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Freelance actor scores a new role
St Martins Youth Arts Centre has announced its new Executive Director and Co-CEO.

Artists encouraged to return to school
A $180,000 Artists-in-Schools program will fund artists to return to their old school as mentors in their art form.

Can you register a colour trademark?
So you have found the perfect green (or purple or orange) but what if someone else found it first?

A chance to put your hand up for design icons
An upcoming auction at Shapiro brings together two collections of design greats.

Is Adelaide on the cusp of something big?
The so-called ‘second tier’ of Adelaide was laid waste during the 1990s but a new generation is reclaiming the territory.

Pop-up pavilion to boost Melbourne design
Fashion entrepreneur Naomi Milgrom has launched a major annual architecture commission and event to help cement the city’s global design…

Play on: challenges for sustaining performance organisations
The management achievements of the ACO and ABO are a model for other arts organisations but can they sustain it?

Festivals shrink as ticket sales decline
New data confirms what the recent cancellation of the Big Day Out foretold: the era of juggernaut festivals is drawing…

Is this the exhibition of the future…or just a web page?
How Vegemite-loving flies prompted the thong dress is just one of the stories in the NFSA’s first online exhibition.

Why design is big business
Beyond its aesthetic contribution, design is a major force in the Victorian economy and one of the key drivers of…