Festivals
Why we’ll need great art more than ever after COVID-19
From around the country, artists and arts workers reflect on why the post-pandemic world will need art more than ever.
Celebrating arts anniversaries during closure
Anniversaries are moments for great celebration – especially when an arts company survives into the double digits – but the…
How to deliver a festival during a crisis
Determination, resilience and a lot of planning is what’s required to stage a live arts festival during a pandemic. Find…
Embracing localism: how will audiences respond without international drawcards?
Festivals traditionally lure in audiences with big international names, artists whose work can also help inspire local practitioners. What is…
Aboriginal-led Parrtjima festival a leading light for festival sector recovery
In the wake of COVID-19 and global Black Lives Matter protests, Parrtjima 2020, with its theme 'Lifting Our Spirits', is…
Carriageworks secures independent future
Carriageworks saved, thanks to a 20-year lease agreement and guaranteed annual funding - two necessities it has battled since opening…
ICYMI: The week's top news in the arts
Largest Tiwi exhibition ever; landmark public sculpture for Sydney; Melbourne in lockdown; Palace Letters released; Darwin Festival homegrown program, and…
Report shows festivals will play key role in our post-COVID revival
A new UniSA study, prepared in conjunction with Arts SA and Adelaide Festival Centre, indicates South Australia’s festival sector has…
ICYMI: The week's top news in the arts
From restoring Pollack's Blue poles to EOIs for new Craft Festival; success for Adelaide Festival while MSO embraces the footy,…
What can the world's oldest games festival teach the arts about survival?
Freeplay independent games festival has survived for over sixteen years. The past and present directors share the lessons they have…