Opinions & Analysis
Facing challenges, not faltering. Creative Director responds to Cementa19
Responding to a recent review, Cementa19 make the point, that like all good art, a festival should make you uncomfortable,…
10 books for an apocalyptic summer
Here’s what to read whether you’re looking to face the flames or take your mind off the heat.
10 buzzwords that dominated the arts in 2019
Our language tells us a lot about who we are: our embrace of trends, our professional priorities and where we…
Sector avoids Christmas cuts
The arts and screen sectors survive the last potential attacks for the year, but there is more to come.
Did we not see #invisiblearts coming?
In the wake of the arts department's disappearance at a federal level, Candy Bowers asks if this is the beginning…
A recipe for a sustainable arts practice
If a sustainable arts practice were a meal what ingredients would it need? Dancer and choreographer Alison Plevey thinks arts…
5 ways you can protest the arts department being axed
Artists across Australia are speaking up to defend our sector disappearing in the latest public service shake-up.
"We need great art – perhaps more than ever"
At the recent Theatre Network NSW's State of the Sector conference Antonia Seymour argued for a not just funding but…
Advocating for mothers as artists
Sustaining a creative career is difficult for mothers, but as Dr Jackie Bailey argues there is a growing awareness of…
What causes a regional arts festival to falter
The fourth edition of the biennial regional festival Cementa has just wrapped up, but for a post-industrial town the event…