Australia
Mama Does Derby review: wheeling onto stage with brutal tenderness
Despite the roller derby chaos, the real heart of Mama Does Derby is in how it portrays a complex mother-daughter…
Cultural safety isn’t a shield, it’s a mirror, and organisations need to look into it
Amid debates about the right to freedom of expression, we are losing our sense of what cultural safety in practice…
Pants down: how it feels to publish your first book
Miriam Webster, whose debut short story collection The Slip was published in July 2025, reflects on the experience of releasing…
Creative Victoria: backing or backing away?
Creative Victoria’s recently delivered Creative Enterprise Program funding stunned some organisations and alarmed others: are the outcomes a warning sign…
On the move: latest arts sector appointments
Your weekly round-up of Australian arts sector appointments.
Tracey Miller Art
Macro Flora Painting Workshop
Create your own beautiful, large-scale flora painting. This workshop suits beginners as well as intermediate level painters. Tracey has many…
Best opportunities, grants and awards for creatives: 18-25 January 2026
A new creative residency in Waterloo, plus development opportunities for dancers, performance artists, and more.
Sugar review: a frothy, fun and fearless Midsumma treat
This whirlwind production works Chappell Roan into Pretty Woman by way of Tomáš Kantor’s commanding queerness.
Midsumma Festival 2026: queer culture highlights to pop on your calendar
Melbourne's leading LGBTQIA+ pride festival puts queer art in the spotlight – here are our top picks
Department of Creative Industries, Tourism and Sport, Government of Western Australia
Contemporary Music Fund Development Program
The Contemporary Music Fund (CMF) assists homegrown contemporary music artists with projects that enable them to produce and promote their…