Archive

A Sea Symphony at QPAC
26 July 2007
Ralph Vaughan Williams' first symphony returns to Brisbane after 20 years, with a cast of 200 performers.

Musica Viva's Guys and Dolls
11 May 2007
Perhaps the single most exciting tour of Musica Viva's 2007 season begins later this month, when the veteran concert promoter combines the four young men of Europe's acclaimed Jerusalem String Quartet with the four young women of Australia's own 'new' ASQ (the recently re-badged Tankstream Quartet ).

Shooter Number 1
07 May 2007
The conspiracy thriller Shooter shot to No 1 position at the Australian box office after an opening weekend gross of $AUD1,473,558 in late April.

One in a Hundred - a new play about Schizophrenia
09 May 2007
Canberra born writer Mary Rachel Brown's 1 in 100 raises community awareness about mental health conditions.

New Artistic Director for Sydney Dance Co
09 May 2007
Australian-based freelance choreographer Tanja Liedtke has been appointed Artistic Director of the Sydney Dance Company.

Judges announced for $35,000 Landscape Art Prize
09 May 2007
Three of Australia's most respected artists have been appointed to the judging panel of this year's $35,000 Country Energy Art Prize for Landscape Painting.

Pieter Wispelwey joins ACO tour
29 March 2007
Acclaimed Dutch cellist will accompany the Australian Chamber Orchestra on their ninth North American tour.

TinAlley String Quartet represents Australia in International Chamber Music Competition
04 March 2007
Chamber Music Australia hosts 16 of the world's best string quartets and piano trios as they compete before an international jury in Melbourne, July 2007.

The Marvel of Manga: Tezuka Osamu exhibition opens in Sydney
21 February 2007
Tezuka Osamu is revered as the figurehead of the manga and anime industries in Japan. In the West best known for Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion, his work is the subject of an exhibition in Australia and the US.

Urs Fischer comes to Cockatoo Island
29 March 2007
Venice Biennale 2007 artist Urs Fischer is transforming Cockatoo Island with a new site specific work – to be unveiled on 20 April 2007.

Sydney exhibition tackles terrorism and global warming
29 March 2007
Japanese artist Misako Sugiyama takes on major contemporary concerns The Japan Foundation Gallery.

Music Resounds in Apollo Bay
29 March 2007
Paul Kelly heads the stellar bill celebrating 15 years of the Apollo Bay Music Festival.

A Tribute to Author Elizabeth Jolley, 4 June 1923 – 13 February 2007
21 February 2007
One of Australia's most acclaimed authors, Elizabeth Jolley has died at the age of 83 in Perth after a long illness.

Grainger Quartet's first 2007 concert series
21 February 2007
'Genesis' opens new Quartet's three-part subscription concert series in Brisbane on 24 March.

2007 African Cultural Festival at Adelaide Festival Centre
21 February 2007
The 3rd annual African Cultural Festival will be held on Saturday 3 March, from 10am to 5pm, at the Adelaide Festival Centre Terrace, showcasing traditional African culture, food, music and dance, representing African communities who have settled in SA.

Musical Instruments and Equipment for Secondary Schools for the Asking
21 February 2007
The Federal Government's Investing In Our Schools (IOSP) grant scheme has just got a $181 million boost. The program now has an additional $127 million available for State schools and $54 million for non-government schools.

Now you can watch Foyle's War Monday to Saturday
21 February 2007
Since it first screened, over one million viewers have watched ABC and UKTV's Foyle's War, (from the creators of Midsommer Murders). Fans will be pleased to hear about the release of Foyle's War: The Complete First and Second Seasons on DVD on 14 March 2007.

The Arts Activated Conference 2007 – Call for Papers
21 February 2007
The Arts Activated Conference in September 2007 is a celebration for all those passionate about people with disabilities and their active inclusion and participation in the arts.

A New Award for the Best Music Teachers in Australia
21 February 2007
One of the Federal Government's early responses to the 2005 report of the National Review of School Music Education was the promise of a national Awards Scheme to recognise excellence in school music teaching. The Awards are now open, to be run under the Australian Government Quality Teacher Program and administered by the Australian Society for Music Education.

Australian National Academy of Music first year recital program
06 February 2007
ANAM, Melbourne's best kept secret, releases 2007 half year music program

$10 Million Dollar Windfall for ACO
30 January 2007
Anonymous benefactor's rare acquisition for Australian Chamber Orchestra's Richard Tognetti.

Heide Fellows Announced
25 January 2000
Artist and sculptor Inge King and architectural photographer John Gollings appointed.

Artistic Director Appointed for PlayWriting Australia
25 January 2000
Christopher Mead appointed by new organisation supporting Australian writing for performance.

