Covid-19
RISE opens door to thriving future as more funding allocated in TAS and QLD
The drip-feeding of announcements continues this week, with Dark Mofo and La Boite Theatre Company being the latest recipients of…
A rallying cry for the future at Visions 2020
The future can't get here fast enough was the perfect start for ArtsHub’s Visions 2020 conference. We look at the…
‘Rona’, ‘iso’, ‘quazza’ — words of the year speak to our Australian take on COVID
Our strange new world was reflected in the new words which entered our lexicon in 2020 – all with a…
Creative industries inquiry demonstrates need for national cultural policy as hearings continue
Australia’s Parliament is holding an inquiry into the creative industries. Ben Eltham looks at the evidence given in public hearings.
Nurturing staff is the best recovery plan for publishers in the post-COVID world
Sam Missingham’s keynote address at SPN's Independent Publishing Conference acknowledged the success the publishing industry has had during COVID but…
Hope and loss: Visions 2020 with Sophie Cunningham
In the latest episode of our podcast, author and editor Sophie Cunningham reflects on the challenges of 2020 and the…
Visions 2020 full program sets sights on the future of the arts
Our online conference will make sense of 2020 and think through the arts as an essential part of the ‘new…
ICYMI: The week's top news in the arts
Public sculpture for hope, The National's 2021 artists revealed, auctions hit new records, Inclusive Film Festival, Pinchgut, Griffin, QSO, and…
Has digital become the new frontier for discrimination? (from the archives)
To mark UN Zero Discrimination Day we re-visit an article in which sector leaders warn about a growing discrimination across…
New Victorian initiative will pay artists to work in schools for six months
Addressing COVID-19’s impact on artists’ incomes and employment opportunities, the Creative Workers in Schools program will also directly encourage students’…