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Leadership is not just a title
Don’t wait for a new job title to think about leadership and instead equip yourself with essential skills through NIDA’s…
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Roadmap to Success – Learning Module 1, Finding Your Audience
The next in a new series of videos offering practical advice for creative businesses and produced by The Big Idea…
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Melbourne Fringe cooks up a creative storm
Free food and entertainment are just some of the many events on offer at the 2024 Melbourne Fringe Festival.
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This week's arts news and trending topics
We report it – you read it. This week's top arts news stories.
![Audiences gather outside a brightly-lit venue in Prince's Square. They, the building and the night sky are reflected in a dark pool of water in the foreground.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/JAF_2023_Friday_MelanieKate_web-10.jpg?w=310)
The festival at the junction of artistic innovation and tourism KPIs
Government support from Events Tasmania instead of Arts Tasmania in no way prevents Junction from offering a strong cultural program…
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Sports policy focuses on the grassroots: is this missing from arts policies?
Should Australian arts policy focus more on participation instead of audiences, asks Margaret Seares.
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Opportunities and awards
Calls for EOIs for Vivid and Adelaide Cabaret Festival, first round of regional arts touring funding from Create NSW, Bangarra…
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Adelaide Festival AD quits to take up government job
Ruth Mackenzie has stepped down as Artistic Director of Adelaide Festival in order to oversee the development and delivery of…
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Roadmap to Success – Learning Module 1, Selling Yourself
The next in a new series of videos offering practical advice for creative businesses and produced by The Big Idea…
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On the move: latest arts sector appointments
Our weekly round-up of comings and goings in the Australian arts sector.