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Participants in Culture Dose for Kids youth mental health program at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. A group of kids sitting on the floor of a gallery looking up as a guide points at an artwork.
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Gallery visits do good for youth mental health

Significant improvements in youth mental health have been recorded through AGNSW’s Culture Dose for Kids program.

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Why we need to advocate for visual arts careers at high school

Students and parents need help to overcome limited understanding of careers in the visual arts, says passionate teacher and visual…

Conference speaker in darkened room with presentation image on AI
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AI FOMO? Why cool heads are needed in the arts

Speakers at a recent conference took a critical stance amid pressures for those in the arts and cultural sectors to…

Left: Lavinia Fontana, ‘Mystic marriage of Saint Catherine’, 1574-77 oil on copper. NGV, Felton Bequest, 2021. Image: Supplied. Right: Artemisia Gentileschi, ‘Lucretia’, c.1630-35 oil on canvas. Private collection. Image: Supplied.
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Do you know the first female professional artists in Western history?

Lavinia Fontana, Sofonisba Aguissola and Artemisia Gentileschi sustained rewarding artistic practices with an entrepreneurial mindset.

NVAEC, Two women in black stand side by side in front of Indigenous wall hanging art. Kelli Cole, Warumungu and Luritja peoples, Curator, Special Projects, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art and Hetti Perkins, Arrernte and Kalkadoon peoples, co-Curator, in Emily Kam Kngwarray, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, 2023. Photo: Sam Cooper.
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Repositioning: teaching and learning in the visual arts

The fifth National Visual Art Education Conference (NVAEC) saw teachers, artists and curators gathering to share ideas, inspire each other…

Families. Korean-Japanese ‘family’ band, Tennger. Photo: Supplied. Three figures stand in a triangle arrangement looking at the viewer with their hands in prayer. They are all wearing white flowing garments in a natural setting with a brown, rocky background.
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Creativity begins at home? Families in support of artistic growth

How does the influence of creative parents affect a child as they grow? We take a look at three distinct…

Graffiti art in Dublin, Ireland. Photo: George Bakos via Unsplash.
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Setting in motion: what Ireland’s basic income pilot could mean

The success of the national campaign that established Ireland’s Basic Income for the Arts pilot scheme offers a range of…

Anna Kolusniewski, visual arts teacher and costume and jewellery designer. Image is head and shoulders of woman with shoulder length hair and a fringe, looking knowingly at the camera against a purple background with the words 'so you want my arts job?' in white.
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So you want my arts job: Art Teacher, Costume and Jewellery Designer

Anna Kolusniewski runs a successful business teaching art classes for children and adults, while also creating stunning wearable pieces on…

Gabrielle d'Estrées and one of her sisters (c. 1594). Artist unknown. Oil on canvas. Louvre, Paris. Public domain.
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Breasts in art: a tender celebration

Revered, adored, feared – breasts are rarely just another body part in art. For Breast Cancer Awareness Month we take…

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Changing the direction of your arts practice – when, why and how?

London-based ceramicist, Chris Keenan, and other artists discuss what it means to change the direction of their arts practice.

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