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Workshops across Western Australia to discuss guidelines for Aboriginal cultural heritage co-design
More than 30 workshops across Western Australian metropolitan, regional and remote communities will be held to discuss the proposed guidelines for the third and final phase of...
Nov 9, 2022
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Hunter Opera among Lake Macquarie events to share in $100,000
Round two of Lake Macquarie City Council’s Events and Festivals Funding Program will see almost $100,000 distributed to local community groups. Among the vast and varied...
Nov 9, 2022
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Arts Access Victoria announces free all-inclusive music festival
Arts Access Victoria and Always Live are presenting Snug Rock – a free, all ages, accessible music festival to be held at the Music Market at Collingwood Yards on the afternoon...
Nov 9, 2022
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Sydney’s Inner West pubs set to be heritage listed
Sydney’s Inner West Council has advised that Inner West’s pubs with heritage significance may soon be permanently protected following a successful vote at Council’s meeting end...
Nov 8, 2022
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Local performers supported by return of music event to Wagga Wagga’s Civic Theatre
Live Local Original music event is returning to Wagga Wagga’s Civic Theatre on 12th November offering emerging Riverina musicians their moment in the spotlight. After much...
Nov 7, 2022
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15 councils partner with NSW Government to deliver major cultural events and festivals
The NSW Government is investing $8 million into 21 major cultural festivals and events run by local councils across Sydney, the Hunter and Newcastle, and the Illawarra. Grant...
Nov 7, 2022
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Northern Territory Art Gallery contract awarded
Local company Sitzler, has been awarded an $88 million contract for the revitalisation of Darwin’s Civic and State Square precinct which includes planning and design of the...
Nov 7, 2022
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Bundanon awarded 2022 Sir Zelman Cowen award for public architecture
Bundanon, by Kerstin Thompson Architects secured the highest honour that can be bestowed in the public architecture category of the National Australian Architecture Awards - the...
Nov 6, 2022
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Walsh Bay Arts Precinct secures Lachlan Macquarie Award for Heritage
Sydney’s newest cultural precinct on the Sydney Harbour foreshore has secured the Lachlan Macquarie Award for Heritage at the 2022 National Architecture Awards, as well as a...
Nov 6, 2022
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Christchurch City Council appoints Hawkins to build The Court Theatre
With Christchurch City Council having secured funding for The Court Theatre’s new home in the Performing Arts Precinct, they have appointed Hawkins to deliver the project in...
Nov 3, 2022
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NSW Government’s Westinvest funds new performing arts centre and community hubs in Wollondilly
Wollondilly residents will benefit from a new performing arts centre, a range of new community hubs, better local traffic connections and sports facilities through commitments...
Nov 1, 2022
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National celebration of First Nations arts and culture begins at the Adelaide Convention Centre
Purrumpa - a five-day national celebration of First Nations arts and culture bringing together leaders from across the country - commences today online and at the Adelaide...
Oct 30, 2022
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Art Week Tokyo opens its expanded edition to the public from 3rd November
Organised in collaboration with Art Basel, Art Week Tokyo is opening its expanded edition from 3rd to 6th November 2022 delivering an unprecedented citywide initiative that...
Oct 29, 2022
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New $3.5 million Bega contemporary art centre set for summer opening
Bega Valley Shire Council, on the NSW south coast, has announced the new South East Centre for Contemporary Art (SECCA), a purpose-built contemporary art space, will be unveiled...
Oct 27, 2022
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Skate Festival returns to Wellington in 2022
Skateboarding Festival, BOWLZILLA, is being held at Waitangi Park on 29th October and in addition to the main event there will also be a free women’s learn to ride clinic, and...
Oct 25, 2022
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Creative Partnerships Australia to be abolished under Federal Budget moves
With, as foreshadowed, Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers' first budget in office focussing on families and healthcare while also looking to cut down on rorts and waste, there were...
Oct 25, 2022
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Death of arts leader Sue Nattrass
Former Adelaide Festival and Melbourne International Festival artistic director Sue Nattrass has died this week aged 81. The former Adelaide Festival and Melbourne International...
Oct 25, 2022
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State and Federal Government to fund Aboriginal Cultural Centre for Western Australia
The Federal Government is partnering with the Western Australian Government to deliver the Aboriginal Cultural Centre with each Government contributing $50 million after jointly...
Oct 24, 2022
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Perth Festival’s Björk concert will involve largest pavilion of its kind to be constructed in Southern Hemisphere
Perth Festival 2023 will involve the construction of a special 100metre x 55metre pavilion in Langley Park - the largest pavilion of its kind to be seen in the Southern...
Oct 22, 2022
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Victoria’s live music sector receives $11 million in funding
The Victorian Government is investing $11 million in popular Victorian music festivals, businesses, musicians and bands. Music festivals including Meredith and Golden Plains,...
Oct 22, 2022
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Sponsorship’s new paradigm
Sponsorships in the arts and sport by energy and mining companies has been in the spotlight in the past week following reports that Australian Diamonds players had refused to...
Oct 21, 2022
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Forgotten Perth theatre precinct reactivated with immersive festival
An immersive, one-time-only music and laneway festival presented by Otherside Brewing Co, in partnership with Crafted Events will revive a forgotten theatre and lost laneway in...
Oct 20, 2022
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Free open-air concert marks start of Sydney Opera House’s 50th anniversary year
The Sydney Opera House steps last night saw 100 choristers performing the first in a series of free open-air concerts celebrating the start of the venue’s 50th anniversary year....
Oct 20, 2022
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Kylie Minogue’s gold hotpants among items to be showcased to public in new Victorian arts attraction
A new $2.2 million Australian Performing Arts Collection space at Melbourne’s Hamer Hall will showcase some of the most treasured items made famous by Australia’s entertainment...
Oct 19, 2022
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