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Ditch the director!
Why do Australian festivals have a mania for moving their Artistic Directors on after only three or four years?
Making (not watching) art is key to social change
Engaging people in social and political issues requires not just looking at art but participating in creating.
Craft artists suffer in university system
A business-oriented, academic-focus tertiary system is struggling to provide the craft skills artists need.
Art's weapon against future water wars
As the world is destabilised by a water crisis, art can play a role in stopping us taking for granted…
Regulations are killing creativity
Regulation and bureaucracy are sucking creativity out of public art in Australia. It’s easier to work overseas.
Why artists live in regional Australia
Although cities get the lion’s share of funding, regional towns are home to many of Australia most creative people.
You can make money on Spotify
The switch to streaming services requires musicians and the music industry to rethink how they do business but some are…
Tear down the theatres, build up the artists
'Anywhere art' is now so widespread that the need for purpose-built galleries and theatres is being questioned.
Artists divided as some boycott Australia Day
No matter what you call it – Australia Day, Invasion Day, Survival Day – there’s no doubt that 26 January…
Actors may soon be replaceable by CGI
CGI is close to being indistinguishable from the real thing. Could actors find themselves auditioning against a dead or imaginary…
