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A woman with blonde hair has collapsed onto a bed. In this context of this article, it is demonstrating an artist with burnout.
Career Advice

5 reasons artists struggle with burnout – and what to do about it

Understanding creative exhaustion – and how to recover from it. Here are five ways you can identify and combat burnout.

The original 2023 season of 'Monumental' at Brunswick Picture House.
Features

How circus arts strengthen young people’s mental health and social connections, new report details

The report, commissioned by Spaghetti Circus and conducted by Patternmakers, has national implications.

Artists have a long and painful history with substance abuse. But what is the link between creativity and addiction?
Features

How addiction impacts creative lives

Addiction has been a core part of the tortured artist myth for centuries. But is there any evidence to suggest…

Image is two older people walking hand in hand on a path away from the camera in the golden hour of early evening, the sun shining as it sinks.
Career Advice

How to ensure you actually rest and take a break this holiday season

Many artists and arts professionals struggle to take time off, even when it's available to them.

Participants in Culture Dose for Kids youth mental health program at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. A group of kids sitting on the floor of a gallery looking up as a guide points at an artwork.
News

Gallery visits do good for youth mental health

Significant improvements in youth mental health have been recorded through AGNSW’s Culture Dose for Kids program.

A group of young people in a class room are looking at scripts and off to the right where someone is addressing them off camera. mental health
Opinions & Analysis

The untapped potential of theatre-based interventions for mental health

The benefits of using interactive theatre and creative arts activities to educate and build mental health skills.

man with grey beard leaning on desk, wearing suit on top and boxer shorts and joggers below. Mental health Brian Cox
News

15-minute mental health hack at work

Actor Brian Cox says, F**ck the Fruit: just move for your mind. ArtsHub looks at new research.

14th Art from the Heart of the Cross exhibition organised by MSIC, themed 'People Before Politics'. An artwork featuring a panda with a cigarette in its mouth and doing graffiti.
News

Exhibition puts 'People Before Politics' as NSW Drug Summit draws near

The show seeks to address the taboo of talking about drug use through artworks that focus on self-expression.

drawing of brain being erased
Features

23 creative stories to elevate one from the cloud of dementia

The arts can lead in extending a quality of life for people living with dementia.

Anna Yen plays Mrs Chen in ‘AI May’, an elderly migrant mother grappling with grief in an increasingly lonely society. An elderly Asian woman wearing a sage coloured hoodie is holding a burning incense in her hands, she appears to be praying with her eyes closed.
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A diasporic theatrical take on AI, with an Asian immigrant mother in futuristic Brisbane

In a new bilingual theatre production, an immigrant mother seeks solace in a humanoid following the death of her daughter.

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