New CEO for Regional Arts NSW
24 January 2000
Respected arts manager and arts marketer Elizabeth Rogers joins Regional Arts NSW as its new CEO

2006 Neil Curnow Award Winner Announced
08 June 2006
Hew Parham has been announced as the winner of the annual Neil Curnow Award, worth $10,000.

SOYA 2006 calls for entries
29 May 2006
For the third year running, Qantas is launching the Spirit of Youth Awards [SOYA].

David Berthold to leave Griffin at end of 2006
29 May 2006
Griffin Theatre Company Chair Stephen Collins today announced that Artistic Director David Berthold would be leaving Griffin at the end of the year.

The Freedman Foundation Travelling Scholarship calls for entries
26 May 2006
Painters, photographers and sculptors aged 30 or under can apply for one of four scholarships of $5,000 each, awarded annually for overseas study and research.

Griffin playwright wins NSW Premier’s Literary Award
26 May 2006
One of Griffin Theatre Company’s resident playwrights, Tommy Murphy, has been named winner of the $15,000 NSW Premier’s Literary Award.

Call for Entries to My Queer Career 2007
25 May 2006
Entries are being invited for the biggest queer short film competition in Australia.

Aboriginal artists from WA poised to make international history
24 May 2006
On their first visit to the United Kingdom the Bardi Dancers from One Arm Point Community will make history with the performance of ILMA, at the iconic landmark Stonehenge UK.

Three Australian artists chosen for Venice Biennale 2007
23 May 2006
The Australia Council for the Arts today announced that Susan Norrie (NSW), Daniel von Sturmer (VIC) and Callum Morton (VIC) have been chosen to represent Australia at the 2007 Venice Biennale

Winner of the 2006 Archibald People's Choice Award announced
18 May 2006
Paul Jackson's portrait of Garry McDonald All the world's a stage... wins the People's Choice for the 2006 Archibald Prize.

Playwright Hilary Bell commissioned by New York Theatre company
17 May 2006
In honour of New York's Atlantic Theatre Company's 20th Anniversary Season, the company has commissioned 20 of their past playwrights to write one-act plays, including Sydney-based Hilary Bell.

NGV searches for missing Charles Blackman paintings
15 May 2006
The National Gallery of Victoria is appealing to Australians far and wide to come forward with any information they may have on four Charles Blackman paintings that have not been seen in public for many years.

Sydney Life Photography Exhibition and Prize call for submissions
15 May 2006
The City of Sydney is inviting photographers to submit works for Sydney’s premier public photography exhibition, Sydney Life, which carries a prize valued at $10,000.

Public invited to vote for favourite design in annual exhibition
12 May 2006
The annual ‘Design Excellence in Queensland’ exhibition calls on the public to vote for the People’s Choice Award.

2006 Salon des Refusés People's Choice Winner announced
12 May 2006
Gillian Dunlop has won this year’s Holding Redlich People’s Choice for the Salon des Refusés.

Company B to receive $1.5million in funding
10 May 2006
The Australian Government has announced that Company B will receive $1.5M in funding towards the redevelopment of Belvoir St Theatre.

The State of Design Announces new Award!
10 May 2006
The State of Design has created a new Award to recognise outstanding design leadership across the community.

2006 Queensland Design Awards finalists announced
21 April 2006
Futuristic shopping carts, a baby’s cot rocker, a designer beer bottle and vintage-inspired fashion garments are among the finalists vying for top honours in this year’s Queensland Design Awards.

2006 Kodak Salon call for entries extended
21 April 2006
The Centre for Contemporary Photography is extending the deadline for entries to the 2006 Kodak Salon to Saturday 29 April.

Melbourne Fringe is calling for expressions of interest
21 April 2006
Melbourne Fringe is calling for expressions of interest from artists wanting to perform at the Festival Hub in North Melbourne.

Neil Armfield awarded Honorary doctorate
20 April 2006
One of Australia’s foremost theatre directors, Neil Armfield will be conferred an honorary degree of Doctor of Literature at the University of Sydney this Friday.

Artists encouraged to enter Australia’s richest landscape art prize
19 April 2006
Artists are invited to enter Australia’s richest award for landscape painting, the $50,000 Fleurieu Peninsula Art Prize.

Tropfest goes international at Tribeca Film Festival
19 April 2006
The Tribeca Film Festival and John Polson, director and founder of Tropfest, announced today the line-up for the first annual Tropfest@Tribeca.

Kit Lazaroo wins Wal Cherry Play of the Year
19 April 2006
Kit Lazaroo, has won the Wal Cherry Play of the Year 2005 for her deeply personal play Asylum.

Australia Council’s $3 million boost to Indigenous arts
13 April 2006
The Australia Council for the Arts will spend an extra $3 million over the next three years on four new programs to support Indigenous arts across Australia and overseas.

Call for Short Performances - Putting on an Act 06
12 April 2006
The 13th Putting on an Act produced by PICA is seeking proposals from artists interested in pushing the parameters of performance to create a dynamic festival of short performance works.

