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Culture is more than just an industry.
For Australia’s artists, the cost of living crisis is also a wellbeing and art making crisis. And the effects of this will reach us all.
Expanding the circulation of our comedic content and continuing to invest in the production of stand-up specials — which is relatively low cost — could hugely boost the careers of Canadian comedians.
Unique factors contribute to burnout in Australia’s arts and culture sector. Preventing burnout will require long-term, sector-wide commitments.
Especially in a time when trust in political leaders and institutions wanes, arts leaders, patrons, policymakers and artists face daunting but critical questions about the value and role of artists.
New research investigates the state of contemporary arts journalism and proposes two pathways to strengthening this sector.
Our new research has tracked the gender of artists working at Australian opera companies and found evidence of pervasive gender inequality.
The continued reductions in arts funding seem counter intuitive given the negative impact of COVID on the arts and cultural sector.
Years of cost-cutting measures have left Australia’s national galleries, libraries, archives and museums in dire straits.
Aotearoa’s arts and cultural sector remains on an emergency footing following the last three years of pandemic disruption.
Revive is the first step into a new global landscape for which we barely have a language.
The centre will importantly function as a point of contact and referral for arts workers who have nowhere else to go for support.
This is not quite a game changer, but it is going in a healthier direction.
For a long time, arts organisations retained staff attracted to the ‘romance of being creative’. That’s no longer enough.
Pitting parts of the country against each other in the battle for arts funding will only further hurt a sector still reeling from the pandemic.
New research shows the region’s arts organisations were a critical source of support for vulnerable people during lockdown
Arts Minister Tony Burke says the government is waiting for its new cultural policy. But artists are struggling now.
The nine shows include two 2022 Tony Award nominees – and three more Broadway productions are set to open in coming months.
With plans to trial a universal basic income for artists and push streaming platforms to invest in local content, The Greens have a big-picture blueprint for cultural policy.
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Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Creative Arts, Griffith University
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Professor of Economics, RMIT University
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Principal Fellow and Professor of Music, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University
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Associate Professor, Cultural Policy and Creative Industries, Adelaide University
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Joanna Mendelssohn is a Friend of The Conversation.
Honorary Senior Fellow, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Cultural Economy, Adelaide University
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Artist, Curator, Producer, RMIT University
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Professor of Cultural Engagement; Director of the Centre for Cultural Value, University of Leeds
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Reader in Music, Politics and Society, Newcastle University
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Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Creative Industries and ARC DECRA Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Economist, UNSW
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cultural policy consultant