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When debate around artists’ rights get heated, we can lose sight of how cultural safety practices act as a positive force to help resolve these situations. The photograph shows seven figures arrayed around a stage, each helping to lift an expansive sheet of red fabric that otherwise covers the stage; red curtains hang behind them, and a spotlight beams down on the central figure. cultural safety
Opinions & Analysis

Cultural safety isn’t a shield, it’s a mirror, and organisations need to look into it

Amid debates about the right to freedom of expression, we are losing our sense of what cultural safety in practice…

Are the state's creative industries still on track, or running off the rails? A photograph of a train track between trees at Mannerim, Victoria, Australia.
Opinions & Analysis

Creative Victoria: backing or backing away?

Creative Victoria’s recently delivered Creative Enterprise Program funding stunned some organisations and alarmed others: are the outcomes a warning sign…

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News

On the move: latest arts sector appointments

Your weekly round-up of Australian arts sector appointments.

Placeholder Residency at Field Rooms, Waterloo. Photo: Joshua Morris.
News

Best opportunities, grants and awards for creatives: 18-25 January 2026

A new creative residency in Waterloo, plus development opportunities for dancers, performance artists, and more.

Suichu Spica performs at SXSW Sydney Music Festival 2024 Opening Night Party. A guitarist with green hair stands with their back to the camera, their instrument slung in front of them and hands raised. A large crowd faces them.
News

SXSW Sydney quietly cancels 2026 festival and all future events

After three years, SXSW Sydney is calling it quits.

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Analysis

Arts boards in crisis: how have we landed here, yet again?

As the Adelaide Writers Week crisis worsens, many are asking why arts boards aren’t taking note of others’ past actions.

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Career Advice

Arts opportunities 2026: residencies, fellowships and scholarships for artists and arts workers

Discover the major residencies, fellowships and scholarships across the visual, performing and literary arts.

This summer, playright Danish Sheikh presents Much To Do With Law, But More To Do With Love as part of the Queer Playwriting Award and Midsumma Festival at Gasworks, Melbourne. Photo: Tom Noble.
Features

A new era begins at Gasworks

Multi-hyphenate creative Sam Strong talks to ArtsHub about his new role as Gasworks CEO and what it takes to nurture…

Arts grants and arts funding opportunities 2026. Image: Vitaly Gariev on Unsplash.
Career Advice

Australian arts grants 2026: best funding opportunities for artists, arts workers and arts organisations

Looking to take the next step? Here are the major arts sector grant and funding opportunities for 2026.

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Career Advice

20 arts jobs to consider for a 2026 career change

Thinking about a career change in 2026? Here are 20 fascinating arts jobs to consider.

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