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
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Theatre Network Australia’s Circus and Physical Theatre Strategy Announced
In late August Theatre Network Australia announced that it has now finalised an agreement with Creative Victoria, fully supported by the former ACAPTA board and endorsed at a Special General Meeting of the ACAPTA membership. TNA will be taking on most but not all of the services that ACAPTA used to provide. The two key … Read More
NORPA’s Associate Artists and Masterclasses
In August, NORPA announced its line-up of Associate Artists. TNN welcomes those artists and looks forward to hearing about what they and NORPA will be creating in the months to come. All are respected makers in their own right and represent the cutting edge of Australian talent across a multitude of forms. Together they form … Read More
2017 Copyright Symposium
If you’ve been following the Productivity Commission’s Report on IP Arrangements in Australia and the Government’s response to this report then you are probably keen to get to the: 18TH BIENNIAL COPYRIGHT LAW AND PRACTICE SYMPOSIUM 2017 12-13th October at LENDLEASE DARLING QUARTER THEATRE, Terrace 3, 1–25 Harbour Street, Sydney. The Copyright Society of Australia together with the Australian … Read More
Festivals Australia | Dept Communications and the Arts
Festivals Australia supports community participation in, and access to, the arts and aims to support partnerships and collaboration across the sector. Funding applications open: September 18, 2017 09:00 AEST and close October 20, 2017 17:00 AEDT Funding is for projects commencing after 1 February 2018. Festivals Australia funds high-quality arts and cultural heritage projects that … Read More
Force Majeure seeking Associate Producer (7mth role)
Force Majeure have asked us to spread the word about this 7 month term position as ASSOCIATE PRODUCER …. Contract: Part-time, seven-month term (2.5 days per week, flexible hours can be negotiated) Remuneration: $60K pro rata, plus superannuation (9.5%) Reporting to: Executive Producer Closing date: Monday 18th September, 5.00pm Please send a CV (2 pages) and … Read More
Belvoir announces new Executive Director – Sue Donnelly
Congratulations to both Sue and Belvoir from all of us at TNN! Belvoir is pleased to announce the appointment of Sue Donnelly, one of Australia’s most prominent and experienced arts administrators, to the position of Executive Director of the legendary theatre company. Sam Meers, Belvoir Chair, said today, “I’m thrilled to be announcing Sue Donnelly’s appointment as … Read More
The 2017 finalists for the Drover Awards have been announced!
APACA has announced the 2017 finalists for the Drover Awards! APACA’s Drover Awards acknowledge the achievements of the companies that have made the commitment and excel a touring regional Australia and are announced at the APACA conference dinner on Thursday 24 August, at Sydney’s Luna Park. TNN would like to congratulate all the artists and companies who … Read More
How Arts Service Orgs can fill the void in arts journalism? Action provoking article at Howlround.com
Ruth Zamoyta reports on the Association for Performing Arts Service Organization’s annual meeting at howlround.com This is one of those perfectly timed articles that clinches a lot of discussion around job cuts in the media and, from the NSW theatre sector, lack of critical reviews in regional and Western NSW and for independent theatre in general. … Read More
Private sector support grows for the arts in Australia | Department of Communications and the Arts
This recently released Creative Partnerships report is a great resource for our theatre sector to reflect on as we look to develop more sustainable ways of operating and creating work. But this recent article on cultural philanthropy in the UK also gives TNN pause for thought on where the majority of arts philanthropy goes, where philanthropy is … Read More