Features
The registration gap
Only a quarter of architecture graduates gain registration showing even this pragmatic craft has no clear professional pathway.
Embracing risk in the arts
An insurance mentality that seeks to avoid problems also destroys essential opportunities for serendipity.
Parking art in the garage
Artists are swapping the garden tools and the station wagon for frames and canapés to convert their garage into a…
Wind ships of change for not-for-profits
Not-for-profits are operating in a new paradigm of social enterprise, performance based outcomes and ethical investment.
Impact investing for culture
The arts can benefit from creative new investment structures including microfinance, business incubators, loans and capital funds.
Blood, sweat and fears: establishing an independent theatre company
Plans, personnel, the right project – a number of ingredients are required when setting up a new theatre company.
When art meets politics
What happens when you cross an artist with a politician? The Basics Rock'n'Roll Party (BRRP) raises questions about the role…
Queensland's independent scene fights on, wounded
A year after devastating funding cuts savaged the sector, Brisbane's independent scene is still fighting but some have fallen.
Fashion victims? How clothes took over our art galleries
Australia’s art galleries are currently enthralled by fashion.
Victorian election: arts winners will depend on ballot box
The Coalition is touting 'excellence', Labour 'creative industries'. The result will have direct funding implications for four major projects, the…