SPARK 2006 calls for entries
10 April 2006
SPARK is the Australia Council’s national mentoring program for young artists in theatre, dance and visual art.

Female filmmakers scoop ASDA Awards
07 April 2006
Respected director Phillip Noyce had to share the honours with emerging filmmakers Cate Shortland and Sarah Watt at last night’s Australian Screen Directors Association Awards.

The 2006 Memento Australia Awards are now open!
06 April 2006
Designers, artists and craftspeople across Australia are invited to enter the only national award to recognise authentic Australian mementos for travellers.

Mietta Song Recital Award announces semi-finalists
05 April 2006
The Mietta Song Recital Award Committee has announced the eight semi-finalists from Australia and overseas for the 2006 Mietta Song Recital Award.

Bell Shakespeare welcomes new board member
05 April 2006
Bell Shakespeare has announced the appointment of Chris Jordan to Bell Shakespeare’s Board of Directors.

Scotland Island Film Festival call for entries
05 April 2006
Sydney’s most ‘remote’ community initiates Film Festival and calls for entries from around the world!

Realise Your Dream 2006 scheme call for entries
05 April 2006
A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work with top UK professionals in their chosen field is on offer for six talented young Australians thanks to the 2006 Realise Your Dream scheme.

National Ballet of China tour Australia for the first time.
30 March 2006
The National Ballet of China is touring Australia for the first time as part of China Arts Week and the "Experience the Chinese Culture in Australia" Festival.

Winners of new design 2006! announced
29 March 2006
Object Gallery is pleased to announce the prize-winners in new design 2006! The prizes catapult winners into the public eye, earning them acclaim and exceptional professional opportunities.

Call for Australia’s best pianists to enter National Piano Award
29 March 2006
If you’re an accomplished pianist aged between 21 and 35, applications are now open for the prestigious, 8th biennial Australian National Piano Award offering prizes totalling $33,000

Winner of the 2006 Archibald Prize announced
24 March 2006
The Art Gallery of NSW has announced the winners of the 2006 Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes.

Art on the Rocks 2006 calls for entries
24 March 2006
Art on The Rocks, one of Sydney’s most popular and prestigious art competitions, is calling for artists to submit artwork samples for the opportunity to be part of the fourth annual event and the chance to win prizes from a total prize purse of $35,000.

Christie's Australia reverts to representative office
20 March 2006
Lisa King, International Managing Director, announced today that after a thorough strategic review of Christie’s business in Australia, it has been decided by Christie’s Board that the company will no longer be undertaking regular auction sales in Australia.

$180,000 Signature of Sydney Art Prize calls for entries
20 March 2006
The Signature of Sydney Art Prize with its lucrative cash prize calls for entries depicting the essence of Sydney.

Call for entries for the Bombay Sapphire Design Discovery Award 2006
20 March 2006
Entries are now being accepted for the 2006 Bombay Sapphire Design Discovery Award. Entries accepted until June 2.

LAMP calls for submissions
17 March 2006
The Laboratory of Advanced Media Production (LAMP) is calling for creative teams from all parts of the Australian media industry to submit cross-media projects for its third live-in-lab to be held in the Swan Valley, Perth

Adelaide Festival announces new General Manager
10 March 2006
The Chairman of the Board of Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts today announced that Ms Kate Gould, will take up the position of General Manager and Associate Artistic Director in April.

AFI announces new CEO
08 March 2006
The Australian Film Institute today announced the appointment of James Hewison as its new Chief Executive Officer.

Winners of the South Australian Premier’s Award for Literature announced
08 March 2006
Gail Jones has won the South Australian Premier’s Award for Literature with her novel, Sixty Lights, which also took out the Award for Fiction, giving Jones a total win of $25,000.

Biennale of Sydney announces 2008 Curator
06 March 2006
The Biennale of Sydney has announced that distinguished curator Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Co-curator of the celebrated 2005 Turin Triennial, will provide the artistic direction for the 2008 Biennale of Sydney.

Phillip Noyce to be honoured by Australian Screen Directors Association
06 March 2006
Australian filmmaker Phillip Noyce will be presented with the 2006 ASDA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Direction at a special ceremony in Sydney on April 6.

Australian composer Jonathan Mills to head Edinburgh International Festival
01 March 2006
Jonathan Mills was named yesterday as the next director of the Edinburgh International Festival, in a move that caught many observers off-guard.

2006 Sony Tropfest winners announced
28 February 2006
Directors Alex Weinress and Rob Carlton (NSW) were awarded first prize at an official awards ceremony today at the Hilton Hotel, Sydney for their Sony Tropfest 2006 finalist film Carmichael and Shane.

