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The Artistic Directors of major festivals in Perth, Darwin, Brisbane and other mainland capitals only have to satisfy their local stakeholders. Not so for Tasmanian festivals like Mona Foma and Ten Days on the Island.

At a time when many of our art schools nationally face perilous cuts and closures, this exhibition curated by Daniel Mudie Cunningham couldn’t be more timely.

Craft symposium announced, MCA collection rehang, Experimenta Triennial of Media Art news, Mona kids picture book, and more arts news and opportunities.

RØDE Founder donates $5 million to the Sydney Festival, with a message to philanthropists that the arts need their help.

From pop up galleries in empty shops, using trams and traffic barriers, billboards and pocket urban parks and laneways - Sydney and Melbourne are flourishing outside 'the white cube' of the conventional gallery, post COVID.

The dates are in and 2021 is shaping up nicely for the arts, despite the possibility of pandemic postponements.

The COVID outbreak and teeming rains have challenged – but not stopped – Sydney Summer Festival Season.

Creating a cultural change for women writers over the last 50 years, The Victorian Society of Women Writers are celebrating with a week-long festival.

Outcomes from DESIGN Canberra and AGNSW annual reports; Powerhouse Parramatta pop-up; new commissions for NPG, ACMI and Fed Square; Myer Music Bowl is back, new for Canberra Theatre and more opportunities and news.

What do international arts festivals do when Australia’s borders are still largely closed to international travellers? They draw on their establishing principles while simultaneously celebrating the unique cultures of their individual cities.

This year, we all pivoted to an online model but did it help the disabled community? At our recent Visions 2020 conference, Hanna Cormick, Gayle Kennedy and Madeleine Little discussed how much digital has opened up and the need to do more in the future.

The drip-feeding of announcements continues this week, with Dark Mofo and La Boite Theatre Company being the latest recipients of Federal arts stimulus funding.

Our online conference will make sense of 2020 and think through the arts as an essential part of the ‘new normal’. With guests from across Australia we look at funding, culturally safe spaces, and digital as a way to expand access.

Public sculpture for hope, The National's 2021 artists revealed, auctions hit new records, Inclusive Film Festival, Pinchgut, Griffin, QSO, and Brandenburg all reveal 2021 programs, plus more arts news and opportunities.

Brian Ritchie and Louise Bezzina join the Visions 2020 conference to reflect on the hyperlocal experience of two inimitable Australian arts festivals.

An increased number of performers in this year's Melbourne Fringe Festival identify as LGBTIQA+, something its Creative Director attributes to the organisation's vision of cultural democracy.

From Melbourne venues reopening to mentorship opportunities, a report on NT women in music, Opera Australia returning to Uluru, and Sydney Festival unveiling its program – it's another big week of arts news.

Australia’s beloved Mardi Gras parade will change dramatically in 2021, moving from Oxford St to a ticketed event at the Sydney Cricket Ground due to COVID.

Youth Theatre Festival goes international, art sales up for auction, in-gallery teen programming back for AGSA, Story Week Festival celebrates spoken word online, new Malthouse Theatre experience, and the latest festival and arts news.

The inaugural Perth International Cabaret Festival will be held in June 2021.