Film
Rare opportunity for directors’ professional development
Inspired by a successful New York model, Australian directors will gather in Melbourne in October for an intensive nine-day development…
Ten dos and don'ts for thinking about arts funding and the NPEA
Artists must take the opportunity to sharpen their minds as well as their rhetoric.
More money for the majors
Seven major performing arts companies have received over $650,000 between them to support international engagement.
Eight radical ways to change arts funding
Were any arts funding bodies or philanthropists brave enough to implement these suggestions from the US they might come close…
Working in Asia: No place for the individual
The artists as individual, innovator or iconoclast are Western archetype unhelpful in working with Asian art.
Brandis's $6000 Venice water taxi
While cutting the grants that take artists to the Venice Biennale, the Minister travelled in style to open the new…
What science and the arts can teach each other
Not everyone can be Leonardo da Vinci, but working collaboratively across disciplines enriches us all.
Accents on stage: when and why to use them
Accents are an important aspect of the actor’s arsenal but when is it time to fire with both barrels versus…
AFTRS Open Day offers industry insights
Curious about film and television? Join would-be students and others on 5 September at AFTRS Open Day to see Australia's…
Is going to Edinburgh Fringe worth it?
The cost of travelling to the world’s largest arts festival is outweighed by an opportunity that has launched John Cleese,…