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Gold Coast introduces new arts grants. People at a music festival pumping their fits. The air is filled with confetti raining down on them.
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$200,000 grants to be distributed to creatives in Gold Coast

Grants worth a total of $1.5 million will be offered through Experience Gold Coast Arts Fund to support local artists.

The Australian Ballet, ‘The Nutcracker’, featuring Sara Andrlon, winner of the 2024 Telstra Ballet Dancer Award. A ballerina dressed in white on stage among a crowd of applauding performers.
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Opportunities and awards

Public mural opportunity, plus nearly a million in cash support to creative projects and more!

Samuel Gaskin in the 2025 Midsumma Festival production 'HONŌUR'. The New Zealand born musician poses dramatically, hands raised and face painted, against a colourful backdrop.
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Midsumma and Mardi Gras programs ensure a queer summer ahead

Asexual comedy, drag kings, lesbian drama, trans theatre and in-your-face gay cabaret feature in the programs of Sydney and Melbourne’s…

'The Lord of the Rings' films were filmed in Aotearoa New Zealand and are known internationally. Could a new cultural policy similarly amplify NZ's rich cultural sector? Photo depicts a hillside-set door in the movie set of Hobbiton.
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Amplify, NZ’s new cultural policy, is timely and needed, but not ambitious enough

A draft creative and culture strategy has been released for public consultation in Aotearoa New Zealand, but James Wenley asks,…

On the Move is ArtsHub's weekly round-up of Australian arts sector comings and goings. The photo shows a plane in flight, high above the clouds, focusing on the plane's wing at evening and the last glow of sunlight in the darkening sky.
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On the move: latest arts sector appointments

Our weekly round-up of comings and goings in the Australian arts sector, including new trustees, a new Chair, balletic appointments…

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Networking and Mentoring – Learning Module 4, Mentoring

The third of five videos in this fourth module, offering practical advice for creative businesses and produced by The Big…

Is sleep helpful for creativity? The answers may surprise you.
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From Woolf to Einstein: exploring the connection between sleep and creativity

Is sleep the secret ingredient for creative legends? The answers are surprising.

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This week's arts news and trending topics

We report it – you read it. This week's top arts news stories.

Hopes of AI theft being addressed thanks to recommendations from the latest report. Image: Winston Duke as part of the Visualising AI project by Google Deepmind, Unsplash. A rectangular platform is held by two illuminated columns against a black space.
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Beacon of hope as Senate releases final report to stop AI theft and remunerate creatives

Recommendations from the Select Committee on Adopting AI seek to address 'unprecedented theft' by Meta, Google and Amazon.

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Is debt good for the arts?

What is 'impact debt finance', and is it the way forward for more financial sustainability for the arts?

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