Writing and Publishing
When are you too old for your arts jobs?
In the arts, retirement is often not an option.
A Simple Favour by Darcey Bell
A Simple Favour is a wannabe Gone Girl sensation that falls flat with weak characters.
Cartoonist Bill Leak dies aged 61
A veteran cartoonist and a fierce advocate for free speech, Leak will be missed from the hallowed halls of Parliament…
The original escape for makers
A program for those who need time to develop their creative practice or learn a new skill.
Perhaps the arts can learn innovation from banking
The arts like to think of themselves as the heart of originality but perhaps we can learn from info tech,…
Gender fellow proposals not 'sufficiently interesting'
Applicants for a new gender fellowship have all been rejected because proposals were not original enough but the fellowship has…
This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
In a harsh world, Laurie Frankel's Walsh family is one you'd like to be part of.
Beating subconscious sexism in the job market
We know people are more likely to hire people like themselves. So how do we break a pattern where Artistic…
Tim Flannery on originality in the digital age
An exhibition of digital art prompts an environmental scientist to question the changing meaning of artistic creation.
Kids teach museums how to play
Museum Victoria consulted more than 600 experts to create its new Children's Gallery and 500 of them were kids. Now…