Opinions & Analysis

11 events not to miss at Darwin Festival 2019
From cutting edge performance to timeless Aboriginal art, here are ArtsHub’s picks from the Darwin Festival program.

Best ways to promote yourself
Getting your work out into the world is always challenging so Sam Grover asked how can we promote ourselves better…

Capturing dance’s disappearing act
Looking for bigger audiences and permanence for dance experiences led Sue Healey to film as a way of capturing the…

Art vs Adani: how Australian artists are protesting
Artists aren't giving up in the face of global mining company Adani as Associate Professor Felicity Fenner finds hope in…

The first rule of theatre criticism
Fight director, actor, critic and dramaturge Dr Danielle Rosvally starts all her theatre students off with one simple lesson which…

Partnering up to communicate the arts
Relationship building was an important part of the agenda for Alex Raupach when he attended the Communicating the Arts Conference.

The arts as an antidote to the loneliness epidemic
Experts say Australia is in the midst of a loneliness epidemic but music, dance, art and storytelling may cure societal…

After the Goldrush – a new cultural conversation in the West
How can we craft arts policy for the states? Shelagh Magadza from the Chamber of Arts and Culture WA argues…

The return of Moon Mania, but are we asking the right questions?
Why Australia's space race is caught in nostalgia, when we should be asking if it’s responsible to glorify space advancement…

The Old Guard are indeed getting old
With the ageing of many senior figures in the cultural sector, Michael Reid makes a case for succession planning for…