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What Artbank learned from plumbing
Artbank Director Tony Stephens started his career as a plumber. Now he runs Australia's largest contemporary art rental collection.

How beneficial are play readings?
Playwrights sometimes need to be coaxed away from their desks and reminded that theatre-making is a collaborative art form.

How to make philanthropy work for you
The old rules won’t necessarily work with a new generation of donors employing different funding structures.

ArtsHub launches new products
ArtsHub is extending its services with new tools for careers, auctions, social analytics, company profiles and polls.

When Katy Perry didn't come to the rescue
When a disadvantaged school missed out on a $10,000 celebrity arts prize last week, a Bendigo arts student stepped in.

Creative recovery: an inspirational success story
Her experience in Christchurch after the earthquakes showed Steph Walker why arts matter so much to community.

New sponsor saves Biennale
Reports of the death of the Biennale of Sydney following the Transfield withdrawal turn out to have been exaggerated. A…

ArtsHub14: What we learned
ArtsHub's inaugural conference drew together 180 members of the arts industries with popular topics including artistic vibrancy, philanthropy and career…

Fresh takes on old dramas address gendered violence
The issue of male violence against women is being powerfully addressed by theatre companies in Melbourne and Adelaide.

Promises, Promises: Vic election brings arts pork barrel
With the election on Saturday, Victorian politicians have added more inducement to their arts platforms.