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The Big List: the visual arts in 2017
2017 was big: big empathy, big blockbusters, big harassment, big lobbying and big shifts in the visual arts ecology as…
It Was Paradise – and can be once again
Colin Hambrook, editor of Disability Arts Online, speaks with visual artist Rachel Gadsden about her experience of working with artists…
Out with the CEO and in with intrapreneurship
What is intrapreneurship and how is it affecting the future of work? A panel of experts explores how organisations can…
On minority artist development programs
To engage with difference is to both recognise that it exists and accommodate it on its own terms, rather than…
Five rules for theatres engaging with refugees, immigrants and marginalised groups
When it comes to working with marginalised communities, good intentions mean little without sound ethics.
Acting unpleasantly: why harassment is so common in the theatre
Is there something in the nature of the performing arts industry which creates conditions conducive to exploitation?
Who is public sculpture really for?
From colonial statues and monuments for healing to heavy metal abstractions, a discussion at the Sydney Sculpture Conference questioned public…
Why are you winking at me?
Strategies for disarming sexism for people working in the arts and cultural sector.
Imagining a better world: the art of degrowth
By speaking to our emotions, art can inspire ideas for alternate means of living in ways that science cannot.
Destigmatising invisible illnesses, creativity and work
The arts can be difficult to navigate at the best of times, but what if your particular challenges are invisible?…