Celebrating IMAGinE award winners!
Recognising innovation and excellence in 500 museums, galleries and Aboriginal cultural centres across NSW, the IMAGinE industry awards acknowledges the...
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Marching to a different drum: Stars + Stripes
Last Friday, I was fortunate to be invited by Bathurst Regional Gallery to open their most recent exhibition, Stars +...
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Arts sense and art cents
In surveying the international media over the last week or so, two articles asserted themselves into our sphere of thinking....
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Tweed Museum reopens!
Last weekend, the multi-million dollar, three-year upgrade of the Tweed Regional Museum came to fruition when the doors of the...
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Tourism champions!
This is the sort of story we love to tell. This week the Port Macquarie Museum won gold! They’ve...
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The MCA’s Disability Action Plan in action
Have you ever heard of the Bella Program? It’s a brilliant idea from the MCA that provides children with disabilities...
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A culturally ambitious nation: OzCo’s new Strategic Plan
Aptly titled ‘A culturally ambitious nation’, Australia Council’s new Strategic Plan was launched yesterday by Senator George Brandis, Federal Arts...
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The muddy waters of art and money
Money and arts have long been bedfellows with patronage and partnerships going back to Renaissance times. Reports such as the...
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Memorandum of good news!
Museums & Galleries of NSW has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Korea’s National Museum of Modern and Contemporary...
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The Art of Connectivity
Last week along with 280 other delegates, M&G attended the Australia Council for the Arts Marketing Summit in Hobart....
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Throw out a lifeline today!
Cultural organisations often depend on much-needed donations to survive, and as the end of the financial year approaches it’s a...
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The future of the Powerhouse’s Regional Services
Museums Australia (MA) Chapter expresses concerns about Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (MAAS/Powerhouse Museum) continued support for rural and...
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Tasty morsels from the MA conference
Recently M&G attended the Museums Australia conference in Launceston. Presentation topics reached far and wide and there were many great...
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Museum and gallery programs dominate 2014 NSW Local Government Cultural Awards.
On May 26 & 27, as part of Sydney’s Vivid Festival, LGNSW organised their 2014 Cultural Awards & Summit. The...
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Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre under threat
After several years of speculation, in July 2013 the Federal Government advised Liverpool City Council of its intention to acquire...
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The real cost of freedom of expression
The unfolding story of the Biennale boycott has left many in the art community reeling. Not just from the...
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Newcastle City Council sacks staff
Newcastle Council’s Future City Director Judy Jaeger and Newcastle Art Gallery Director Ron Ramsey have been sacked by Newcastle City...
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Newcastle restructure update
Over the past few months we have had a lot of people contact our office to express their concern and...
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Blacktown City Art Prize winners announced
The winners of the 2013 Blacktown City Art Prize were announced on Thursday 5 December at a glittering reception at...
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Firstdraft bids goodbye to Chalmers Street
First Draft closes three final exhibitions at their Chalmers Street galleries on 14 December. This marks the last shows they...
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