National

How to evolve an arts festival
From Four Winds in regional NSW to Tasmania's Ten Days on the Island, artistic directors are taking the opportunity to…

Botanica: view art as nature intended
Brisbane City Council has produced a showcase of contemporary Australian art in Brisbane’s City Botanic Gardens, as part of the…

Review: The Six Secrets by Daniel Springfield
If you believe that perhaps our planet has been visited by extraterrestrial beings then New Holland Publishers' The Six Secrets…

Review: La Bohème: Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour
Who needs fireworks when you can have snow on Sydney Harbour? La Boheme’s Parisian setting adds a surreal edge to…

The 5 pillars every artist needs to run a successful business
From visioning to productivity, you need a range of skills to run a successful small arts business.

Melbourne’s City of Stonnington now offering over $400,000 in arts grants
A Melbourne City Council is offering an ‘open-door’ policy for its $400,000-plus arts and culture grants, encouraging applications from established…

Exec Director resigns to make statement for change
Leading by example, the Executive Director of Arts Access Victoria has stepped down from her role in order to make…

Aboriginal artists doing it for themselves
APY Art Collective opens a gallery in the heart of Sydney as part of a vision for best representation and…

Best practice guides released for indie theatre, design negotiations
New guides and agreements have been released by the Australian Production Design Guild and MEAA, the later focused on the…

Review: Vivaldi | Gloria
A new all-Vivaldi release that combines two remarkable soloists.