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Australian Muslim Artists Art Prize 2024 announced

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Rosalind Noor’s oil painting, The Sovereign has been awarded this year’s Australian Muslim Artists Art Prize. The work emerged in the aftermath of the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament and explores themes of Indigenous sovereignty and post-coloniality. Inspired by Farid al-Din Attar’s poem The Conference of the Birds, The Sovereign … Continued

Newest Luxury Timepiece – made in Australia

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CANTURI UNVEILS FIRST-EVER LUXURY TIMEPIECE LAUNCHING Friday 1st November    Sydney, Australia –  Re-known for creating high jewels with a global following spanning three decades, Canturi Jewels have spent three years in between Switzerland, Italy and Australia designing, developing and creating it’s first timepiece.   With only 15 pieces produced per year, the timepieces have … Continued

A Journey Across Continents: London-Inspired Christmas Comes to Warragul

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Warragul, VIC – This December 6th at 7:30 PM, the McCaffery Family invites the community to join them for their most ambitious project yet, “It’s The Heart That Matters Most,” a concert at Wesley of Warragul. Directed and produced by Malcolm McCaffery, a passionate advocate for community arts, this event promises a heartfelt celebration of … Continued

RACV GOLDFIELDS PRESENTS HANGING EARTH, GROUNDED STARS EXHIBITION

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ArtHouse at RACV Goldfields has unveiled Hanging Earth, Grounded Stars – an exhibition featuring artists from the Paradoxa Collective that invites viewers to contemplate the relationship between land and community, open now until 8 December.   The Paradoxa Collective artists – Penelope Aitken, Anna Farago, and Susan Wirth – have crafted beads from clay sourced at … Continued

Redfern Terrace to become a living museum

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The City of Sydney is looking for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists to transform a narrow terrace in Redfern into a living museum. The remaining end terrace on Caroline Street will display local memories, knowledge and histories shared by Aboriginal residents of The Block, from snippets of everyday life to nationally significant events. Currently the building is … Continued

Creative Australia invests in bold, boundary-pushing projects by artists with disability

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Creative Australia has announced the latest recipients of the Arts and Disability Initiative, supporting ten significant and innovative projects spanning dance, visual art, theatre, music, multi-arts and literature. The investment – totalling $300,000 – aims to extend the practice, networks, skills, and ambition of d/Deaf artists and art workers and those with disability. Among the … Continued

Music Australia launches Core Contribution Fund providing targeted support for contemporary music sector organisations

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Music Australia has today launched the Core Contribution Fund, a new funding initiative designed to support the core operations for Australian organisations providing services to the contemporary music industry.   Offering grants of up to $140,000, the Music Australia Core Contribution Fund will provide eligible organisations with a two-year investment to strengthen core operations and … Continued

Live music inquiry–risk and insurance hearing

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The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Communications and the Arts is holding a public hearing tomorrow for its inquiry into the challenges and opportunities within the Australian live music industry, focussing on insurance in the sector. Since March 2024 the Committee has been investigating the current state-of-play within the Australian live music environment. The … Continued