SAMAG’s December Seminar & SmartArts Drinks Date: Friday 2 December 2016 Time: 6pm Where: Catapult Dance Studio, 880 Hunter Street, Newcastle West Admission: Free RSVP here Speakers: Gina Fairley (Chair) National Editor, Visual Arts at ArtsHub Jess Duncan, Program Manager, Beyond Empathy Moree Gemma Parsons, Program Manager Beyond Empathy Illawarra Cadi McCarthy, Director, Catapult Dance, Newcastle Amy Hardingham, Co-Artistic Director, Tantrum Youth Arts, Newcastle. SAMAG, in partnership with … Read More
Theatre Sector News
NSW Theatre producers group standing strong
#istandwiththearts Campaign update The same NSW theatre producers group* that got together with a small army of volunteers, arts workers, audiences and communities to roll out the #istandwiththearts campaigns across the country prior to this year’s federal election has been working with new and re-elected MPs to promote the value of the arts. The NSW … Read More
ATYP Scholarships closing 5 December
$40,000 IN RESIDENCIES & SCHOLARSHIPS FOR YOUNG ARTISTS IN 2017 Rebel Wilson & Rose Byrne Scholarships ATYP is pleased to offer two unique scholarship opportunities for young Australians aged 18–26. Partnering with G’Day USA and the Australian Theatre Company (LA), each recipient will receive $10,000, year-long mentoring with ATYP in Sydney, and the opportunity to … Read More
Help Blacktown Host ‘Home Country’
HELP BLACKTOWN HOST HOME COUNTRY 11 – 22 January 2017 [embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VRGoUoEVYc[/embedyt] HOME COUNTRY is a new work by Urban Theatre Projects in partnership with Blacktown Arts Centre, which will premiere as part of Sydney Festival from 11-22 January 2017. Staged in a multi-level carpark in Blacktown, HOME COUNTRY is a contemporary theatre show with … Read More
This is precisely the time when artists go to work
Trump’s win shows how vital the arts and humanities are Julianne Schultz, Griffith University As one of the commentators in the New York Times wrote yesterday in relation to the way the polls had missed the sentiment of the American people, notwithstanding that Hillary Clinton did win the popular vote, “data cannot capture the human … Read More
EOIs to join Erth at Myrtle Street
Erth is welcoming expressions of interest from organisations and individuals in the arts and creative industries to join them in the new 2000sqm space. Office and creative studio space is now available for long and short-term leases. If you are interested in these spaces please contact Erth on:info@erth.com.au or (02) 8571 9133 Erth Visual & Physical Inc. … Read More
Coffee, Tea & 25 Cigarettes – an opportunity to look at the past and future
Make and take the time to ask the questions & talk about Arab Australian contemporary theatre Thursday 3 November, 7.00pm – 9.30pm, Bankstown Arts Centre FREE ENTRY, LIMITED CAPACITY, PLEASE REGISTER ‘Coffee, Tea & 25 Cigarettes’ is an informal evening about Arab Australian contemporary theatre over the last 25 years. Artists who have been making Arab-centred … Read More
PACT’s VACANT ROOM 2017 Now Open
VACANT ROOM 2017 Expressions of Interest are now open for Vacant Room 2017. Residency dates: 27 March to 14 April 2017 End of residency showings: 13 & 14 April 2017 Vacant Room Shared Residency offers three interdisciplinary artists or groups a shared, space only three-week residency at PACT. A professional mentor will work with and … Read More
Scott Howie on the real engagement of regional theatre making
In the lead up to TNN’s Beyond The Limits and Artlands Dubbo 2016, TNN has asked its presenters and panellists a few questions on their own theatre making and careers. Here is Scott Howie, Independent Artist and Regional Arts Development Officer (Eastern Riverina Arts) Why do you work in regional performance? There is space and time to develop, … Read More
The 2016 Patrick White Playwrights’ Award and Fellowship
Sydney Theatre Company is inviting applications from Australia’s talented playwrights for the 2016 Patrick White Playwrights’ Award and Patrick White Playwrights’ Fellowship. The prizes are designed to benefit both emerging and established writers and have a total prize pool of $32,500. The Patrick White Playwrights’ Award offers a cash prize of $7,500 for a full-length unproduced … Read More