Opinions & Analysis

Art in opposition – creating theatre from the many
Workshopping theatre with actors of different levels of ability and diversity gave Didem Caia new insights into her practise.

Being a Curator of Colour
For Nithya Nagarajan race still influences who gets to be part of the conversation in the arts, and she thinks…

Why staying healthy in the arts is so hard
Try as we might, it’s clear that there are numerous challenges associated with developing, and maintaining, a healthy lifestyle whilst…

Budget promises fall empty
No new Australia Council funding despite expert agreement and industry push - NAVA's Esther Anatolitis responds to the 2019 Federal…

'Without a healthy independent theatre sector, we’re f***ed.'
On Monday night, playwright Patricia Cornelius was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award by Melbourne's Green Room Awards Association. Here…

On courageous leadership in the arts
The prevalence of white privilege surrounding leadership in the arts needs to be acknowledged, and it needs to be dismantled.

Picking up Richard Gill's baton
Picking up where Richard Gill left off as the new Music Director of Sydney Chamber Choir Sam Allchurch contemplates the…

How arts policies stack up for the NSW election
As a preview for the Federal election, the NSW state election promises a lot for the arts, but how do…

Vale Edmund Capon: a collective tribute
A week on, and the tributes are still flooding in for former director of AGNSW, Edmund Capon, demonstrating the impact…

The NSW Greens' vision for the arts
The next NSW government needs to stop its war on the arts, say the NSW Greens.