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In a year when regional tourism has been hit so hard by bushfires and COVID-19, why is a crucial NSW regional arts body being cut?
Broadcaster’s move could transform the creative industries in long-neglected parts of the UK.
Outside the capital cities and the coastal fringes, the towns and people of rural and regional Australia have had to be inventive to get through the tough times.
The term “regional arts” carries certain baggage that can create, and uphold, a divisive opposition between city and country. But there is plenty happening in regional Australia, and much to potentially lose.
Conservative cultural policy is likely to be defined by severe cuts – possibly even the abolition of the department itself.
Given the widespread use of the term “regional” you’d think it was clearly understood. But definitions vary considerably.
Since July, Mozart’s popular opera, The Magic Flute, has been touring regional Australia. The Opera Australia production, a version of Mozart’s classic reinvented by Australian playwright Michael Gow and…
Currently on display at Parliament House is an exhibition that we are told is the first of its kind. Entitled Place and Practice, it’s a showcase of works by artists based in regional and remote areas…
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Senior Lecturer in English Literature, Charles Sturt University
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PhD student in Regional Creative Industries, Charles Sturt University
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Australian Laureate Fellow, University of Sydney
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Professor of Human Geography, University of Sydney
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Lecturer, Centre for Art History and Theory, School of Art and Design, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in Cultural Policy, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Honorary Associate Professor, School of Art, RMIT University
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