Baillieu cuts Victorian arts funding: ‘tough, but not killer’
Crikey can reveal the Victorian government today will announce significant funding cuts in its arts portfolio. Smaller companies will be hit hardest.
View ArticleDo the arts need to dry out? An addictive cultural cocktail
If you drink and make art ... It's time for artists and the industry broadly to have a mature conversation about alcohol in our industry.
View ArticleKickstarting your arts projects now Pozible online
With arts funding on the decline, is it any surprise that artists and creative organisations are turning to their consumers and contemporaries for funding?
View ArticleWho’s making money in art? Everyone but the artists
The National Association for the Visual Arts is running a campaign on artists fees at the moment. It tells us a lot about the risks of being an artist.
View ArticleIf MONA is our Guggenheim, does Walsh deserve a free pass?
Philanthropic punter David Walsh is battling to keep his millions. So what happens to his celebrated Museum of Old and New Art if he goes down? Ben Eltham examines a unique and precarious gallery model.
View ArticleFestival of sport and arts: blink and you won’t miss it
Do the arts and sport mix? More than 16 million people have taken part in a country-wide festival of culture to coincide with the Olympics. But like the rest of the Games, the artistic legacy is short.
View ArticleQld budget: arts cuts will silence smaller shows
Arts Queensland's budget cuts will hit Queensland's artists and small cultural organisations hardest. They won't help minister Ros Bates' dire standing in the Queensland arts sector.
View ArticleNIDA dramatics ignore play on arts education
The war of words over the National Institute of Dramatic Arts distracts from the real debate about arts education. Why is the institute so gold-plated in the first place?
View ArticleWill the stars align for Queensland’s new arts bet?
Queensland's new Arts Minister has established a "superstar fund" to bring high-profile performing artists to the Sunshine State. But can she find a hit?
View ArticlePower and privilege: the 25 ‘trophy’ boards high-flyers covet
What are the boardrooms Australia's corporate high-flyers most want to be in? The ones with perks where no experience is necessary -- but it's still hard work. Crikey names the most coveted.
View ArticleHow government austerity is squeezing smaller arts groups
Tight state government revenues mean small-to-medium arts companies face an uncertain future. Is the golden age of funding coming to an end?
View ArticleArts is local, storytelling digital, in co-creative communities
Community arts and cultural development is in transition. There might be a lack of policy direction, but grassroots organisations are getting on with the business of creating.
View ArticleSubsidies boost TV production, gamers promised more
Simon Crean was talking up the government's response to the Convergence Review at this year's Screen Producer's Conference. TV producers -- and game developers -- are confident of a boost.
View ArticleAfter social media storm, NSW arts funding magically appears
The power of social media has helped roll back funding cuts to two prominent regional arts organisations in NSW, HotHouse Theatre in Albury-Wodonga and the renowned Renew Newcastle project.
View ArticleGovt kills the (community) radio stars, stations fear
Community radio -- which plays more Australian music than commercial rivals -- relies on a government-funded project to put tracks to air. But will that money be there in 2013?
View ArticleTheatre reviewer’s curtain call shows bare stage of criticism
Australia's best blog devoted to theatre criticism has frozen in time. There are fewer opportunities for thoughtful arts criticism, robbing culture of important conversations.
View ArticleScreen Oz calls cut on funds — drama ends six months early
Australian film and television funding body Screen Australia has spent all its drama budget -- six months ahead of the end of the financial year. How could it let the kitty get so low?
View ArticleBig Day gets out, and smaller is probably better
With the Big Day Out on the hunt for a new site, the economic impact of big festivals has never been more important. But are tourist dollars really the best way to measure the impact of cultural events?
View Article‘Not just a whole lot of nice gigs’: life in arts bureaucracy
What does an arts funding agency look like from the inside? Crikey chats with former deputy director-general of Arts Queensland Leigh Tabrett to find out.
View ArticleCreative partnerships: a new approach to giving in the arts
Philanthropy in the arts is due for a shake-up. Crikey talks to the CEO of the federal government's new arts philanthropy organisation, Creative Partnerships Australia.
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