Entries open for the new Conflux Fantastique Film Festival
22 February 2006
Entries are now open for the new Conflux Fantastique Film Festival and Contest which will take place in conjunction with Conflux 3 – one of the largest science fiction and pop culture conventions in Australia

2005 Green Room Award nominations announced
22 February 2006
The annual Green Room Award nominations have been announced for 2005.

ASQ players official press statement
21 February 2006
ASQ players Natsuko Yoshimoto, James Cuddeford and Jeremy Williams have released a statement regarding the future of the ASQ.

Bell Shakespeare invited to perform in the UK
20 February 2006
Bell Shakespeare has been invited to perform its highly acclaimed production of The Comedy Of Errors at the Bath Shakespeare Festival in March 2006.

ASQ announces a new quartet
16 February 2006
Mr Peter Hunt, Chairman of the Australian String Quartet today announced that a new quartet, led by virtuoso violinist Sophie Rowell, would continue the tradition of fine music that the ASQ is renowned for from the end of 2006.

2006 winner of the Metro 5 Art Award announced
15 February 2006
A 32 year old Tax Office worker living in Brunswick, Melbourne, Samuel Leach, has won this year’s Metro 5 Art Award Judges’ Prize worth $40,000 with a painting called Dividendgame

PICA announces new Director
15 February 2006
A graduate of the University of Western Australia, and having undertaken postgraduate study at the Sotheby's Institute in London, Amy Barrett-Lennard will be returning to Perth to head up one of Australia's leading contemporary arts organisations.

Mietta Song Recital Award calls for entries
13 February 2006
The prestigious Mietta Song Recital Award promotes classical singers and pianists in the art song genre. Entries are now open

Art prize celebrates 25 years with a re-launch
13 February 2006
The Redland Art Awards, has bee relaunched this year with a new format and bigger prize-money to mark its 25th anniversary.

The Australian Music Prize announces 8 finalists for 2006
06 February 2006
The $25,000 Australian Music Prize Ltd have announced The BigPond Music Shortlist 8.

Entries open for 2006 Queensland Design Awards
06 February 2006
Entries for the prestigious Queensland Design Awards are now open today and all Queensland designers are encouraged to enter.

Newtown Short Film Festival calls for entries
02 February 2006
The 2006 Inaugural Newtown Flicks Short Film Festival invites submissions from all Sydney filmmakers for their annual short film competition.

Australian film wins Grand Jury Prize at Slamdance Film Festival
31 January 2006
The Saviour, written and directed by Peter Templeman and produced by Stuart Parkyn, has won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Short at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, USA

Hothouse Theatre residency program calls for applications
24 January 2006
HotHouse Theatre’s A Month in the Country Residency Program is a national arts resource to facilitate the creation of new Australian performing arts work.

Australian Ballet wins at British UK Critics' Circle National Dance Awards
23 January 2006
The Australian Ballet has won the “Best Foreign Dance Company” prize at the UK Critics' Circle National Dance Awards.

M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2007 calls for entries
19 January 2006
The Necessary Stage is inviting all artists to submit their works for the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2007.

Flowercut Film Festival calls for entries
18 January 2006
Entries are open for the 4th annual Flower Cut Film Festival. The Festival sees the artistic fusion of silent film and live orchestrated music to create a unique and memorable film experience.

Austrade launches first Australian Arts Portfolio in the US
16 January 2006
In a major drive to help Australian artists get a break into US galleries, Austrade has launched its first Australian Arts Portfolio publication and distributed it to galleries in the US.

AFI announces new Chairperson
16 January 2006
The Australian Film Institute has announced the appointment of publisher and developer Morry Schwartz as Chairman, following the retirement of long serving Chairman Denny Lawrence.

Brett Sheehy to direct 2008 Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts
16 January 2006
The Premier of South Australiahas announced that Brett Sheehy will direct the 2008 Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts.

Black Swan Theatre Company Chairperson steps down
16 January 2006
Black Swan Theatre Company has announced that Janet Holmes à Court stepped down as Chair of the company’s Board of Directors as of December 31, 2005.

Closing date looms for Griffin Award
11 January 2006
Do you have an unpublished script you’re dying to have produced? Well send a copy to Griffin Theatre Company by January 20 and you could win $5,000 cash and a laptop.

2005 Sydney Theatre Award nominees announced
20 December 2005
Nominations were announced today for the inaugural Sydney Theatre Awards for 2005, set up by a group of Sydney theatre critics, The Sydney Reviewers.

Major artistic coup for Goulburn
19 December 2005
Goulburn Regional Art Gallery has been named as host of the 2006 $35,000 Country Energy Art Prize for Landscape Painting exhibition and judging.

Tropfest goes international
19 December 2005
It's been announced that Tropfest will premiere on an international stage for the first time at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City.

Award celebrates upbeat career of music icon
15 December 2005
Eminent music educator and conductor Richard Gill OAM has been honoured with the Australia Council for the Arts’ 2006 Don Banks Music Award - the most valuable individual music prize in Australia.

