Just how do you create a culture of more than just free entertainment from feel-good events? Essentially this requires a cultural shift of major proportions
Opinion
OF LINEAR LOGIC, CREATIVITY AND THE RIGHT ANSWER
Something that I have never understood, or even least, appreciated, is the insistence in education that everyone should take mathematics, five days week for the majority of their school lives.
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS FOR AGEING FOREIGN MONARCHS AND HORSE RACES – HOW ABOUT ONE FOR THE ARTS?
I think the message here is don’t wait for self-serving governments or tech billionaires to pass on a few cents.
FINE – THE ART OF DOING WHATEVER YOU WANT.
It has been a long time since I considered what constitutes ‘fine art’ or even ‘art’ and I’m surprised that the debate still continues or that anyone still feels the need to define either.
TIK TOK AND THE ART HISTORY SHUFFLE. LET’S DANCE!
Today it is Tik Tok reducing the world to the insignificant and inconsequential.
BITUMEN, BUMS ON SEATS AND THE DOLLAR VALUE OF THE ARTS
t would seem that there is both a cultural divide and a divide of expectation when it comes to Federal government support. Upwards of half a million people actively involved in the Arts may well vote with their feet at the next election and look for a better deal or at least elected officials who take them seriously. In 2019 16.4 million Australians were eligible to vote with a 92% turnout at the ballot box. A disenchanted Arts block of 500,000 could well make the difference in urban areas where Arts practitioners ostensibly reside.