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Two small children doing art activities. Regional galleries
Opinions & Analysis

Regional galleries 'not sexy enough' for funding

Disproportionate funding discriminates against regional access to the arts in NSW.

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Opportunities and awards

Lifetime Achievement nominations for Queensland performing arts professionals, new poetry in translation prize, music fund recipients and more.

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Opinions & Analysis

Belly punch to craft sector lacks respect: ADC in potential freefall

The CEO of the 61-year-old craft peak body speaks out about being stripped of federal and state operational funding.

Woman leans on grand piano smiling, where two students sit and look up at her. Strike a Chord.
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Opportunities and awards

This week's opportunities include short film funding in Blacktown and the 32nd Scarlet Stiletto Short Stories Awards, plus a call-out…

street frontage of the Australian Design Centre, ADC
News

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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Opportunities and awards

Entries open for Human Rights Essay Competition and MAC yapang Art Prize, plus winner of Penguin Literary Prize and more.

Green spraypaint reads 'ART$Y' on grey pavement - a reflection of arts funding.
Features

The new money: how artists are funding their work beyond grants

With traditional funding sources tightening, Australia's creative workers are turning to alternative revenue streams – but not without cost.

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Opportunities and awards

Fisher’s Ghost Art Award open for entries, city council funding available, plus winner of the Fogarty Literary Award in WA…

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Opportunities and awards

Ceramics prize open for entries, Artspace Studio Program artists and Australian Dance Theatre LOFT residents revealed, plus design and fashion…

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