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Opportunities and awards wrap
Applications open for Queensland Music Awards, two Indigenous artwork commissions, and the Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship plus winners of the…

Museum awards celebrate resilience
The 2021 Victorian Museums and Galleries Awards celebrate organisations who are propelling the creative sector.

Are the arts too reliant on socials?
As platforms like Facebook and Instagram hit a global 6 hour outage, users were left wondering if they're too reliant…

On the Move: latest sector appointments
New Chair for Creative Economy Taskforce, Carriageworks appoints Director, First Nations Programs, and more.

Canberra aspires to be nation’s arts capital
The plan for the national capital to become the arts capital has been kicked off with a $10M budget boost.

Phoenix festival rises from the Fringe
Melbourne Fringe’s program has been reinvented, with 55 in-person shows swiftly adapted for digital performance.

ICYMI: the week's arts news
Opera comes to Cockatoo Island, mental health day streaming, phone art, jazz in WA, plus more arts news.

#SitForAnArtist champions sector recovery
Without a COVID-safe environment, our entire generation of visual artists could be in peril.

A COVID impact report that isn’t ‘all bad’
New data shows 15% of NSW cultural venues are mildly impacted, while 70% show loss of income from closures.

Free jab bundle with music fest
With big crowds in close proximity, festival organisers are finding ways to ensure a COVID-safe environment.