Tag: arts funding
Australia should have a universal basic income for artists. Here’s what that could look like
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While artists struggle to get noticed in the Australian political arena, particularly in the lead up to an election, other nations take...
No, the federal government didn’t spend $4 billion on COVID support for culture and the arts
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Canberra thinktank A New Approach put out an interesting paper last week on the state of public funding for Australian arts and culture.
The report made...
The crisis of a career in culture: why sustaining a livelihood in the arts is so hard
La Boite’s artists company is embedding Queensland creatives in the theatre company for 18 months. Markus Ravik
In the arts in Australia, precarious employment, unpaid work and short-lived careers are the...
Circus Oz is to close after 44 years. They irrevocably changed Australian circus, and brought it to the world
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In 1980, I was in London and working at the Roundhouse performing arts centre.
Thelma Holt, the legendary director of the Roundhouse,...
Sunday essay: a world of pain – Australian theatre in crisis
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Australia’s performing arts sector has long been recognised as an ecosystem. It is a community of artists, arts organisations and institutions,...
Rising on pause; Dark Mofo ticket sales delayed. The government must insure our arts events
The Wilds at Rising Festival will be closed during Melbourne’s seven day lockdown. Eugene Hyland/Rising
When lockdown was announced in Melbourne on Thursday, it...