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How culture can help you through dark times
Arts improve mental health. Megan Sheehy looks at ways the arts can help from virtual dance parties to everyday haiku.
Arts: Healing balms for a sick world
Professor Peter O’Connor has long been an advocate of art's importance in healing after trauma. Here, he gives his views…
5 tips for wellbeing in lockdown
Psychologist and soprano Greta Bradman, a member of the Arts Wellbeing Collective Advisory Group, offers up some simple advice about…
COVID-19 has been a boon for crafts
Who’d have thought a pandemic would trigger a global renaissance for the craft sector, as a balm for both the…
8 ideas for artists homeschooling kids
If you are a parent with children, chances are you are a homeschooler now. Writer Elissa Blake has been homeschooling…
Governments around the world respond to COVID-19 impact on the arts
How are other countries supporting the arts in this vulnerable time? Dr Jackie Bailey has created a scorecard to see…
Miss Fisher and her fans: how a small screen heroine became a global phenomenon
From a novel published in 1989 to a global hit series and now a feature film, Kerry Greenwood's flapper detective…
Meet Yolande Norris, Creative Producer of Australia's newest biennale
With a new arts event in Canberra, creative producer Yolande Norris is shining a light on the city’s diaspora of…
Building resilience into your arts practice
Sustaining work in the arts is always a challenge, but in times of adversity it can be even harder to…
WA Museum to re-open and redefine standards
With a budget of almost $400M, the transformed WA Museum not only looks light and open, but champions a new…