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Ministerial meddling in arts funding met by sector outrage
NSW Arts Minister Don Harwin went against Create NSW recommendations and reallocated $404,000 in funding, earmarked for 11 organisations and…
Applause: latest funding and awards announced
Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize People’s Choice Award winner announced, shortlist for NSW and Artspace Visual Arts Fellowship revealed, Rigg Design…
Review: Fear – Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward
This book is a penetrating report by Bob Woodward about the current president of the USA, Donald Trump.
A tool for writers of every stripe – Final Draft’s new mission
Final Draft has set the standard in scriptwriting software for the last two decades. Now they’re looking beyond film and…
How philanthropy is encouraging creative risk-taking behind the scenes
As arts funding becomes harder to obtain, the role of philanthropy in supporting the creative developments of more challenging projects…
Review: Stalker the Musical, Depot Theatre
STALKER THE MUSICAL. It’s an arresting title. Slightly misleading though and the audience’s disambiguation of the word is all part…
How to care for your queer playwright
If we only focus on developing art that is readily consumable, we risk contributing to a homogenous theatre.
Review: In Between and Sexpectations, Sprung Festival
Charles Sturt University’s Theatre/Media studies students have wowed audiences once again with two new ‘Sprung Festival’ productions – In Between…
Sheilas in the art market – gender bias goes commercial
Sydney Contemporary art fair was the setting for a long overdue debate on ‘gender discounting’ within the contemporary art market.
Artists who use the politicised body in their art
A recent panel discussion at Sydney Contemporary unpacked the ideas around how the performed body can either uphold or defy…