Head On Photo Festival 2027 is accepting entries. Photo: Head On Photo Festival.
VISUAL ARTS | In a new initiative, The Unconformity has opened applications for three paid, part-time Ongoing Artist positions, offering Tasmanian-based artists an 18-month employment contract to develop ambitious new work culminating in world premieres at The Unconformity 2027 festival.
Riding the momentum of its most successful festival to date (60 events, 18 world premieres and 121 artists across Queenstown in October 2025), The Unconformity is investing in what comes next. Through the ‘Explorations’ initiative, the three artists recruited through an open call will be contracted as employees, working one day per week from May 2026 through October 2027, with full employment entitlements including leave and superannuation.
Alannah Sue is a writer, editor, theatre critic and content creator with a passion for arts and culture and all that glitters. She relocated to Melbourne in 2025 after spending over a decade embedded in the Sydney arts landscape and finishing up her tenure as Arts & Culture Editor at Time Out. In addition to contributing to ArtsHub and ScreenHub, her freelance portfolio also expands to editorial and copywriting for lifestyle and arts publications such as Limelight and Urban List, cultural institutions like the Sydney Opera House, and marketing and publicity services for independent artists.
She is always keen to take a chance on weird performance art, theatre of all kinds, out-of-the-box exhibitions, queer venues, and cheap Prosecco. Give her half a chance, and she will get on a soapbox when it comes to topics like the magic of musical theatre, the importance of rigorous arts criticism, and the global cultural implications of the RuPaul’s Drag Race franchise. Connect with Alannah on Instagram: @alannurgh.
