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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.

Regional Arts WA team with Regional Arts Network representatives and special guests. A photo of a group of arts workers smiling and looking at the camera with a sign with the text 'REGIONAL ARTS WA'.
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A 30-year ambition: Regional Arts WA steps up the game to drive funding innovation

For its 30th anniversary, Regional Arts WA has launched a new investment framework that seeks to shift away from fragmented…

The ACT's Shadow Minister for Arts Nicole Lawder, discusses arts policy in the lead-up to the ACT election. Nicole wears a bright pink jacket and has neat brown hair; she stands on a wooden bridge over a misty lake with her right hand on her hip and her left hand on the bridge railing.
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ACT election: Supporting artists, not just creative infrastructure, through real growth in the arts budget

A Canberra Liberals Government will support local artists by offering immediate financial relief through a one-off 10% increase in grants…

The late Ryuichi Sakamoto will perform in a virtual performance at Asia TOPA 2025. A white-haired Japanese man in dark glasses and a black shirt poses for the camera with his raised hands held to his lips.
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Ryuichi Sakamoto performs from beyond the grave for Asia TOPA 2025

Melbourne’s Asia-Pacific Triennial of Performing Arts returns in February 2025, with the first two program highlights revealed today.

Western toad (Anaxyrus boreas) tadpoles among lily pads in a lake on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Taken by Shane Gross, Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2024 winner.
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Opportunities and awards

Invitations to create a living museum in Sydney, core funding from Music Australia, plus next round of Bundanon residents and…

Artists are frustrated by the arts lack of a meritocracy.
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Outrage and resentment: the arts are not a meritocracy

Some parts of the professional industry operate under a veneer of a meritocracy. But artists aren't buying it.

Jo Clay, the Member for Ginninderra and ACT Greens spokesperson for the arts. The ACT election takes place on Saturday 19 October 2024. A fair-skinned woman with wavy, should-length black hair and wearing a green jacket over a black shirt, stands with her hands on her hips and smiling in front of a brightly painted piece of street art.
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ACT election: let’s put art at the heart of the capital

The ACT Greens spokesperson for Arts and Culture, Legislative Assembly member Jo Clay, presents the case for voting Greens in…

Tara Cheyne, ACT Minister for Arts, Culture and Creative Economy. A fair-skinned woman with long red hair smiles at the camera. She wears a black shirt and a silver necklace and is standing with a lake and trees visible behind her.
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ACT election: Labor’s vision for the arts in the Australian Capital Territory

Tara Cheyne, ACT Minister for Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy, outlines her vision for the national capital’s creative future.

Slow productivity is making an impact on the creative arts industry.
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Unpacking slow productivity: how artists can combat burnout and enhance creativity

'Quiet quitting' has subsided, but 'slow productivity' is taking its place. The effects are being felt worldwide.

Two stacks of green cardboard tied up in a brown band made to look like money.
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5 ways to save money, but still support the arts

Want to support creatives but don't have much cash yourself? Check out these options.

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