Professional Development

The essential skills of a great director
The British critic James Agate once unkindly defined a theatre director as ‘a person engaged by the management to conceal…

Social media marketing: what you need to know
Social media opens up amazing opportunities for arts businesses to create massive reach, build buzz and drive ticket sales.

UK artist seeks Australian opportunities
The opportunity to remount his critically acclaimed one-man show is not the main reason Scottee has returned Down Under.

Digital Marketing for beginners
No arts business can afford to miss the opportunities to build audiences and engagement that can be leveraged from effective…

Executive to help grow Musica Viva
Hywel Sims has left his role as General Manager at Gondwana Choirs to take on a key position at Musica…

Creative accounting: an unexpected career path
Deloitte is one of the Big 4 accounting firms, home to the world's top number crunchers. But with a background…

Filling big shoes: replacing a founding Artistic Director
How do you replace someone whose personality, artistry and aesthetic sensibility have come to define a company’s creative output to…

Warhol Curator takes on Sydney’s contemporary art collection
The Andy Warhol Museum’s Curator has made a career move back to Sydney and brings with him a wealth of…

Art journal editor and teacher is Gertrude's new Curator
Co-founder and co-editor of Discipline will bring her expertise to a leading Fitzroy art gallery as the newly appointed Curator.

Would you pay $2K to attend a conference?
You’re mad if you don’t. You are paying your way to the table with the world’s great museum communicators including…