunity to think about how arts could transform a…
How long is too long?
Opera Australia will stage Wagner’s 15-hour Ring Cycle in Melbourne this year. Can modern audiences sustain a dramatic marathon?
Why is Tasmania the place to be in the arts?
Tiny Tasmania is the kid sister who is increasingly outshining her siblings in creative capital. We asked the Premier how…
Why the arts struggle for Government funding
A senior arts bureaucrats explains the bizarre and paradoxical strategies public servants use to win government support for the arts.
The art of dying well
‘Deathtalker’ Molly Carlisle has discovered the arts are the perfect vehicle for enabling her clients to have a ‘good death’.
Why Study at TAFE when you could go to uni?
TAFE enrolments are suffering from competitive university courses and lost funding but a degree is not a substitute for vocational…
Should the arts be colour blind?
For an Asian actor, the problem of stereotyping and cultural diversity isn’t solved by casting directors being colour blind.
Use Deckchair Theatre closure to fund new Australian work
Playwrighting advocates argue the money that used to go to Freemantle's Deckchair Theatre should be applied to developing new Australian…