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Major funding secured for the Australian Festival of Chamber Music’s Pathways Program

The AFCM obtained the funding from The Ian Potter Foundation after a record-breaking 2024.

A graffitied mini van, has green paint on it and slogans extolling the virtues of the arts on the windows.
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Opportunity costs: the problem with rationalising creative output – part three

In the final part of a three-part article, Rick Heath examines why the Australian arts industry is not valued or…

Sterling Notley and Matt Hogan in Canberra Youth Theatre's production of 'Work, But This Time Like You Mean It'. Two young men, both dressed in red and white shirts and black pants, sit in a pit of yellow balls against a red wall. One boy holds the other in his arms; both are shouting or screaming.
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Canberra Youth Theatre takes drastic steps to ensure its survival

The long-running company will not stage any productions in 2025 and is also cutting back and consolidating its training programs…

A large group of First Nations people, young and old, stand on a stage beneath spotlights and behind some music stands. At the front is a young woman with her arms out wearing multicoloured tops and shorts.
Opinions & Analysis

Opportunity costs: the problem with rationalising creative output – part two

In part two of a three-part article, Rick Heath examines why the Australian arts industry is not valued or invested…

Gold Coast introduces new arts grants. People at a music festival pumping their fits. The air is filled with confetti raining down on them.
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$200,000 grants to be distributed to creatives in Gold Coast

Grants worth a total of $1.5 million will be offered through Experience Gold Coast Arts Fund to support local artists.

'The Lord of the Rings' films were filmed in Aotearoa New Zealand and are known internationally. Could a new cultural policy similarly amplify NZ's rich cultural sector? Photo depicts a hillside-set door in the movie set of Hobbiton.
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Amplify, NZ’s new cultural policy, is timely and needed, but not ambitious enough

A draft creative and culture strategy has been released for public consultation in Aotearoa New Zealand, but James Wenley asks,…

detail of eye on money.
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Is debt good for the arts?

What is 'impact debt finance', and is it the way forward for more financial sustainability for the arts?

$3,880,000 over two years has been allocated to 12 small to medium companies in a new pilot program from Creative Australia. The photo is a close-up of multiple Australian $100 notes laid out and overlapping one another.
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Creative Australia trials $3.88 million program to support small to medium sector

An additional $3,880,000 investment over two years from the Federal Government will support 12 small to medium companies across the…

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$8.1 million plan committed to equity for arts and disability

Finally, a plan that commits money to rejecting ableist positions and promoting equity for arts workers, artists and communities living…

A man in a brown suit stands on stage with a microphone in front of grey/green curtains. A man and a woman are sitting either side of him. Paul Goldsmith.
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Creative community puts questions to NZ Arts Minister in lively Q&A

Some of the biggest talking points in the creative sector were on the table when Paul Goldsmith fronted an audience…

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