Covid-19
Why ‘COVID comms’ need more artists and less jargon
As Victorians emerge from lockdown, cartoonist David Blumenstein thinks governments need more artists to help them focus on how they…
Largest Aboriginal art exhibition travels to Europe, despite pandemic mahem
Despite international borders remaining closed, it is the Aboriginal arts sector that is demonstrating how to work around the barriers,…
A litany of losses: a new project maps our abandoned arts events of 2020
A group of artists have put together a map of the abandoned artistic projects for 2020. It's a time capsule…
Victorian cinemas 'lined up with brothels and nightclubs'
The cinema sector is lining up to pressure the Victorian Government to let them open up, since they are at…
How two major WA arts companies are coping with COVID economics
As the country grapples with pandemic uncertainty, WA’s current position is fortunate. Two of its major performing arts companies may…
9 billboard art and outdoor interventions thanks to COVID
With many galleries still closed and social distancing in place, art on the streets has seen a spike during COVID,…
Hey Victoria! Have your say on rebuilding our creative state
Your voice is more critical than ever, to help map the way out, and a way through, as Victoria turns…
Did Fletcher mislead sector on arts funding?
‘The arts sector knew they had a useless minister. Now they know they have a dishonest minister.’ Shadow Minister speaks…
From the cupboard to the cove: adapting theatre for a virtual audience
While some theatre productions were cancelled because of COVID, others took on a new life, being reimagined as podcasts and…
‘We're tradies too!’ Melbourne's photography industry demands to return to work
The Commercial Photography Industry has petitioned the VIC Government under the placard ‘We are tradies too’, in a desperate plea…