Visual Arts

How to write the perfect approach email
Here's what you need to know if you're contacting someone out of the blue about a creative project or partnership.

On The Move: Latest sector appointments and departures
New director at Horizon Festival, Chamber of Arts & Culture WA welcomes new board member, and inaugural Sculthorpe Chair of…

Visual arts 2020 annual program launches make a splash
The NGV and AGNSW both revealed their 2020 programs this week in an escalating trend for 'the reveal'. We take…

How a grant can get you that dream mentorship
Brisbane City Council’s creative grants program is again open for applications – and it could help you get into the…

The long term damage of harassment
Speaking out about sexual harassment and assault in the arts sector can be frightening. Here, three women describe the personal…

ICYMI: A wrap of this week’s arts news
Mike Parr's latest performance, Japan Supernatural promises to be a crowd pleaser, Perth Taipei creative exchange, design writing conference, new…

What it takes to successfully run a community arts space
Community arts spaces provide so much to so many, but what does it take to make them work?

Changes to multi-year arts funding announced
The NSW Government has announced new guidelines for mutli-year arts funding, with a review in the announcement's wake to ensure…

Making a Museum of Happiness
In a world of political polarisation, environmental emergency and inequality, can museums become centres that improve mental health? Tony Butler…

Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson: Step Into Paradise, Powerhouse Museum (NSW)
A great Australian story told through fashion that is a call for us to question our individual sense of identity…