ON TOMORROW!! CAUSE & EFFECT: ARTS & SOCIAL CAUSE FORUM – Saturday, 3 June 2017 @ 3pm-5pm $20 Attend a panel discussion with selected academics, arts workers and directors of NGOs to discuss the artists as cause and effect and how artists can play a more active role as agents for social change. Speakers include: Grace … Read More
Diversity
Longhouse (CAAP)’s BEHIND THE SCENES OF AUSTRALIAN GRAFFITI
BEHIND THE SCENES OF AUSTRALIAN GRAFFITI AT STC Join Contemporary Asian Australian Performance (CAAP) at Sydney Theatre Company (STC) for their second Longhouse event as they step behind the scenes of Australian Graffiti ahead of its world premiere. When & Where: 6pm – 8pm on Thurs 22 June at STC’s Wharf Studio, Sydney Theatre Company Pier 4, Hickson Road, … 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
NSW theatre for young audiences? A TNN & WOW event
Are you making theatre for young audiences? Or do you want to connect with those that are? SAVE THE DATE for 12th September at Casula Powerhouse (more info to come soon) What is the current situation in NSW around new theatre work for young audiences? Because, if young audiences are our future how are we … Read More
Country Arts Support Program (CASP) – Now Open
Country Arts Support Program (CASP) is a wonderful small grant/funding resource for regional arts activities for more information please read below or go directly to the Regional Arts NSW website or your local regional arts development organisation. Applications close: 5pm, Thursday 27 July 2017 COUNTRY ARTS SUPPORT PROGRAM (CASP) is an annual small grants program … Read More
Accessing The Arts Group
ACCESSING THE ARTS GROUP ATAG’s Upcoming Meetings for 2017 Accessing the Arts Group (ATAG) is a professional development group for arts organisations and venues, aiming to provide both support and information to improve disability access and social inclusion. New members are very welcome to come along and participate in this discussion. Following up on their … Read More
Can we celebrate being female, being human on our stages?
Calling for more female-driven musicals. Andrea Lepcio in HowlRound poses the question: Can we create musicals that allow women to be all that they are: good, bad, ugly, and beautiful? Can we celebrate being female? Can we celebrate being human? … If you Google feminist theatre, you get a strong HowlRound piece “Feminist Theatre: What does … Read More
Are you reaching your audience potential?
The next SAMAG Seminar will showcase organisations large and small who have pursued new audiences by continuing to make their work as open and accessible to everyone to engage with as possible. Panellists will share the ways in which they’ve made their programs accessible, and what the outcomes, and also the challenges, have been along … Read More
Artsfront May update…
From the team at Artsfront…. First Peoples Cultural Summit – Public Gallery Session The Marram-Nganjinu Biik-Gurin (We are Country) First Nations Cultural Summit – 8-10 May – concludes today (Wednesday 10 May). Whilst the advertised Public Gallery session is going ahead the organisers have decided not to live stream today’s session. https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/marram-nganjinu-biik-gurrin-cultural-manifesto-launch-tickets-33483176081 An update regarding … Read More
Join Climate Change Theatre Action 2017! Host an Event in Your Community!
Chantal Bilodeau, Founder, Artists & Climate Change and Artistic Director of The Arctic Cycle invites you to join this international event from your own community. CALL FOR COLLABORATORS Climate Change Theatre Action (CCTA) is a worldwide series of readings and performances of short climate change plays presented in support of the United Nations COP23 meeting chaired by Fiji and hosted in … Read More