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Ross Page. Image: Dan Thornton.
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Meet the Members: Ross Page, founder of the Made in the West Film Festival

'Don't have a famine mentality,' says Ross Page. 'If we support each other, we can turn this industry into something…

Susie Fagan. Photo: Supplied.
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Meet the members: Susie Fagan, comedian

Ireland-born comedian Susie Fagan juggles many roles and has some blunt but helpful advice for would-be performers.

Greg Eldridge, director. Image: ArtsHub.
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Meet the members: Greg Eldridge, Opera Director

Melbourne-born Greg Eldridge has worked on more than 80 productions across 14 countries.

arts leaders: a photo of a woman's hand holding a smartphone that is showing the stopwatch app at 19 seconds to go.
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Should arts leaders have time limits on their tenures?

A recent spike in departure announcements from long-serving Australian arts leaders prompts the question: how long is too long at…

Suzanne and Gina Chick open the 2025 Rose Scott Women Writers Festival, run by The Women's Club. Photo: Supplied.
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How the Australian Cultural Fund is helping artists and organisations unlock EOFY fundraising

From grassroots projects to major festivals, the Australian Cultural Fund is changing the game for arts fundraising.

Support Act’s Dr Ash King leads Culture of Creativity workshop at BIGSOUND 2025. Image: Randolph Fields.
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Beyond the music: how Support Act is caring for Australia’s creative workforce

Support Act offers free mental health support, training and advocacy for (and by) creative industries workers.

L-R: Leticia Cáceres (photo: Sebastian Bourges), Elizabeth Coleman (photo: Rodney Stewart), Priscilla Jackman and Jean Tong (supplied). Four female and non-binary directors who have moved from stage to screen.
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From stage to screen: four Australian creatives discuss sideways career shifts

Leticia Cáceres, Elizabeth Coleman, Priscilla Jackman and Jean Tong describe how they adapted skills honed in the theatre into film…

A man sitting at a piano. Alexander Gavrylyuk, concert pianist.
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Concert pianist – so you want my arts job?

Alexander Gavrylyuk is an internationally acclaimed concert pianist. How does he manage his busy career?

A scene from 'The Past is a Wild Party' by Noelle Janaczewska, one of the 7-ON playwrights. The photo depicts a female-presenting actor with blonde hair and wearing a long-sleeved blue shirt and red trousers. Her arms are outstretched, her head tilted back and her mouth open as if she is exclaiming ecstatically. She holds a closed book with a red cover, perhaps a play script, in her left hand.
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The 7-ON playwrights: how to sustain a collective for 20 years

Members of playwrights collective 7-ON discuss their new anthology, and how they’ve operated successfully for two decades to date.

A blonde woman in long black sleeves is sitting at a desk looking bored. She is experiencing procrastination.
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Yes, creative procrastination is different

Creatives everywhere delay the work that matters most, but research suggests creative procrastination is distinct from other forms.

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