9th annual Marketing Summit
14 May 2013
Features / Fellows Focus: Guy Ben-Ary
8 May 2013Feature by Fiona Mackrell
Features / Fellows Focus: Guy Ben-Ary
8 May 2013Feature by Fiona Mackrell
'What sort of body would you have if you could create a robotic version of yourself, your own avatar? What would you have it do? How would you feel if it used your own brain cells to help it move, feel or think? It’s not science fiction; it’s the latest project by artist Guy Ben-Ary.Ben-Ary is an international renowned Perth-based biological artist and researcher. As artist-in-residence at SymbioticA, a unique collaborative r'....
Blog / The sensory work of artist Hiromi Tango
6 May 2013Blog by Rebecca McLean-Chan
Blog / The sensory work of artist Hiromi Tango
6 May 2013Blog by Rebecca McLean-Chan
'Anyone who has seen Hiromi Tango’s work before knows that they beckon to be touched and felt. In the confines of the gallery space, your hands are firmly for gesturing and your eyes the primary senses stimulated. In the Museum of Contemporary Art’s (MCA) Bella Room (situated in the National Centre for Creative Learning at the MCA) however, gallery visitors are drawn into feelin'....
Speeches / Rupert Myer speaks at Council's 40th anniversary
19 Feb 2013Australia Council by Artery
Speeches / Rupert Myer speaks at Council's 40th anniversary
Australia Council by Artery
'This evening we are honoured by the presence of a significant number of distinguished guests.I believe their attendance is both a testimony to the achievements of the Australia Council over four decades and is an acknowledgement of the deep significance of culture and the arts in all our lives.I would particularly like to acknowledge:The Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government, Minister for the Arts, the Hon Simon Crean.Shadow A'....
Blog / Interview with 2013 Australia Council Visual Arts Award recipient Tracey Moffatt
16 Apr 2013Blog by Artery
Blog / Interview with 2013 Australia Council Visual Arts Award recipient Tracey Moffatt
Blog by Artery
'Interview transcript between 2013 Australia Council Visual Arts Award recipient Tracey Moffatt and graduate art students Eileen Abood and Sancintya Simpson.Eileen & Sancintya: Tracey, congratulations on being awarded the 2013 Australia Council Visual Arts Award. Tracey Moffatt: Thank you! It is a great honour for me. My heart went boom boom with excitement when I got the phone call. I was so thrilled to be recognised and up there with t'....
News / 9th annual Marketing Summit
14 May 2013Australia Council by Artery
News / 9th annual Marketing Summit
Australia Council by Artery
'On Wednesday 29 May the ninth annual Marketing Summit will commence at Canberra’s Museum of Australian Democracy Old Parliament House. Each year the Marketing Summit brings together Australia’s arts and cultural marketers for two days of creative exchange and insights on contemporary arts marketing.Independent theatre producer ....
News / Australia takes centre stage at IPAY 2013
1 Mar 2013Arts Development by Naomi
News / Australia takes centre stage at IPAY 2013
Arts Development by Naomi
'A girl who makes friends with her shadow, a man who embarks on a journey with a bird companion and the classic tale of a boy made of wood who longs to be real; these engaging performances from three South Australian youth performing arts companies were part of Australia’s significant representation at IPAY 2013.The International Performing Arts for Youth Showcase (IPAY) supports performing arts organisations to bring theatre to young a'....
Features / In conversation with Currency Press on the creation of Summer of the Seventeenth Doll app
22 Apr 2013Feature by Kavita Bedford
Features / In conversation with Currency Press on the creation of Summer of the Seventeenth Doll app
22 Apr 2013Feature by Kavita Bedford
'Ray Lawler\'s story of cane cutters who migrate to Melbourne every summer for the lay-off is acclaimed as one of pillars of the Australian theatrical canon as well as a symbol of nationalistic pride. Summer of the Seventeenth Doll was first performed in Melbourne in 1955, m'....
Blog / Director and performer Ahil Ratnamohan discusses his latest project
12 Apr 2013Arts Development by Sophie Travers
Blog / Director and performer Ahil Ratnamohan discusses his latest project
12 Apr 2013Arts Development by Sophie Travers
'Director and performer Ahil Ratnamohan shares his experiences of working in Europe on Michael Essien I want to play as you... This ambitious performance project was initiated in Antwerp in 2011 and supported through the IETM-Australia Council Project. Sophie Travers, Project Director, spoke to Ahil about the range of outcomes from this ambitious project and how he hopes to forge a w'....
News / From where I stand
22 Feb 2013News by Scott Price
News / From where I stand
22 Feb 2013News by Scott Price
'Written and presented by Scott Price in association with other Ensemble Members of Back to Back Theatre, as part of the Plenary Address of the Under the Radar [Festival] Symposium, at The Public Theater, New York City, 10 January 2013From where I stand this i'....
Features / Don Banks Award recipient Kev Carmody
10 Apr 2013Feature by Brendan Fletcher
Features / Don Banks Award recipient Kev Carmody
10 Apr 2013Feature by Brendan Fletcher
'The $60,000 Australia Council Don Banks Music Award – the nation’s most valuable individual music award – has this year been presented to singer, storyteller, activist and artist, Kev Carmody, for his outstanding contribution to Australian music. Australian director Brendan Fletcher is friend and colleague of Carmody’s. He tell'....
