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Cindy Rostron, Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF) Fashion Showcase at the Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture (Hawai'i 2024). Image: Benjamin Warlngundu Ellis Bayliss.
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First Nations residency and funding opportunities a 'game changer' for artists

With a dedicated music residency and funding of up to $50,000, Creative Australia's programs for First Nations artists and young…

A close-up photograph of a person jumping from bollard to bollard on a stretch of road; the photo shows only their legs and feet. The person is wearing black pants, white socks and black and red sneakers. The photo illustrates Artshub's weekly On the Move column, which summarises the week's arts sector appointments across Australia.
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On the move: latest arts sector appointments

Your weekly round-up of Australian arts sector appointments.

A woman with short brown hair and a white top. Wenona Byrne. Writing Australia
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Wenona Byrne: 5 questions for Writing Australia's new director

Wenona Byrne discusses some of the ins and outs of her new position as Director of Writing Australia.

Wesley Enoch, a highly respected cultural leader and First Nations man, smiles at the camera. He is wearing black and a QUT sign is visible behind him.
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Wesley Enoch AM appointed as the Australia Council Board’s new Chair

Enoch, a Quandamooka man, is the first practising artist and first First Nations person to serve as the Board's Chair.

Writing Australia: a hardcopy of a manuscript on a table with a pair of glasses placed on top of the front page (birds eye view).
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Can new Writing Australia council address writers’ most urgent needs?

Will this ‘new page’ for Australia’s literary sector bring the support Australian writers and publishers have been waiting for?

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Lindy Lee reveals driving forces behind Venice Biennale Board meeting decision 

Former Creative Australia Board member Lindy Lee has revealed new details of the fateful Board meeting that kicked-off the Venice…

Artist Khaled Sabsabi (right, a middle-aged man wearing all black) and curator Michael Dagostino (left, a middle-aged man with long gray hair wearing all black) for the 2026 Venice Biennale. They are standing at the corner of a graffitied shopfront.
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Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino reinstated as 2026 Venice Biennale creatives

Following months of backlash, resignations and an external review, Creative Australia has finally made the decision to recommission Khaled Sabsabi…

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New peak body, Creative Climate delivers a call to action to support the sector in climate justice

The national consortium has been created to assist the arts and culture sector in adapting to climate impacts and moving…

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Australian Design Centre loses state and federal funding, faces uncertain future

‘Without core operational funding it is difficult to see how ADC can continue in its current form,’ the organisation warned.

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Want to know more about fair, safe, respectful work in the creative industries? This new website is for you

The new Creative Workplaces website provides clear information on pay, working conditions and workplace safety for artists, arts workers and…

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