Alrighty! After reading about Honor Eastly’s ‘Starving Artist‘ in ArtsHub I was intrigued enough to visit the site and have now signed up for the podcast and emails! If you haven’t already covered the same ground, Starving Artist a podcast about art, money, and how to combine those things. Each podcast features an interview with successful artists … Read More
Research & Advocacy
NORPA Needs Help After Lismore Floods
One of Australia’s premier regional performing arts companies, Northern Rivers Performing Arts (NORPA), has been devastated by the recent Northern Rivers floods. A fund has been set up by the Australian Major Performing Arts Group (AMPAG) and Australian Performing Arts Centres Association (APACA) in order to help NORPA get back on its feet. But they can’t do … 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
2017 National Salary Survey for Arts Orgs open now
Theatre Network Australia 2017 National Salary Survey is now open and we invite you to participate –https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/S2MSS17 TNN is told it it should take approximately 10 minutes of your time … but it took us less than five we reckon 😉 Eligible organisations are non-profit arts organisations across Australia with salaried staff and an annual turnover of … Read More
2016 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards announced
ATYP, Gavin Webber and Kathy Burns are announced Sidney Mary 2016 Prize winners. Huge congratulations to all three and all nominees. Image: Gavin Weber via CO3 The annual Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards were presented in Melbourne on Tuesday, with recipients honoured in three separate categories. Gavin Webber, Co-Artistic Director, The Farm (QLD) received the … Read More
ACT arts action alive and well
Theatre Network NSW recently caught up with Michael White of The Childers Group in Canberra and caught up on the concerns of artists and arts workers in our capital territory. There is strong flow between our Canberra and NSW theatre sectors and active groups like The Childers Group and the newer Canberra Arts Action Group … Read More
‘Is Diversity a White Word’ – CAAP & Carriageworks
Contemporary Asian Australian Performance & Carriageworks launches 2017 Longhouse with the question: “Is Diversity a White Word?” CAAP’s Longhouse returns on 20 April, at our new home in Carriageworks, bringing the Asian Australian performing arts community together through a program of networking events, talks, performances and workshops. To get things off to a lively start, … Read More
Performing Arts Exchange (PAX) 2017 applications are open
The Performing Arts Exchange (PAX) is APACA’s flagship networking and development event. It’s a face-to-face market which brings together producers and presenters from across the country to create and maximise touring opportunities and build relationships. PAX is the essential marketplace for programmers, presenters and producers. Whether it’s to buy work, find creative or presenting partners … Read More
World Theatre Map – are you on it?
Are you on the World Theatre Map yet? Yes we know you are 😉 but are you on this map? TNN has joined this beta platform as have some other NSW theatre venues and makers. Let’s get more of NSW on that map and let people know how much theatre is out there! Source: World … Read More
Paying The Rent – thoughts for our future
As government funding turns and twists TNN asks ‘What is the future of arts in our nation’? This comes with a whole set of other questions which are not new to our sector but are increasingly being asked in the NSW theatre sector as we wrestle with a sense of control over our industry and … Read More