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