festival Arts News

The regional Victorian city of Bendigo comes alive with three major cultural events this winter.

Members of the youth dance sector will be networking, training and performing at the Australian Youth Dance Festival in Melbourne over the coming week.

Choreographer and director Gideon Obarzanek and artist, curator and festival director Hannah Fox will jointly lead the new-look festival following its merger with White Night.

From Top End musicians and contemporary Aboriginal art to some of the nation’s best and biggest companies and performers, there’s never been a better time to escape the winter chill and experience Australia’s hottest arts festival.

Featuring works by a range of artists, A Forest is like a giant crumbling 21st century haunted house for adults.

From high-profile actors and established producers to community champions of music and dance, members of the creative industries have been recognised for their contributions to Australian culture.

This immersive sound installation in the depths of the Tasmanian bush is deceptively simple yet strikingly profound.

Occupying almost an entire city block, the new precinct represents a significant partnership between private developers and DarkLab, a subsidiary of the Museum of Old and New Art.

From unpaid artists to Election policies, Museum Week wisdoms, coups in the festival sector, and grant rounds announced ... it's been another big week for the arts.

How will the combined festival – with its added focus on tourism and business – impact artists?

How can we carry the past into the future? Collaborations between Yirramboi Festival and Pulima Art Festival offer a fresh take on land, body and Indigenous life today.

ArtsHub partners with REMIX Summits to bring you a podcast on the rise of creative co-working spaces in Australia.

After epic weekends in the North West and the North East, the festival's final weekend reaches Hobart and the South.

Essentially a lobbying body, WA’s Chamber of Arts and Culture sits between and across government, business, philanthropy and arts organisations for effective policy change.

The second weekend of Ten Days on the Island featured everything from contemporary performance in a black box theatre to a chamber orchestra playing in a vineyard.

Minister Harwin outlines his party's wins for the arts during their time in government, and presents his plan for the future if re-elected as NSW Arts Minister.

The new grants program aims to support local women in comedy by covering the practical costs of mounting their shows at MICF. An initiative designed to facilitate safer travel has also been announced.

Robert Hammond, Co-founder of the High Line, shares his experience creating one of New York's iconic public spaces.

Fringe World attracts new international director, new CEO/AD for Bleach* Festival, new appointments at Circus Oz, Yirra Yaakin's new AD, and more.

At Remix Summit London, Sophie Harding (Mindshare UK) gave her insight into what would be the big trends for this year, from podcast boom to how your smart speakers are becoming 'more human'.