Australia
Art prizes bridge distances for remote communities
Art prizes are an opportunity for artists to showcase their work, and can propel individual careers. But for remote Aboriginal…
60 bright ideas from WA’s arts plan
Proposals to boost WA’s arts and cultural sector will have other states looking enviously westward for ideas that can be…
Jobs lost at youth arts company
The tightening financial environment has forced Carclew in Adelaide to make several staff members redundant.
Trans-Pacific collecting rises in the global marketplace
The breaking down of national barriers is giving rise to new cross-cultural collecting habits, a hot topic at Art Basel…
Arts profit heads back to devastated communities
One of Australia's most successful Indigenous arts companies is sending money back to remote communities recovering from cyclone damage.
Crossing the pro-am divide
The bridge between the amateur and professional worlds of creative arts takes an unreliable and circuitous route.
Workspace
La Mama’s Carlton Courthouse theatre space becomes a TV studio for the first two episodes of a web series.
Stuart Bowden: Before Us
The latest tale from storyteller Stuart Bowden delivers a melancholic and bittersweet hour of entertainment.
Adam Hills: Clown Heart
Veteran comedian Adam Hills makes a welcome and very funny return to the stand-up stage with his MICF show, Clown…
Xavier Michelides: Bad Accents and Inconsistent Mimes
Perth export Xavier Michelides has delivered a MICF show chock-full of wit, hilarity and belly laughs – a real Festival…