Opinions & Analysis

Arts education should replace literacy testing
Evidence shows the tens of millions of dollars spent on improving NAPLAN results would be better spent on using arts…

Picking winners: how future stars are spotted
Careers depend on being spotted for an exhibition of emerging artists. It helps to understand how the curator thinks.

Are the arts now on the national agenda?
Now we have a National Cultural Policy, government should talk up the arts and encourage business to foot the bill.

What does Asia think of Australia?
With so much emphasis placed on what Australia thinks of Asian art, we neglect to think about the reverse.

Think small for arts-business partnerships
Arts organisations tend to target big corporates but smaller enterprises can deliver excellent value for creative partnership deals.

Crafting up a new initiative
The most active arts community isn't where you think it is, and they are finding new direction.

Realising Perth’s potential: why mining must support the arts
As WA’s State election looms, make sure you consider the arts when you go to the polls. Creativity is as…

Improving arts employment for people with disability
Arts and cultural organisations are well placed to be inclusive employers of people with a disability but we could do…

Closing the geographical gap
Remote Australia is at huge cultural disadvantage with cultural consumption costing up to 13 times more in the bush. Will…

Equipping musicians for professional success
Flexibility in style and genre is essential to making music your profession.