Questacon revenue drops
‘Questacon revenue drops by $1 million, Government funding down $3 million’ ABC News 25 September 2014 Questacon’s revenue has dropped by more than $1 million in the last financial year, according to figures obtained by the ABC. The National Science Centre recorded a revenue of less than $22 million for the 2013–14 financial year. That’s […]
Asian Cultural Engagement
On the ground and in the know. The Victoria-Asia Cultural Engagment Research Report 2013 For over 20 years Asialink has been at the forefront of leadership, research, advocacy and program delivery in Australia-Asia engagement. In order to embrace the exciting possibilities of the rapidly developing region, Asialink has identified the need for Australia to develop […]
Step into the past – digitally!
New interactive app from History SA.
Visions of Australia Round
The Australia Council’s Visions Of Australia: Regional Exhibition Touring Fund Round will open on 13 October 2014. This fund assists the development and touring of exhibitions of Australian cultural material to regional and remote communities across Australia. Applications close 1 December 2014. Potential applicants are encouraged to discuss their application. For information and any questions […]
Cultural diplomacy & Arts
Alison Croggon, ‘Australia Council’s strategy for cultural diplomacy risks sidelining experimental and emerging artists’ ABC Arts, 18 August The Abbott Government has signalled a new international role for the arts by endorsing the Australia Council’s new strategy and funding system. The Minister for the Arts, Senator George Brandis, today endorsed a five year strategy for […]
Humanities tackle big problems
Conference explores benefits.
Creating Impact in museums
MGNSW Seminar Museums & Galleries of NSW and Sydney Living Museums (SLM) hosted a seminar exploring the topic of Impact in the museum and gallery sector on 20 August 2014. Topic Museums and galleries are no longer seen as just repositories of information and objects but are now viewed as social hubs with links to community at […]
US Galleries expand
David Hay, ‘State of the art’, Anne Summers Reports No 9, pp41-46 It’s build, baby, build as once staid American museums engage in a frenzied expansion surge that, David Hay reports, threatens to turn these cultural temples into mere visual emporia. Art mania seems to be sweeping the world and nowhere is it more apparent […]
Cultural Precincts boom
Gina Fairley, ‘Cultural precincts battle for the global marketplace’, ArtsHub, 18 September 2014 What is driving the $US250 cultural precinct billion trend? World expert on cultural precincts, Adrian Ellis knows. ‘Cultural precincts appear to be very fashionable right now,’ Adrian Ellis, Director of Global Cultural Districts Network (GCDN), opened his address to the City of […]
Digital Cinema
World first opportunity to explore museum collections digitally.