Maria Miranda

Did Adam Bandt have the numbers right on arts funding? AAP Image/Mick Tsikas

May 19, 2016

Election FactCheck: did the Coalition cut $105 million from Australia Council funding?

Jo Caust, The University of Melbourne

Was Greens MP Adam Bandt right to say that the Liberals made $105 million worth of cuts to the Australia Council?

Deep funding cuts will affect Australia’s entire arts ecology. Ekke

May 13, 2016

Carnage in the arts: experts respond to the Australia Council cuts

Jo Caust, The University of Melbourne; Joanna Mendelssohn, UNSW ; Julian Meyrick, Flinders University; Maria Miranda, The University of Melbourne, and Tully Barnett, Flinders University

A ‘mortal blow’ to the South Australian theatre scene. ‘Inexplicable’ cuts to centres for photography in two states. The Australia Council’s latest funding decisions have left the arts sector reeling and are evidence of a government indifferent to culture.

Artist-run initiatives are a major creative driver in Australia’s art environment. Lesley Giovanelli 'Continental Drift' Articulate project space 2015/Silversalt photography

March 29, 2016

Small is beautiful: artist‑run collectives count, but they’re facing death by a thousand cuts

Maria Miranda, The University of Melbourne

Small arts organisations are facing savage cuts in May. These vibrant collectives are a vital part of the Australian art ecology, and deserve better than slow strangulation.

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Election FactCheck: did the Coalition cut $105 million from Australia Council funding?

Carnage in the arts: experts respond to the Australia Council cuts

Small is beautiful: artist‑run collectives count, but they’re facing death by a thousand cuts

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