Hope Awards short film competition counters stigma of mental illness
12 December 2005
A short film competition launches today challenging entrants to help reduce the stigma associated with mental illness.

National Portrait Gallery design competition winner announced
12 December 2005
Prime Minister John Howard has announced architectural firm Johnson Pilton Walker Pty Ltd has been selected to design the new $73.6 million National Portrait Gallery.

Winner of the Conrad Jupiters Art Prize announced
06 December 2005
Marie Hagerty was awarded the Conrad Jupiters Art Prize by judge Betty Churcher at the Gold Coast City Art Gallery last night.

Chauvel Cinema to re-open its doors
05 December 2005
Lord Mayor Clover Moore MP announced the City of Sydney has agreed to a long-term leasing agreement with the Palace Cinema group that will see films screened once again at the Chauvel Theatre, Paddington.

Museum of Contemporary Art launches youth initiative
05 December 2005
The MCA is launching a program loosely inspired by New York's Whitney Museum that aims to connect younger audiences with contemporary art.

Short & Sweet - Shortlisted Plays Announced
02 December 2005
The producers of Short & Sweet have announced a shortlist of 272 plays for the 2006 Festival.

Call for entries officially opens for Sony Tropfest 2006
30 November 2005
Filmmakers from around the nation are urged to get cracking on their Sony Tropfest 2006 entries, with just less than two months until the entry deadline on the 19th January 2006.

2005 AFI Award winners
28 November 2005
The highly acclaimed film Look Both Ways won the L’Oréal Paris AFI Award for Best Film at this year's awards.

AWGIE Award winners announced
28 November 2005
Independent feature film Ra Choi was the surprise winner at the 38th annual AWGIE Awards

2005 National MBS Young Performers' Award winner announced
28 November 2005
The 2005 National MBS Young Performer is Michael Ierace from Kidman Park, South Australia.

State Theatre Company SA is calling for aspiring directors.
24 November 2005
State Theatre Company South Australia is seeking applicants for its Assistant Director scheme in 2006.

Ausdance 2005 Award winners announced
21 November 2005
Winners of the 2005 Ausdance Awards were announced in a ceremony at the Sydney Opera House last night.

Optus & Bell Shakespeare announce winners of 2005 Make a Scene competition
21 November 2005
The winners of the 2005 Optus and Bell Shakespeare Make A Scene Competition have been announced.

2005 NSW History Award winners announced
15 November 2005
A compelling account of the events that lead to the Bali bombings in 2002 has won the General History Prize at the 2005 NSW History Awards.

Adelaide Festival Centre CEO Announced
15 November 2005
Chairman of the Adelaide Festival Centre Trust, Richard Ryan announced that Douglas Gautier will be the AFCT's new CEO.

Lisa Roet wins $100,000 McClelland Sculpture Prize
14 November 2005
Rupert Murdoch yesterday awarded Melbourne sculptor, Lisa Roet the biennial $100,000 McClelland Award for her work, White Ape 2005.

Sydney Youth Orchestra welcomes new Artistic Director
14 November 2005
One of Australia’s best known conductors and music educators, Ronald Prussing, has been appointed Artistic Director of the Sydney Youth Orchestra.

New Director for Gasworks
11 November 2005
The Chair of Gasworks Arts Park, James McCaughey has announced that Robert Hughes will leave his position as Artistic Director of the Park at the end of the year.

2005 APRA – AGSC Screen Music Award winners announced
08 November 2005
The winners of the 2005 APRA – AGSC Screen Music Awards were announced last night in Melbourne.

Grant Stevens wins inaugural Artworkers Award
07 November 2005
Artworkers has announced that Brisbane artist Grant Stevens has been awarded the inaugural Artworkers Award for his 2005 work, Like Two Ships.

Winner announced for the Robert Jacks Drawing Prize
07 November 2005
Brisbane-based artist Michael Zavros has won the Robert Jacks Drawing Prize.

Sydney Youth Orchestra welcomes new Chair
07 November 2005
The Board of the Sydney Youth Orchestra has announced the appointment of Jan Bowen to the position of Chair of the Sydney Youth Orchestra.

Kathryn Greiner appointed as Chairman of The Bell Shakespeare Foundation Council
04 November 2005
Bell Shakespeare today announced the appointment of Kathryn Greiner AO as Chairman of the Bell Shakespeare Foundation Council.

Russell Crowe to host AFI Awards
03 November 2005
The Australian Film Institute has announced that AFI supporter, Russell Crowe, is confirmed to host the L’Oréal Paris 2005 AFI Craft Awards on 25 November.

Calling Victorian filmmakers...Enter Love Your Work!
03 November 2005
OPENChannel is accepting entries for the LOVE YOUR WORK! Short Film Event until Friday November 11.

