Visual Arts
From the National Library to your living room: Sharing treasures in lockdown
Libraries are proving a popular go-to during COVID-19, and the National Library of Australia is no exception. Housing millions of…
Death by a thousand cuts: Is Australia’s Craft and Design sector in peril?
Can the Craft and Design sector recover from the recent AusCo funding cuts on top of COVID-19 setbacks? We speak…
ICYMI: The week's top news in the arts
News on opportunities, watch to watch online this week, and all the positive news around the edges of COVID-19
Teaching in isolation is intense: Four perspectives
A VFX animation teacher, primary school teacher and two academics talk about their experience and give tips for survival.
Applause: Latest funding and awards announced
This year's Gallipoli Art Prize winner celebrated, the winner of the Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award 2020 announced, winners of Sutherland Shire Literary…
How Regional Arts Australia secured an extra $10 million for the sector
Changing the narrative was integral to obtaining an additional $10 million for the rural, regional and remote sector, which will…
Embracing the complicity of caring
Reflecting on personal experience, playwright Lachlan Philpott says that asking our friends if they’re ok in the current crisis is…
How culture can help you through dark times
Arts improve mental health. Megan Sheehy looks at ways the arts can help from virtual dance parties to everyday haiku.
Defunding the sector’s R&D arm sounds a warning note for the future
With the stroke of a pen, the Australia Council has defunded the theatre companies who collectively serve as the sector's…
Why Gladys needs to channel her inner Jacinda, as Arts Minister
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian recently took over the portfolio of Arts Minister with the resignation of Don Harwin, but does…