News
Appointment of Australia Council Chair and Deputy Chair
03 July 2009
The Australia Council for the Arts welcomes the reappointment by the Federal Minister for the Arts, Peter Garrett, of James Strong AO as Chair and the appointment of John W.H. Denton as Deputy Chair.
Australia Council welcomes Opera Australia’s new Artistic Director
03 July 2009
The Australia Council for the Arts congratulates Lyndon Terracini on his appointment as Opera Australia’s Artistic Director.
New program accelerates Indigenous leaders
15 June 2009
A unique international cross-cultural program will boost the careers of Indigenous Australians working in creative industries.
Strategy explores the arts in digital domains
12 June 2009
The Australia Council for the Arts releases its blueprint for supporting arts content and its creators in the digital era.
New international visual arts residencies
10 June 2009
The Australia Council for the Arts is offering two new international studio residencies for visual artists in Helsinki (Finland) and Liverpool (UK).
Splendid young artists take to the lab
09 June 2009
Ten young and emerging artists will match up with ten established mentors through a pioneering new arts initiative, Splendid.
2009 Australian Dance Awards winners
08 June 2009
Several outstanding figures in Australian dance were recognised at the Australian Dance Awards held in Melbourne on 7 June.
Australia opens its doors at the 53rd Venice Biennale
04 June 2009
The Australian exhibits at the 53rd International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, will be officially launched today at the Australian Pavilion in Venice’s Giardini della Biennale.
Forum imagines the future of theatre
04 June 2009
Key speeches from the Australian Theatre Forum, held between 14 and 16 May 2009, are available online.
Indigenous awards celebrate contributions to culture
28 May 2009
Yolgnu painter and rights campaigner Gawirrin Gumana AO will be honoured with the most prestigious career achievement prize in Indigenous arts at the Australia Council for the Arts’ 2009 National Indigenous Arts Awards.
Annual Report
Australia Council's Annual Report 2007-08
Events
2009 State of Design Festival - Melbourne
16 July 2009
The State of Design is Victoria’s peak design festival. This annual winter event covers cross-disciplinary design agendas relating to the design profession and the marketplace.
Experimenta: Media Art Curating Forum - Albury
24 July 2009
Media art curating forums for regional gallery, museum & library professionals.
Craft Cubed
01 August 2009
Craft Cubed is a new annual festival presented by Craft Victoria to promote experimental, skilled
and ideas-based craft and design.
Garma Festival
07 August 2009
'Indigenous creative industries' is the 2009 theme of the Key Forum at the Garma Festival for Traditional Culture, to be held in August at Gulkula, near Nhulunbuy in north-east Arnhem land.
Melbourne Writers Festival
21 August 2009
The Melbourne Writers Festival brings together 250 writers from overseas, nationally and locally, for a ten day feast of ideas, debate, readings, discussions and interviews.
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