Turtles are a treasured part of our marine environment, so it is fitting that the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) recently commissioned a piece of ghost net artwork featuring a turtle for its Darwin office to start a conversation around marine debris and abandoned fishing gear. In recent years, indigenous Australian
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Western Australians can get up close and personal with some of the giants of the Cretaceous period these school holidays. The Western Australian Museum's Dinosaur Discovery: Lost Creatures of the Cretaceous exhibition features 23 moving, life-size animatronic models of the Cretaceous period. Opening tomorrow at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, the
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On 23 September FASHFEST is transforming the National Gallery of Australia’s foyer into a runway of Hyper Real-inspired clothing by some of this year’s most innovative designers. FASHFEST Vs Hyper Real sees Canberra’s biggest fashion event FASHFEST draw inspiration from the weird, wonderful and uncanny artworks in the NGA’s upcoming summer
Read MoreCollisions is an extraordinary virtual reality (VR) experience which takes visitors on a journey to the land of Indigenous elder Nyarri Nyarri Morgan and the Martu tribe in the remote Western Australian desert. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Lynette Wallworth, Collisions premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and World Economic Forum, Davos, and was recently nominated
Read MoreCollie Art Gallery has launched Australia's richest country art prize in a bold move to make the coal mining town a regional centre for the arts. Long known as the hub of heavy industry in the South-West, the $50,000 Collie Art Prize will become a showpiece initiative for the Collie Art
Read MoreCulture and the Arts Minister David Templeman has announced that the Goldfields Arts Centre will continue to operate thanks to a new deal being negotiated between the State Government and the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. Under the proposed arrangement, responsibility for the centre will be transferred to the Perth Theatre Trust which
Read MoreThe Australia Council for the Arts has announced more than $1.7 million in Playing Australia touring grants to support emerging and established performing arts organisations. As well as regional tours by the Australian Dance Theatre and the Australian Chamber Orchestra, the program will support tours of performances across dance, contemporary music
Read MoreThe Australia Council for the Arts has announced more than $1.7 million in Playing Australia touring grants to support emerging and established performing arts organisations. As well as regional tours by the Australian Dance Theatre and the Australian Chamber Orchestra, the program will support tours of performances across dance, contemporary music
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Australia Post marks historic World Heritage convict sites on Norfolk Island with the release of two new stamps. Focusing on the penal settlement buildings, ruins and archeological remains which now comprise the Kingston and Arthurs Vale Historic Area (KAVHA), the stamps recognise two sites settled, and then later abandoned, by early
Read MoreThe Australia Council for the Arts has today announced a $6.1 million investment through its latest grants round. The funding will support 221 projects delivered by 147 individual artists, 25 groups and 49 small-to-medium arts organisations across Dance, Music, Theatre, Literature, Emerging and Experimental Arts, Community Arts and Cultural Development, and
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