Festivals
Carriageworks secures independent future
Carriageworks saved, thanks to a 20-year lease agreement and guaranteed annual funding - two necessities it has battled since opening…
ICYMI: The week's top news in the arts
Largest Tiwi exhibition ever; landmark public sculpture for Sydney; Melbourne in lockdown; Palace Letters released; Darwin Festival homegrown program, and…
Report shows festivals will play key role in our post-COVID revival
A new UniSA study, prepared in conjunction with Arts SA and Adelaide Festival Centre, indicates South Australia’s festival sector has…
ICYMI: The week's top news in the arts
From restoring Pollack's Blue poles to EOIs for new Craft Festival; success for Adelaide Festival while MSO embraces the footy,…
What can the world's oldest games festival teach the arts about survival?
Freeplay independent games festival has survived for over sixteen years. The past and present directors share the lessons they have…
Why supporting local artists makes cultural and financial sense for festivals
While festivals have always championed local artists, such prerogatives will become all the more urgent as we recover from COVID-19,…
Who’s reopening: the organisations leading the charge
Arts Minister Fletcher gives national collecting institutions the green light to reopen and signals a chain reaction as orgs set…
Sydney Fringe goes global despite cancelling its 2020 festival
While the 11th Sydney Fringe has been cancelled, an alliance with international Fringe Festivals will ensure important independent works can…
$2 million fund for artists as new festival rises over Melbourne
The replacement for Melbourne Festival and White Night, to be known as RISING, is seeking proposals for new work from…
Casual workers remain exposed as arts institutions draw support
In the coronavirus crisis there have been calls from all sides to 'save the arts', but we should also ask…