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Indigenous authors celebrated at NSW Premier's Literary Awards
Indigenous authors celebrated at NSW Premier's Literary Awards
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Crowned a winner two years in a row, Tony Birch thanked musician Thelma Plum for reminding the world things look "better in Blak".
“Labor outlined what its cultural priorities would be to get the sector “back on track quickly” after the devastation caused by Covid-19 lockdowns and event cancellations, and said the party would tailor funding decisions to that cultural policy.
“If we win this Saturday, Australia will have cultural policy reviewed, revived and relaunched this year,” Burke promised.
According to data from the industry body Live Performance Australia, Covid lockdowns, venue closures and social distancing rules drained an estimated $1.4bn from the national live entertainment industry in 2020 alone.
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‘“The sector has been through its hardest time ever. We don’t have six years. So instead of starting with a blank page a Labor government will use Creative Australia as the starting document and immediately work with you to update it.”’
Labor pledges to get creative industries ‘back on track quickly’ as it announces arts policy
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Opposition wants to boost Australian content on streaming services but overall policy is light on funding commitmentsBring back community arts, re establish local Arts Councils. Re instate Tafe arts courses, give Art back to the people instead of over funding large organisations. The Arts need an audience, we need patrons, we need more education in schools.
The first whisper of a boost to the much neglected sector that I and so many of my friends work in.
Read the Greens policy its well considered and would DO SOMETHING.
You shouldn’t need to be rich to study or make art!
Want to make art? You better be rich: how Australian culture locked out the working class
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Wages are low, work insecure and funding has been gutted. Amid a cost-of-living crisis and a pandemic, are we about to lose a swathe of artists to obscurity?The ‘western visual art industry’ has excluded most of society from its art and has been that way for centuries.
This article is spot on, one point if I may: it's even harder if you don't live in a capital city. Nobody will take you seriously because you're seen as some kind of "country bogan" and you don't know all the "in crowd" that run things.
Thanks for sharing. And thanks to NAVA for calling it out. Rings very true.
We artists have never really been worthy of much, unless you are the point five per cent that are actually lucky enough to get that big break that will give momentary status and money for anywhere between six months to a decade, rarely more. Then back to the trade your mother insisted you get before launching on your dream. Of course, there are those who are held up for example, but they number only one percent of that initial point five. I no longer act either on stage or film, but I still write and paint. One day, I may even sell something.
If you are an artist you have wealth and riches beyond fame and fortune. Quite happy being anonymous living in poverty and having no commercial obligation .
🌈 ❤️❤️❤️Council has just voted unanimously to provide seed-funding for the Qtopia Sydney queer museum!
As one of the most LGBTQIA+ inclusive communities not just in Australia but around the world, Oxford Street is the perfect home for a museum that celebrates the history and culture of the LGBTIQA+ community.
Qtopia Sydney is made up of people with experience and expertise in newspaper and magazine publishing, marketing, public relations and crisis communication, LGBTQIA+ history and culture, HIV and AIDS education, museum curation, strategic engagement, trans* and First Nations issues.
The group was formed with the aim of providing a safe and inclusive space that will celebrate, remember, educate and increase awareness of the rich history of our LGBTQIA+ community.
And with Sydney hosting the LGBTQIA+ community’s flagship global festival WorldPride early next year, now is the time to bring this museum to life. It would educate visitors and locals on Sydney’s role in the LGBT rights movement and HIV/AIDS response, and become a contemporary beacon for pride and diversity.
Council has also unanimously supported Qtopia’s call for the State Government to provide the former Darlinghurst Police Station at Taylor Square as the site for a permanent museum.
While this building contributed to injustices suffered by many LGBTIQA+ people, transforming it into a significant community resource will support the healing of past injustices, address past wrongs, and celebrate the community’s resilience.
Museums and cultural spaces play a central role in how we remember the past and interpret the present.
Qtopia will be a place to celebrate the glamour, confetti and outrageous fun of parades and parties, but also to reflect on hard-fought gains and unite in the ongoing fight for equality.
The city is proud to step up with $300,000 to help establish this important new cultural centre.
NAVA calls on candidates to make a commitment to Pay Artists for their Work.
This means:
✅ $133 million in peer-assessed funding for visual artists and s2m organisations through Australia Council
✅ Public funding is contingent on payment of visual artists at or above min standard rates as set out in NAVA’s Code of Practice, and that funding is adequate to support those payments
✅ Introduce industrial reform including tax, superannuation and recognition of art as a profession by Centrelink
NAVA’s 2022 Federal Election Report Card is coming soon!
📸 Amanda Hayman & Troy Casey, owners of Magpie Goose in the Aboriginal Art Co space. Photo by David Kelly.
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‘The massive win came with a political statement from Douglas: “This painting stands to represent the irony that under the Coalition government the arts is continually kicked in the guts. Here we’ve got the winner of the greatest prize on the continent, which gets all the adulation and media attention, speaking about the importance of global warming and climate change – to a government that consistently kicked us in the guts by sapping arts funding to pump it back to opening new coalmines.’
Repost from @art_byronArt Byron’s Creative Director, Karla Dickens, is the subject of this year’s Archibald Prize Winning portrait by artist Blak Douglas.
The painting, depicting Karla entrenched in flood water, was painted following the 2022 flooding catastrophe. She is a Lismore resident and has been known for her tireless work in helping her fellow artists and residents in the region.
The massive win came with a political statement from Douglas: “This painting stands to represent the irony that under the Coalition government the arts is continually kicked in the guts. Here we’ve got the winner of the greatest prize on the continent, which gets all the adulation and media attention, speaking about the importance of global warming and climate change – to a government that consistently kicked us in the guts by sapping arts funding to pump it back to opening new coalmines. This painting is extremely significant in that sense.”
Congratulations, Blak Douglas !
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Coal lition government.. its all in the name😟
Paul Fletcher anywhere to be seen ????
????? .... hmmmm... i should learn to piant... @@ but this is obviously more politics than art... is politics what this prize is about... i thought it was portraits... sorry just not impressed
Geez
Classical music is for all ages… as Bugs Bunny knows!
for this egghead is was...
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bugs bunny is also how i got into trans women
Fashion forward!
Just so we’re clear!
And also the reverse. If you train your children to learn dance, music, art then they might just become adults who do those things ... like for a job!
Especially for children in regional areas! My children both did the recorder ensemble at the opera house in primary school. My son marvelled at the piano performance and asked to learn. Fast forward: he's just finished his HSC where he excelled in music and looking at a career in music production - and still playing piano. These programs are important.
Every child should learn to play an instrument
....and we might need to put less emphasis on computers in schools and at home.
I get so annoyed when our leaders are looking for a remedy for youth problems they build a skate park so the drug dealers have a convenient point of sale. Spend money on community bands, organised sporting activities, dance studios, drama theatres, art schools and other cultural activities.
Doing our bit 🙂
Paul Dudley
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Sorry, when was it not? How did they forget?
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Defy the expectations!
Sheldon Riley was told his autism meant he'd never achieve his dreams, but he has
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Ahead of his appearance at the Eurovision Song Contest in Turin, Australia’s entrant Sheldon Riley opens up about the struggles in his childhood which led to the inspiration behind his song, 'Not th...Well done. Amazing 🤩