Afloat: Major Performing Arts Framework

October 18, 2018By adminAustralia Council for the Arts, International, National News, Networked, Opportunity, Research & Advocacy, Theatre Sector News, Valuing the Arts No Comments

Rather than just post this announcement, I thought I’d take a few moments to consider where in this week’s conversations this is sitting for Theatre Network NSW and our members. We know there is a lot of talk in the sector about how to secure funding for a stronger performing arts sector. Suggestions range from … Read More

Nominate Now: 2019 Australia Council Awards and 2019 National Indigenous Arts Awards

September 11, 2018By adminAustralia Council for the Arts, Awards, Diversity, First Nations Artists, Independent Theatre, Showcase No Comments

Nominations are now open for the 2019 Australia Council Awards and the 2019 National Indigenous Arts Awards. Both of these significant awards programs celebrate outstanding achievements of individuals in the arts and their contributions to the arts and cultural life of the nation. The Australia Council Awards include categories for music, literature, community arts and … Read More

IETM Spring Plenary Porto 2018 | Australia Council

December 11, 2017By adminAustralia Council for the Arts, International, NSW Arts News, Opportunity, Professional Development, Theatre Sector News No Comments

IETM Event dates:  26-29 April 2018 Amount:  $3,000 EOI’s close:  Midnight, Tuesday 23 January 2018 Notification:  Late February 2018 About the opportunity: Expressions of Interest are now open for support to attend the IETM Spring Plenaryin Porto, Portugal from 26- 29 April 2018. Australia Council has worked in partnership with the International Network for Contemporary … Read More

Making Art Work – Professional Artists in Australia

December 11, 2017By adminAustralia Council for the Arts, National News, Research & Advocacy, Theatre Sector News, Valuing the Arts No Comments

If you missed it, the next instalment in a long-term economic study of Australian Performing Artists was released in November. The full dashboard and range of reports are available on the Australia Council for the Arts website here. Making Art Work: An Economic Study of Professional Artists in Australia by David Throsby and Katya Petetskaya is … Read More

PERFORMING ARTS RESIDENCIES IN PARIS, NEW YORK AND HELSINKI

September 4, 2017By adminAustralia Council for the Arts, Opportunity, Professional Development, Residency, Theatre Sector News No Comments

Would you like to develop your performing arts practice and connect with fellow artists in Paris, New York or Helsinki? Check these opportunities out from the Australia Council for the Arts Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris Location: Paris Art form: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts, Community Arts and Cultural Development, Dance, Emerging and Experimental Arts, … Read More

Upcoming Board Governance webinars

September 4, 2017By adminAustralia Council for the Arts, Governance, National News, Networked, Opportunity, Professional Development, Support No Comments

There are still ways to participate in great arts governance training How does your board prepare for the future? How does it know it’s doing a good job? What is its role in monitoring the organisation’s artistic health? These are some of the questions that will be tackled in the Australia Council Arts Governance Program, … Read More

International Performing Arts Residencies

August 15, 2017By adminAustralia Council for the Arts, Funding, International, Professional Development, Residency, Theatre Sector News No Comments

Would you like to develop your performing arts practice and connect with fellow artists in Paris, New York or Helsinki? The Australia Council for the Arts has some great opportunities for you to consider… Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris Location: Paris Art form: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts, Community Arts and Cultural Development, Dance, … Read More

Australia Council – Research

June 28, 2017By adminAustralia Council for the Arts, National News, Research & Advocacy, Valuing the Arts No Comments

Connecting Australians 2017 Report is online! The 2016 survey is the third in a landmark ‘National Arts Participation Survey’ series by the Australia Council for the Arts, following editions in 2009 and 2013. This series provides a comprehensive picture of Australians’ evolving relationship with the arts in their daily lives. It encompasses engagement with the … Read More

Raising the issue of gender equality in theatre critiques

May 30, 2017By adminAdvocacy, Australia Council for the Arts, Cultural Diversity, Diversity, Gender, Inspiration, International, Playwriting, Valuing the Arts No Comments

  Multiple reviewers of many genders, races, sexualities, and, perhaps most importantly, taste in art, might someday review one play and discuss the work in a dialectic. This approach might give the lie to the mask of objectivity and reveal that elusive thumbprint, taste, which can be invisibly gendered. In her speech at the female theatre … Read More

Getting your board on board – Australia Council Governance Program

April 10, 2017By adminAustralia Council for the Arts, Governance, National News, Networked, Opportunity, Professional Development No Comments

AUSTRALIA COUNCIL ARTS GOVERNANCE PROGRAM The Australia Council has launched a new, national Arts Governance Program with full-day workshops and webinars now open for registration. The program is being developed and delivered with the Institute of Community Directors Australia, an Our Community enterprise. These workshops and webinars, primarily designed for small-medium arts organisations, will enhance … Read More