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A fair-skinned woman with curly red hair looks quizzicaly at the camera, one eyebrow slightly raised and a playful expression on her face. She wears a formal black jacket over a light blue blouse, which is unbuttoned, giving her a somewhat devil-may-care attitude. This is Kerri Glasscock, the outgoing Director and CEO of Sydney Fringe Festival.
Features

What I learned from 12 years at Sydney Fringe Festival: Kerri Glasscock

As she leaves Sydney Fringe to take up the reins as Executive Director of Create NSW, Glasscock shares some of…

Green spraypaint reads 'ART$Y' on grey pavement - a reflection of arts funding.
Features

The new money: how artists are funding their work beyond grants

With traditional funding sources tightening, Australia's creative workers are turning to alternative revenue streams – but not without cost.

A person in a ghost costume with sunglasses and headphones is on the phone.
Features

10 expert tips on how to be a ghostwriter

Ghostwriting isn’t just writing for someone else. It’s shaping their story, capturing their voice and helping them say the things…

A kid looking at a tank full of jelly fish. The tank is lit up with indigo light.
News

Arts news watch: this week’s trending topics

We report it – you read it. This week: pub quiz literary questions, King’s Birthday Honours List, choosing a career…

A woman with blonde hair has collapsed onto a bed. In this context of this article, it is demonstrating an artist with burnout.
Career Advice

5 reasons artists struggle with burnout – and what to do about it

Understanding creative exhaustion – and how to recover from it. Here are five ways you can identify and combat burnout.

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Opinions & Analysis

A public or private sector career in the visual arts – which is the right one for you?

Moving from the public to the private sector in the visual arts is usually a one-way street, so make sure…

A woman with a hat sits perched over a desk, hand-writing into a journal on a wooden chair. The photo is in black and white. The woman is an author.
Features

The broken midlist: why it’s harder than ever to be a ‘moderately successful’ author

Once the heart of the publishing industry, midlist authors now face dwindling advances, fading support, and a market obsessed with…

Phot of a dog with tan fur wearing glasses and putting its head on a magazine with dog pictures.
News

Arts news watch: this week’s trending topics

We report it – you read it. This week: the story behind this year’s Vivid centrepiece, a massive 3D tapestry,…

Against a purple backdrop, a man with dark hair and a moustache. 'So you want my arts job' is printed in white.
Career Advice

So you want my arts job: Festival Director of the Darwin Street Art Festival

Move over Melbourne! According to David Collins, Darwin is where it's at in terms of street art.

A photo of an old-school box television displaying noise. There are two pot plants on both sides of the tv, and the domestic scene is covered in a red tone.
News

Arts news watch: this week’s trending topics

We report it – you read it. This week: Queensland literary judges resign, David Attenborough at 99, ‘Vandemonian Lags’ reviewed…

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