Council awards artists for bright, bold boxes
01 November 2005
14 talented and emerging artists were honoured at Brisbane City Councils 2005 Artforce Awards for brightening up Brisbanes neighbourhoods.

New York-based Summer Play Festival for emerging writers is accepting submissions
27 October 2005
The New York-based Summer Play Festival for emerging writers is now accepting submissions for the Third Annual Summer Play Festival to be held in midtown Manhattan in July 2006.

Winner of the 2005 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize announced
26 October 2005
Ruby Rabbit, by Sydney couple Jessie Cacchillo and Craig Waddell, has been awarded the 2005 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize.

Registrations open for prestigious design award
24 October 2005
The organiser of Australia’s Interior Design Awards is calling for designers to register for the 2006 program.

2005 AFI Award nominations announced
24 October 2005
The Australian Film Institute has announced the nominees for the L’Oréal Paris 2005 AFI Awards.

Winner of the Adultshop.com Erotic Art award announced
20 October 2005
The $10,000 adultshop.com erotic art award for excellence was awarded to Linda Erceg of Melbourne Australia for her DVD animation, Punchline.

Call for applications to participate in Time_Place_Space 5
18 October 2005
Applications are being invited from Australian artists to participate in Time_Place_Space 5, a national initiative that aims to challenge, invigorate and strengthen the areas of hybrid arts practice in Australia, with an emphasis on performance.

2005 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards announced
18 October 2005
The Premier, Steve Bracks, today announced the 10 winners of the prestigious annual Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards.

2005 Australian Dance Awards nominees announced
14 October 2005
Ausdance NSW has announced the short-listed nominees for the 2005 Australian Dance Awards.

Black Dog institute launches new writing competition
13 October 2005
Inspirational stories about how people live with the black dog (depression) provide the theme for a new writing competition launched today.

The Age Melbourne Writers’ Festival appoints new Director
10 October 2005
The Age Melbourne Writers' Festival Board is delighted to announce the appointment of Rosemary Cameron as the new Festival Director.

2005 NSW Writer's Fellowship announced
10 October 2005
The NSW Ministry for the Arts today announced Judith Beveridge as the recipient of the 2005 Writer's Fellowship.

Brendan Cowell wins Young Playwright’s Award
10 October 2005
Brendan Cowell was announced as the recipient of The Philip Parsons Young Playwright’s Award for 2005.

Australian Dance Theatre appoints new chairperson to their board
07 October 2005
The ADT board has appointed Donny Walford, one of South Australia’s leading business identities, as the chairperson.

Australian photographer receives Honourable Mention in International Photography Awards
06 October 2005
Sydney artist Caroline Nader was awarded an Honourable Mention in the International Photography Awards (IPA) 2005 Competition.

Company B announces new Associate Artistic Director
06 October 2005
Company B is very proud to announce Australia’s leading Indigenous theatre director, Wesley Enoch, as its very first Associate Artistic Director.

Search begins for 2008 Fringe Director
06 October 2005
The Adelaide Fringe today announced that its search for the 2008 Fringe Director has begun. The Fringe is the largest event of its kind in Australia and the second largest Fringe in the world.

Bank of Queensland to sponsor Brisbane Art Fair
05 October 2005
The organisers are very pleased to announce that the inaugural Brisbane Art Fair will be sponsored by the Bank of Queensland.

Sydney Life Photography Prize Winner announced
05 October 2005
The winner of the prestigious Sydney Life Photography Prize was announced last night by the Lord Mayor at the Official Launch for Art & About 2005

2005 NSW History Awards Shortlist announced
04 October 2005
A total of 20 works have been short-listed for the 2005 NSW History Awards, the Minister for the Arts, Bob Debus, has announced.

Jude Rae wins 2005 Portia Geach Memorial Award
04 October 2005
Australia’s most significant art prize celebrating portraiture by Australian women artists, has been won by Jude Rae for her painting, Large Interior (Micky Allan).

Wayde Owen wins the 2005 Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship
29 September 2005
Wayde Owen from Southport in Queensland is the winner of the seventh Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship.

Brisbane Lord Mayor announces new literary award
28 September 2005
Brisbane Lord Mayor Campbell Newman will launch a new short story competition tomorrow, to encourage Queensland writers to pen a short story with a Brisbane theme.

National Sculpture Prize People’s Choice Award winner announced
27 September 2005
Perth-based artist Geoffrey Drake-Brockman’s work Floribots has won the Macquarie Bank People’s Choice award for the National Sculpture Prize and Exhibition 2005.

State Theatre Company of South Australia announces new CEO
22 September 2005
Governor Peter Vaughan, on behalf of State Theatre Company Board of Governors, today announced the appointment of Noelene Buddle as the new Chief Executive Officer of State Theatre Company of South Australia.

