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NORPA launches fundraising campaign to buy and create flood-resistant new Lismore home
The Joinery aims to become a flood-resilient cultural hub for the Northern Rivers region’s performing arts sector.
COMA's new flagship home opens among buzzing crowd
With guests spilling out onto the streets at its opening, COMA is positioning itself for a new chapter.
Celebrating anniversaries in 2025: the first wave of announcements
Visual arts organisations celebrating milestone anniversaries in 2025.
Opportunities and awards
Grants open for applications, plus winners of GradFoto award, finalists of National Designer Award and National Graduate Showcase, and more!
Cape York's Laura Quinkan Indigenous Dance Festival delayed following management review
The Festival has run biennially for 40 years, but will not proceed in 2025 amid organisational challenges.
YIRRAMBOI expands globally, welcoming Northern Turtle Island, Canada as its 2025 Focus Nation
The Naarm/Melbourne-based First Nations festival is taking a step towards global cultural unity and collaboration.
Splendour in the Grass won't return in 2025, showing a festival sector in crisis
Splendour in the Grass has confirmed it won't return again in 2025. Questions abound about the sustainability of the Australian…
Melbourne's historic queer bookshop facing financial hardship
Eighteen months after moving to the Victorian Pride Centre in St Kilda, the iconic queer bookshop Hares and Hyenas is…
Federation Square 'Open Air at the Square' experiences are back this summer
The program features silent cinema and blockbuster films on the big screen, as well as musical performances.
Vale Tom Lowenstein OAM – a man who looked after artists
The sector mourns the loss of one of Australia’s most respected arts tax accountants, Tom Lowenstein.