Festivals
Tear down the theatres, build up the artists
'Anywhere art' is now so widespread that the need for purpose-built galleries and theatres is being questioned.
Australian dance: in search of a style
The contemporary dance sector is a vibrant one, but is there anything about its work that is distinctively Australian?
The ghost of a good thing
The Fisher’s Ghost Art Award keeps on giving life to the arts community, as one of the highlights of the…
The gold standard for regional art
The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, in the Goldfields region of Western Australia, is home to one of the most prestigious regional…
Artists divided as some boycott Australia Day
No matter what you call it – Australia Day, Invasion Day, Survival Day – there’s no doubt that 26 January…
We need a national day for the arts
Australia has public holidays for agricultural shows, football finals and a horse race. Why don't the arts have a public…
Why Adelaide continues to be Australia's most successful festival city
South Australia’s claim to be ‘The Festival State’ is still backed by the numbers despite Australia’s increasing number of festivals.
Gamification is the future of arts marketing
With the majority of Australians owning smartphones, smart arts organisations are using interactive games as a way to attract and…
Visual arts sidelined by festival culture
As "festivalisation" takes over our cities, one thing is increasingly left off the programing list – and that is the…
The soft-glove politics of Indigenous festival programming
How important is Indigenous programming within festival culture, and has it moved beyond mere box-tick politics.