Australia

Book review: The House on the Mountain by Ella Holcombe and David Cox
Ella Holcombe’s The House on the Mountain is a great empathy tool, for children and adults, in explaining the complex…

Emerging Writers’ Festival launches digital program
The Emerging Writers’ Festival is bringing its complete program online. ArtsHub spoke with EWF’s Artistic Director Ruby-Rose Pivet-Marsh about some…

It’s time to reignite the arts, and the Australia Council shows how
The Australia Council's new RE-IGNITE framework aims to assist artists and organisations to open their doors, return to business, and…

$345 million recovery plan to rebuild live performance sector
Peak body Live Performance Australia has unveiled a two-year recovery plan for the sector, including a JobKeeper extensions, a Business…

ICYMI: The week's top news in the arts
Reopening news, opportunities for artists, a major gift of paintings to AGSA, ACOs Tognetti celebrates 30th anniversary, introducing The Reservoir…

Realities of regional life explored in young people’s monologues
A new collection of scripts written by young regional Australians shares their fresh perspectives with the wider theatre community.

Is your digital pivot sustainable as core programming?
How sticky is your new digital COVID programming, and will it make that secondary pivot back into your core programming…

As travel restrictions ease, arts orgs need your support
First the bushfires and then COVID closures, we look at three arts organisations hardest hit in 2020 and what the…

The short story’s power for big impact
Writers Sean O’Beirne, Josephine Rowe and Alice Bishop talk with Alice Cottrell about why short stories have such a big…

Art Gallery of NSW finds new possibilities in the digital realm and beyond
Celebrated by The New York Times, engaging singers such as Delta Goodrem and Ngaiire, and supporting artists to make new…