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Think of your grant application document as your advocate in the room. Photo: Ayyeee Ayyeee / Pexels.
Career Advice

What grant assessors actually see when they read your application

After years of writing her own grant applications, Cat Dibley began assessing them. Here are her best grant writing tips.

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Opinions & Analysis

The next national cultural policy must put artistic freedom before ‘social cohesion’

It's now a familiar phrase in the arts, but social cohesion must not unseat the commitment to freedom of expression.

Photo: Francesco Gallarotti / Unsplash.
Career Advice

Best opportunities, grants & awards for creatives this week

Opportunities for 1 to 7 June include major fellowships to Paris and a free Sydney rehearsal space.

Open Day

The McDonald College

The McDonald College - Join us for an Open Day

Our unique approach to education has nurtured talents like Emma Watkins, Nikki Webster, Meg Mac, Felicity Ward, and many more.

Hettie Perkins presenting her ABC TV series Art + Soul in 2010. Image: HIbiscus Films.
News

Bronwyn Bancroft and Hetti Perkins recognised in First Nations Arts and Culture Awards

Alongside recognising the contribution of veteran artists and cultural leaders, the First Nations Arts and Culture Awards also announed a…

Hayley Coulthard and Anita Ratara with Mbitjana Ceramic. Hermannsburg Potters is one of 80 art centres exhibiting at the 2026 Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair. Photo: Alana Holberg / Hermannsburg Potters.
Sponsored

Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair celebrates 20 strong years

Experience the rich diversity and strength of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, design, and culture at the Darwin Aboriginal…

Residencies

Arteles Creative Center

Silence Awareness Existence - residency program in Finland, Winter 2027

1 month periods for artists, writers, scientists & deep minds

Cult band TISM return to the NT for the 2026 Darwin Festival. TISM last played Darwin in 1996, their only gig there to date. The photo shows one member of TISM, dressed in bright red overalls and a matching balaclava, launching himself off the stage towards the crowd; fans stand ready to catch him, arms upraised, behind the crowd barrier. Another TISM member, also dressed in red overalls but wearing a red balaclava and red, rooster-like crest, watches on from the stage.
News

Darwin Festival announces 2026 program

Artistic Director Kate Fell’s final Darwin Festival features cult alt-rock band TISM alongside an array of new cross-cultural and First…

Executive Director of Arts Northern Rivers Rosie Dennis in Lismore. Photo: Christine Sharp.
Interviews

Rosie Dennis on her first 100 days at Arts Northern Rivers

Highly respected creative director Rosie Dennis is back on home territory as Executive Director for Arts Northern Rivers. She talks…

Exhibitions

Cairns Art Gallery

Woven Together: Undivided We Rise

Through collaborative spirit and deep cultural knowledge, the works in Woven Together: Undivided We Rise weave together past and present,…

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