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Poetry sucks in Sydney
Sydney will be littered with literature as the city’s street cleaners are reinvented as roving treasure troves of poetry.

Triumph for master trumpeter
Legendary trumpeter James Morrison’s has been perpetually recorded in jazz history.

$8.5 million illuminates National Gallery of Victoria
The NGV has been given a funding boost of $8.5 million, which will lock in summer blockbusters and upgrade gallery…

Manager quits over conflict at Mildura
Nine months into a five-year engagement the Arts Manager of the new $8.7m Mildura Arts Centre has quit 'disappointed' with…

Appointments: international imports and shock departures
There’s an importation from across the Tasman this week, a new appointment at a leading youth theatre company and a…

A new arts precinct for Melbourne
A former Collingwood TAFE college looks set to become Melbourne’s next arts precinct under current plans being developed by Arts…

Design that saves lives
What if your jewellery could inject you with insulin? Or provide lifesaving information to a paramedic in a way that…

Huge week of awards announcements
The visual arts were honoured this week, nominations were revealed for some of the biggest awards in the world while…

English lit prize following Australia's lead?
A new British literary longlist proves strong female authors aren’t just an Australian phenomenon.

Writers Vic teams up with Templeberg Villa for new writing fellowship
Fancy a funded month-long writing residency in a picturesque area of Sri Lanka? Well your daydreaming might become a reality.