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Leading the change: where Australia's cultural leaders are made

Byron Writers Festival's Jessica Alice says NIDA's MFA in Cultural Leadership not only helped her understand good leadership, but also…

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Best opportunities, grants & awards for creatives this week

Opportunities for 10 to 16 August 2026 include prizes, production opportunities, exhibition slots and fellowships.

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Ryan Presley with his winning Telstra Art Award painting, Our lifestyle of tranquillity undisturbed (2026), oil on canvas. Photo: Charlie Bliss.
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Ryan Presley lands $100,000 Telstra NATSIAA Art Award with a Renaissance-inspired artwork

What does this year’s Telstra NATSIAA prize list reveal about the future of Indigenous art?

Gina Fairley
Installation view, Archetypes: 30 years of 4A, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney. Photo: Diana Nguyen.

Art hopping in Sydney is easier than you think

An amateur art hopper sets out with a friend to discover what Sydney has to offer.

Will Winter
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Applause: arts prize winners and successes

This month, ArtsHub applauds the winners a $100,000 painting prize, an emerging art award, and more.

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Jobs

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Events Officer

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Melbourne

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Aug 23, 2026

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Coordinator Experiences and Partnerships

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Melbourne

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Aug 14, 2026

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School Education Program and Access & Inclusion Program Manager (NSW)

Salary $90,000 - $100,000
Australia

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Aug 24, 2026

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Sydney

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Aug 16, 2026

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Arts Partnership Manager

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Sydney

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Aug 30, 2026

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Digital Marketing Officer

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Canberra

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Aug 12, 2026

Events

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Workshops

Learn stand-up comedy in Melbourne this August, 2026

Learn stand-up comedy in Melbourne over 5-evenings from Sunday to Thursday, 6.30 pm to 9.30 pm, from August 23 to…

Melbourne

23 Aug - 27 Aug 2026
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Experience Handel's glorious collision of love triangles, mistaken identities and bold disguises – all delivered by the University of Melbourne…

Melbourne

2 Sep - 5 Sep 2026
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Exhibitions

REMNANTS: What Remains and What Flows

Seven leading artists explore how memory and care survive in the aftermath of colonial violence through film, photography, performance, and…

Melbourne

18 Jul - 18 Oct 2026
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Exhibitions

2D or not 2D

2D or not 2D celebrates seventy years of Mildura Arts Centre, marking its 70th anniversary in 2026. ‍

Australia

25 Jul - 29 Nov 2026
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Exhibitions

Gondwana VR

Gondwana VR is an immersive and interactive virtual-reality experience that invites you to discover the world's oldest tropical rainforest, the…

Australia

1 Nov - 1 Nov 2026

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Expression of Interest

Call for EOIs: Hume Winter Lights Festival 2027 Light & Art Installations and Major Events Suppliers, Performers & Sponsors

Seeking professional light and art installation providers for Hume Winter Lights Festival 2027, plus sponsors, performers, vendors and stallholders for…

Performing Arts

Closing 20 Sep 2026
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Expression of Interest

Lively Lalor Laneways - Murals and Gobos Expression of Interest

EOIs are now open for artists to be part of a project that enhances the Lalor Shopping Precinct and celebrates…

Public Art

Closing 30 Aug 2026
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Promotion & Presentation

Connect with the Global Performing Arts Community at HKPAX 2026

Discover new works and expand your international network at HKPAX 2026 this October. Meet inspiring arts professionals and unlock new…

Performing Arts

Closing 13 Oct 2026
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Expression of Interest

Creative and cultural residency – Vaucluse House

Take inspiration from a harbourside setting on Birrabirragal and Gadigal Country & enjoy the use of a non-residential studio at…

Film

Closing 6 Sep 2026
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Expression of Interest

Expression of Interest: Creative Lighting Installation for Elsternwick Plaza

Artists, lighting designers and multidisciplinary creative teams are invited to submit an EOI for design and construction of a permanent…

Public Art

Closing 14 Aug 2026

Education

Master of Fine Arts Cultural Leadership

NIDA’s Master of Fine Arts (Cultural Leadership) is designed for those who make art happen. It invites participants to explore…

New South Wales

Master of Fine Arts Directing

For over five decades, NIDA has nurtured talented, versatile and visionary directors. Our directing training is distinguished by its studio-based…

New South Wales

Reviews

Fiddler on the Roof. Photo: Daniel Boud.
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Fiddler on the Roof review: this joyous production pulses with life

Fiddler on the Roof, at Theatre Royal Sydney, somehow manages to be the show we need right now.

Travis Johnson

Aug 7, 2026
Installation view – ‘Margaret Olley: Australian Intimiste,’ NAS Gallery. Photo: Gina Fairley.
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Margaret Olley: Australian Intimiste offers a new way to see a beloved artist

The National Art School delivers the near impossible: an expansive yet intimate show that shepherds fresh conversations about Margaret Olley.

Gina Fairley

Jul 31, 2026
Lucy Ansell in Red Stitch's Funeral Flowers. Photo: Jess D'cruze.
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Funeral Flowers review: a one-woman masterpiece at Red Stitch

Lucy Ansell delivers a knock-out performance in Funeral Flowers, a Scotsman Fringe First-winning play by British playwright Emma Dennis-Edwards.

Kate Mulqueen

Jul 30, 2026
Mackenzie turns Shakespeare's Macbeth into a teen pop star. Photo: Brett Boardman.
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Mackenzie is more than a teen-pop twist on Macbeth – it's a test for Australian theatre

By betting on Mackenzie, Yve Blake's Y2K-inspired adaptation of the Bard’s darkest tragedy, Bell Shakespeare wagers that the classics still…

Alannah Sue

Jul 30, 2026
Daniel Henshall in Uncle Vanya. Photo: Pia Johnson.
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Uncle Vanya review: Chekhov's classic gets a barnstorming update

This Melbourne production of Uncle Vanya ups the laughter without losing sight of the class divide that fuelled Chekhov’s work.

Stephen A Russell

Jul 27, 2026

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Jessica Alice. Image: Sia Duff.
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Leading the change: where Australia's cultural leaders are made

Byron Writers Festival's Jessica Alice says NIDA's MFA in Cultural Leadership not only helped her understand good leadership, but also…

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Best opportunities, grants & awards for creatives this week

Opportunities for 3 to 9 August 2026 include fellowships, prizes and exhibition slots.

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Spring Awakening at NIDA in 2024. Photo: Julia Firak.
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From NIDA to Opera Australia: 'You can only learn by doing it'

Director Claudia Osborne says NIDA's MFA in Directing taught her to keep pushing beyond the first idea.

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Anita Lester, courtroom artist. Photo: Supplied.
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What I've Learned: Anita Lester, courtroom artist

Anita Lester's work gained international attention following her portrait of Erin Patterson during the Victorian mushroom poisoning trial.

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