UWS's Centre for Cultural Research creates Australia's first professional doctorate in cultural research
22 September 2005
A new doctorate being offered by the University of Western Sydney will make the late Donald Horne proud - and give the likes of Barry Humphries a run for his money.

Six Young Australians to Realise their Dreams in the UK thanks to British Council Australia
22 September 2005
Winners of the British Council Australia’s Realise Your Dream programme announced.

Aussie film wins big award at Toronto International Film Festival
19 September 2005
Sarah Watt's debut feature, Look Both Ways, was the recipient of the Discovery Award at the Toronto International Film Festival.

2005 NSW History Fellowship winner announced
19 September 2005
Dr Peggy James has been awarded the $20,000 NSW History Fellowship to research and write a book about Sydney's early conservationists, the Minister for the Arts, Bob Debus, has announced.

Winners of the 2004 Green Room Awards announced
19 September 2005
The Green Room Awards Association are pleased to announce recipients for 2004 Green Room Awards.

Julie Fragar wins the 2005 ABN AMRO Emerging Artist Award
16 September 2005
Leading Australian art commentators have announced Julie Fragar as the winner of the acquisitive 2005 ABN AMRO Emerging Artist Award.

Philanthropy, Sponsorship, or Dinner? Part II
15 September 2005
Part II of Joanna Mendelssohn's New Matilda article.

Art prize winner makes powerful environmental statement
14 September 2005
It was third time lucky for Mid North Coast artist Fiona Bennell when she realised a long-time goal of winning the $35,000 Country Energy Art Prize for Landscape Painting this morning.

SMS scoring is now open as part of the 2005 IF Awards
14 September 2005
Nationwide scoring of Australian films for the 7th annual Lexus Inside Film (IF) Awards is now underway counting down to the red carpet event on the evening of Wednesday 23rd November at Sydney’s Luna Park.

The Australian Script Centre calls for submissions
13 September 2005
The Australian Script Centre is calling for unpublished contemporary performance scripts for promotion in 2006/7.

Artspace in Sydney announces new Executive Director
13 September 2005
Sydney's Artspace has appointed Dr Blair French as the new Executive Director of the centre.

'Save the Chauvel Cinema' silent demonstration in Sydney tonight
12 September 2005
Sydney City Council meets tonight to discuss the future of the Chauvel cinema space at Paddington Town Hall.

Keith and Elisabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship winner anounced
09 September 2005
The VCA School of Drama is proud to announce that the winner of the $20 000 Keith and Elisabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship for 2005 is independent contemporary theatre company Uncle Semolina (& friends).

Stage For Life winners announced
09 September 2005
Bell Shakespeare and Austar, have announced the winners of Stage for Life, a work experience competition for regional students.

Philanthropy, Sponsorship, or Dinner?
08 September 2005
Joanna Mendelssohn discusses the latest AbaF publication Building Relationships & Securing Donations: A Guide of the Arts in New Matilda magazine.

Shortlist announced for Victorian Indigenous Art Awards
07 September 2005
The Minister for the Arts, Mary Delahunty has announced the shortlist for the inaugural Victorian Indigenous Art Awards.

Winners of the 2005 Yamaha Youth Piano Competition announced
06 September 2005
Oliver Le Meng She and Yu Heng Lau have been announced as winners of the Yamaha Youth Piano Competition's Sections 2 and 3.

Finalists announced for British Council Australia's Realise Your Dreams Program
05 September 2005
13 young & talented Australians were announced as finalists today ahead of the winner’s announcement on the 22nd September, for the British Council Australia’s Realise Your Dream program.

Chalk the Walk Festival calls for entries
02 September 2005
The inaugural Chalk the Walk is calling for applications from adult artists (over 18) to compete for the title of Champion Pavement Artist.

Digital Art Call for Artists closes Sept 30
01 September 2005
Gasworks is launching a new signature art exhibition this year entitled Hardcopy: digital art. This exhibition is for digital artists –including photography, design and computer generated images. There are cash awards totalling $2,000.

Winner of the 2005 Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship announced
01 September 2005
The 2005 Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship, valued at $40,000 has been awarded to Ms & Mr, collaborative artists Richard and Stephanie nova Milne.

Opera Australia announces new board member
31 August 2005
The Board of Opera Australia has appointed Anson Austin as its new Director, filling the position of Mrs Margaret Fisher, who retired on 31 December 2004 after ten years on the Board.

Arts Victoria creates a new level of support for Melbourne's performers
30 August 2005
In an innovative step, Arts Victoria is offering a new form of support for the booming small–medium and independent performing arts sector.

Mackay City Council announces new national award for artists’ books
30 August 2005
Mackay has launched a prestigious new national art prize that is expected to attract entries from around the country.

