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Arts funding that honours artists rather than neoliberal markets
What the sector needs are separate funding streams for emerging and established artists that evaluate financial acquittals rather than applications.
Arts with law: a complementary and powerful combination
Creating social change and addressing the inadequacies of systems around gendered violence, through arts and law's intersection.
Diversity and the regional arts sector
Key administrators of arts in regional Australia speak about diversity in the regional arts sector and reflect on why we…
How ‘mental health’ has been reimagined in the workplace
Good mental health in the arts won’t happen until we see people with lived experienced enabled and included as leaders…
Accessible writing is for everyone
Accessible writing can be divided into two categories: plain language and Easy Read.
Are we missing an opportunity when we say ‘arts jobs are real jobs’?
Who are we leaving behind when we justify artist work on the system's terms? Are we missing an opportunity for…
Uninvited to the mainstage: the unfortunate consequence of approaching diversity without respect
New diversity initiatives shouldn’t disregard the history of older artists and arts workers fighting in this space.
Artist burnout is not a mental health issue – it is a labour issue
Reframing burnout in labour terms would implicitly shift our approach to advocacy around artist well-being.
Decolonising the written word
As an editor, a relatively new part of my brief is to be on the alert for colonial exceptionalism. What…
Education in brief: follow the money, find the story
It’s been a big month for Australian arts education news. Money – or the lack of it – was the…