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Letters to the government, audiences kept apart from each other in the dark - COVID-19 is warping our world.

Masterclasses, podcasts, free micro-skilling sessions and a bunch of AFTRS short courses online. Here are some ways to continue learning inside your bubble.

Australia's State and Federal arts ministers have met today on how to limit the impact of the coronavirus on the arts. ArtsHub has received a communique from the event.

To help support and encourage people who are self isolating, some game devs are giving away their games for free.

Every day more arts organisations announce digital programming in response to COVID-19. Here's some advice on how to go digital.

OA's orchestra members protested this morning outside the company’s Sydney head office over being stood down without pay.

The animated tale of a blue heeler pup and her family is pure fun, says Anthony Morris. No wonder it's ABC iview's most watched show of all time.

A veteran of DVD and Blu-ray extras laments the decline of this particular form of cinephile expression, and calls out the current state of play.

Let's move past Australian gothic and true blue and take a look at how these game devs are approaching stories unique to this sunburnt country.

For the first time in 70 years, the Sydney Film Festival will not light up the winter. The decision was inevitable but emotionally brutal.

Here is the message from Chair Deanne Weir, CEO Leigh Small and Festival Director Nashen Moodley.

Rent relief for Arts Queensland tenants and a 12-month extension of current funding for organisations are among the measures announced today.

Screen Australia signals flexibility if demand shifts, but the major problems are shaping up to be huge.

SPA thinks through protocols help to keep the show on the road. This is very serious.

After a rocky three years for Create NSW, Executive Director Chris Keely says he is a stayer, and has a vision to lead with a collaborative spirit and an open door.

With the launch of a new documentary, we look at the way virtual reality technology can be used to teach and foster empathy.

Industry trembles on the edge of chaos as producers realise they have reached the end of the known world.

The Hon Paul Fletcher met with arts leaders today to discuss how to support the industry as COVID-19 closes cultural institutions and cancels performances nationwide.

Plenty of new releases this week – but with audiences curtailed by COVID-19, the numbers aren't good.

Breaking down the barriers between subjects and producers, and empowering communities to control their own stories, the Beyond the Box session at AIDC looked at practical examples.