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How much should governments spend on the arts?
If we want more money for the arts, we need to create a public culture in which the arts have…
Arts advocacy: speaking with one voice
Fair payment? Education? Career opportunites? How do arts advocates decide where to put their energies.
On the Road stimulating small communities
The funding decisions are yet to be made but just the opportunity to think about how arts could transform a…
Why is Tasmania the place to be in the arts?
Tiny Tasmania is the kid sister who is increasingly outshining her siblings in creative capital. We asked the Premier how…
Why the arts struggle for Government funding
A senior arts bureaucrats explains the bizarre and paradoxical strategies public servants use to win government support for the arts.
The art of dying well
‘Deathtalker’ Molly Carlisle has discovered the arts are the perfect vehicle for enabling her clients to have a ‘good death’.
Why Study at TAFE when you could go to uni?
TAFE enrolments are suffering from competitive university courses and lost funding but a degree is not a substitute for vocational…
Use Deckchair Theatre closure to fund new Australian work
Playwrighting advocates argue the money that used to go to Freemantle's Deckchair Theatre should be applied to developing new Australian…
How art changes lives
Becoming an artist can be a liberation, a catharsis, a source of meaning, life satisfaction or existential peace.
Why the Greens are an arts party
In the first arts play in the 2013 federal election campaign the Greens have announced a policy for a $10…
