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The 'handmade' label is no longer enough – makers must tell new stories
In this new era of AI, creatives are relying on the 'handmade' label to lure in audiences and sell their…
Dead As a Dodo descends into the underworld: ‘That's what puppetry brings – an easy way in’
Arriving this week at Brisbane Festival, the international hit Dead as a Dodo uses puppetry to draw audiences into a…
ACM employees are striking for fair pay – but how, when and why can workers actually go on strike?
In Australia, there are many conditions that must be met before workers can take legally protected industrial action and go…
5 questions with… Nadine Browne, author of Gone Guru
When Joyce Carol Oates said her memoir was a 'dead baby', Western Australian author Nadine Browne took that sting of…
'We were right in the firing line': an extract from Elizabeth Ann Macgregor's The Power of the Real
In this extract from her forthcoming memoir The Power of the Real, Elizabeth Ann Macgregor looks back on a critical…
Take another bow: Encore celebrates Australian icons
From Archie Roach’s denim vest to Kylie’s hotpants, the Australian Performing Arts Museum's latest exhibition offers up an Aladdin’s cave…
'We can all feel it': Australia’s craft sector says it's time for a national making agenda
The MADE 2026 symposium asked what the craft sector could achieve if it started speaking as one national voice.
Art for Takayna is the country's wildest artist residency
Every year, Bob Brown Foundation leads artists and creatives into the wild Takayna region of Tasmania, encouraging connection with the…
Sydney Fringe Reviewer Lab: the best of the festival so far
The writers in Sydney Fringe Festival's Reviewer Lab have been busy. Here are 6 shows that have caught their attention.
Studio tips for makers to blitz the end-of-year demand
How do you manage rising costs and still ramp up studio production for the end-of-year push… and its much-needed cash…