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Live Performance Support Program opens round 2 for VIC artists
Presenters can apply for up to $7,000 for one event, and suppliers (including performers and crew) between $200 – $500.
How an Australian company toured Europe mid-pandemic (plus Tubular Bells!)
Yaron Lifschitz reflects on the challenges of mounting three new works in Europe while half of Australia was in lockdown.
Circus and the art of community: The ArtsHubbub episode 16
The circus company that plays together, stays together, according to two of the co-founders of Gravity and Other Myths.
Syncopation and improvisation celebrated to the tune of $1.12 million
The Australian jazz and improvised music sectors have benefitted from recent RISE funding announcements, but will funds flow from festivals…
On the Move: latest sector appointments and departures
CEOs leaving State Library Victoria and Kickstart Arts, Adelaide Writers’ Week Director departing, new Arena producer and more.
Creative career progression in the arts
Why leave an organisation you love if a new role (and a new challenge) can be created for you internally?
Sydney Fringe launches artist support fund after cancelling 2021 festival
The ongoing impact of the pandemic has forced the Sydney Fringe Festival to cancel for the second year in a…
How one venue’s closure can damage the arts ecology of a city
The impending closure of the Bakehouse Theatre in May 2022 is potentially devastating for Adelaide’s independent arts sector.
Australian Performing Arts Exchange moves entirely online
The annual conference and arts market will now take place entirely online.
New report calls for ‘public-led reboot’ to save arts sector after COVID
After decades of destructive government policy, our approach must be radically rethought if the sector is to thrive post-pandemic, the…