Features
Plugging the gaps in arts value research
Despite more than 500 studies, reviewers say better research is needed to convince policy-makers that strong arts activity generates happier,…
Goal setting for creative businesses
Effective goal-setting takes more skill, discipline and self-awareness than simply following your dreams and expecting the universe to deliver.
Showcase: Kenyan mockumentary with an Australian connection
Kickstarter + Third World + wonderful parody + nifty conventions = ???
How to identify your market segment
Understanding Culture Segments can help galleries and arts organisations identify, engage, attract and keep audiences coming through their doors.
Honouring escapism: Charlie Chaplin conquers the Dardanelles
There’s more to what the arts can offer the World War I centenary than war movies. Fantasy has its own…
Beyond the edifice complex
Performing Arts Centres have more resources than anyone else in the arts sector, but their buildings are becoming less important…
The prosaic fight for public poetry
The loss of a major poetry event is a blow in the battle for poetry in public spaces. We look…
Why are we still buying print?
E-books are cheaper and convenient but the number of print books sold continues to rise revealing our complex reasons for…
Viral activism: art form of our times
Artist responses to Charlie Hedbo, creative protests to the Ferguson verdict, and a mattress performance on US campus have gone…
What business wants from the arts
Traditional values or cutting edge originality? Creative momentum or red carpet status? What does your potential business partner want?