Starting this Friday 17 June and continuing until the federal election, every theatre company in NSW and many of the state’s major venues will campaign directly to audiences to get government funding cuts restored to the Australia Council for the Arts, as part of a national campaign aimed at reversing cuts.Companies campaigning directly to audiences … Read More
A working group of NSW theatre companies has been convened to address arts funding in the lead up to the federal election. This group includes independent, small to medium and Major Performing Arts (MPA) companies as well as Theatre Network NSW (TNN), the peak body for theatre companies in NSW. The working group has welcomed … Read More
Senate Inquiry Meetings If you submitted to the inquiry and have been invited to present to either of these hearings we invite you to one of two meetings on Tuesday, 3rd of November. These meetings have been developed by TNN, Feral Arts, Paul Abood, and ArtsPeak to help you prepare and meet with others who … Read More
This final survey report includes comments and reactions to the NPEA and the survey itself. With 59 respondents over a 5 and a half days survey period, the report gives a good indication of the feeling in our community about the impact of the budget announcements on our arts industry, our daily lives, and our … Read More
The Australia Council for the Arts has today announced changes to its grants program in response to the 2015-16 budget measures. Source: Australia Council outlines revised grants program | Australia Council Their announcement leads with a focus on ‘The Council will continue to deliver a grants program for individuals, groups, and small to medium sized … Read More
Dear Associates and Peers, If you can’t attend tonight’s Free the Arts forum (scroll down for agenda) at ATYP in Sydney it will be streamed from 6.00pm EST. You can access the stream on the Free the Arts Facebook page: Free The Arts Facebook or via the LiveStream event page Free the Arts Livestream On twitter please … Read More
On Thursday June 18, fifty arts sector delegates from across Australia will gather in Canberra at Parliament house to participate in meetings, facilitated by Anne Dunn, with Senators Mark Dreyfus, Richard Di Natale, and (TBC) George Brandis. If you are one of the NSW delegates attending you will already have received this information but if, like many … Read More
For those of you in Sydney last Friday who would leave work, brave the rain, and face the potential scrutiny of the powers that be …. you won’t necessarily need to browse through this quick summary of the NSW #freethearts protest. For those of us not in Sydney or not able to get there for … Read More
Dear TNN Associates and Peers, As promised last Thursday at our divine audience diversity event – thank you to all involved – please find below the petition (now open) to which TNN is adding its support in response to Senator Brandis’ announcement earlier this week. Our TNV colleagues have been furiously working with their stakeholders … Read More
