Emerging/Early Career Artists Fund: Ian Potter Cultural Trust 

March 1, 2017By adminFunding, Professional Development No Comments

Round 2 Opens 27 March/Closes 23 May The Cultural Trust is committed to encouraging excellence and supporting a vibrant, world-class arts scene in Australia. The Cultural Trust offers grants up to $7,000 to assist emerging and early career artists of exceptional talent to take up professional development opportunities, usually overseas. The Cultural Trust support applicants who can … Read More

BLACKTOWN CITY COUNCIL CREATIVE ARTS FUND

March 1, 2017By adminFunding, NSW Arts News No Comments

Would you like to explore creative collaborations, experiment with new art forms or pursue professional development opportunities? Achieve your artistic goals with funding assistance through the Blacktown City Council Creative Arts Fund. A total of $40,000 worth of grants will be awarded to local individuals and organisations. In 2016, 17 individuals and organisations received funding … Read More

Australian Cultural Diplomacy Grants Program – DFAT

February 28, 2017By adminCultural Diversity, Funding, International, National News No Comments

The Australian Cultural Diplomacy Grants Program (ACDGP) supports the delivery of high-quality public diplomacy initiatives which promote our economic, artistic, and cultural assets to an international audience. These initiatives strengthen Australia’s reputation as an innovative, creative nation and foster collaborative people-to-people links internationally. The ACDGP focus is on activities that contribute to advancing Australia’s foreign … Read More

We get around – TNN in 2016

February 28, 2017By adminTNN Projects & Events No Comments

1 Organisation = Benefits NSW theatre industry The basic maths: 1 x Director, 3 days/week 8 x Committee members 1 x State 7 x NSW theatre industry events 11 x E-news 1 x Individual Associate Membership package 3 x Organisation Associate Membership packages 12,988 individual emails 847 phone calls 7 modes of transport: Plane, train, bus, … Read More

Theatre-ing While Disabled: Intern Edition

February 28, 2017By adminArtists living with disability, Industry Training, Inspiration, Playwriting, Professional Development, Valuing the Arts, Wellbeing No Comments

Kate Langsdorf writes about why she never took an unpaid internship. In this Howlround series, Kate highlights some of the twenty theatre job titles she’s held over the years, rating them based on their level of awesomeness / non-awesomeness through the lens of her physical disability. Each position is ranked on a scale of one … Read More

Manchester Royal Exchange audience manifesto commits to ‘connect with ordinary people’

February 27, 2017By adminDiversity, Inspiration, International, Research & Advocacy, Theatre Sector News, Valuing the Arts No Comments

A new audience manifesto published by Manchester’s Royal Exchange calls for theatre to “demonstrate more ethnic diversity” and “connect more with ordinary people”. Believed to be the first publication of its kind, the manifesto outlines what audiences want from theatres following a two-year survey of 2,150 people. It was presented on February 20 as a … Read More

UK’s call for evidence on business support for the arts 

February 27, 2017By adminInternational No Comments

Photo: miuenski (CC BY-NC-SA) A call for evidence around the provision of business support to creative and cultural organisations has been issued by an Arts Council England-funded research project. As part of a new programme of business support for the arts, called Prosper, researchers at Coventry University are investigating current business support provision, as well as … Read More

YIRRAMBOI DELEGATION

February 20, 2017By adminAustralia Council for the Arts, Diversity, First Nations Artists, Funding, Opportunity No Comments

The Australia Council for the Arts is offering presenters and programmers an opportunity to join a delegation to the 2017 YIRRAMBOI First Nations Arts Festival. The delegation will spend the final four nights of the festival immersing themselves in First Nations arts and culture. Delegates will have the opportunity to see and discuss work with colleagues, network … Read More

South Asian Diaspora – Perception and Reality

February 20, 2017By adminCultural Diversity, Diversity, Theatre Industry events No Comments

Presented by Nautanki Theatre. Four wonderful speakers – writers, academics and social workers will discuss the topic – South Asian Diaspora – Perception and Reality. Venue: Information & Cultural Exchange (ICE), 8 Victoria Road in Parramatta. Date/Time: Saturday 11th March 2017 at 5.30 pm Panellists: Manisha Amin – CEO at Media Access Australia and Writer Indu Balachandran … Read More

CROSS-POLLINATION: Audience Development Opportunity

February 20, 2017By adminAustralia Council for the Arts, Funding, Professional Development, Theatre Sector News No Comments

Audience development skills exchange Amount: $6,000 Expressions of interest close: 14 March 2017 Notification: 28 March 2017 Activity dates: 1 April – 30 June 2017 Expressions of Interest are now open for Cross-Pollination, an audience development initiative. This program offers peer-to peer learning for staff involved in audience development across different art forms and regions. Each participant will be … Read More