The Alice Prize calls for applications
29 August 2005
The Alice Prize is an invitational exhibition with pre-selection open to any artist working in Australia. Applications close on the 2nd of November.

Artist asked to return controversial project funding
26 August 2005
A Melbourne artist will be asked to repay a $70,000 Victorian Government grant that was to fund a controversial public arts project.

Kooemba Jdarra announces new General Manager
26 August 2005
In the biggest shake up of its 13 year history, Kooemba Jdarra, Australia’s Premier Indigenous Performing Arts Company announces the appointment of a new General Manager and Board.

Winner of the 2005 Ranamok Glass Prize Announced
26 August 2005
The 2005 Ranamok Glass Prize has been awarded to Joanna Bone for her entry Ominous Fruit.

VCA announces new Head of Music
18 August 2005
Professor Jonty Stockdale performer, arts educator, musicologist and composer, arrived this week to take the helm at the School of Music, Victorian College of the Arts.

Council announces $15,000 Rupert Bunny Visual Arts Fellowship
17 August 2005
The City of Port Phillip is calling for applications for the inaugural Rupert Bunny Visual Arts Fellowship. Worth $15,000, the fellowship offers a professional development opportunity for an established artist.

Finalists announced for $35,000 Landscape Painting Prize
16 August 2005
42 artists from across the State will vie for honours in this years $35,000 Country Energy Art Prize for Landscape Painting.

Australian Shakuhachi player makes history in Japan
15 August 2005
Shakuhachi player Bronwyn Kirkpatrick recently made history in Japan by being the first non-Japanese person ever to receive a prize at the 2005 final of the prestigious All-Japan National Music Competition.

New scholarship available for visual artists
08 August 2005
Metro Arts is calling for applications from early-career visual artists for a one-year scholarship funded by NBC Capital.

2005 Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize winner announced
08 August 2005
Tasmanian artist Michael McWilliams has been named overall winner in the South Australian Museum’s 2005 Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize for his painting The Centre of Attention.

Winner of QTC's George Landen Dann Award announced
05 August 2005
Maxine Mellor has been awarded the George Landen Dann Award. This achievement marks her fourth playwriting award from Queensland Theatre Company’s Youth and Education program.

Winner of the 2005 Dobell Prize for Drawing announced
04 August 2005
It was announced at the Art Gallery of New South Wales today that Kevin Connor is the winner of the 2005 Dobell Prize for Drawing.

A new annual Australian art prize announced
04 August 2005
The Gallipoli Art Prize, with an annual prize value of $10 000 invites artists* to submit paintings, which depict the Gallipoli spirit.

New chairperson of NIDA board of directors announced
04 August 2005
The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) announces the appointment of Jillian Broadbent AO as its new Chair.

APAM 2006 calls for entries
02 August 2005
The search has begun for up to 40 leading Australian performing arts companies to present at the 7th Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM) in Adelaide in February 2006.

Artist Judy Cassab lends support to Greenpeace art competition
01 August 2005
Renowned Sydney-based artist and three-time former winner of the Archibald Prize, Judy Cassab will lend her support to Greenpeace’s art competition, Art for Action.

Kooemba Jdarra Indigenous Performing Arts Company announces new Artistic Director
01 August 2005
Acclaimed choreographer and dancer Marilyn Miller has been appointed the new Artistic Director of Kooemba Jdarra Indigenous Performing Arts Company.

Surry Hills artist wins top art awards
29 July 2005
Surry Hills artist, Anna Lochtenberg Williams, was today announced the winner of the 2005 Art on The Rocks People's Choice Award.

Australian movie Little Fish selected to participate at the 30th Toronto International Film Festival.
27 July 2005
Australian film Little Fish will have a special screening at the 30th Toronto International Film Festival later this year.

Winner of the 2005 Leica/CCP Documentary Photography Award announced
22 July 2005
CCP is pleased to announce Samantha Everton as the winner of the 2005 Leica/CCP Documentary Photography Award for her series Intercountry Adoption.

PM to open Australia's largest arts event in the UK
22 July 2005
Australia’s largest presentation of contemporary art in the UK, Undergrowth - Australian Arts UK, will be launched by John Howard at a reception in London tonight.

Cherine Fahd wins the 2005 NSW Women & Arts Fellowship
22 July 2005
Sydney photographic artist, Cherine Fahd, has been awarded the $30,000 NSW Women and Arts Fellowship, announced Ms Sandra Nori, the Minister for Women.

Winner announced for the 2005 Freedman Fellowship for Jazz
19 July 2005
Sydney pianist and composer, Matt McMahon is the recipient of the 2005 MCA/Freedman Fellowship for Jazz.

Winners of the 2005 Classical Music Awards announced
19 July 2005
The Australian music industry last night celebrated the success of this year’s most outstanding classical and new music achievements at the 2005 Classical Music Awards.

Photographs stolen from Vietnam War exhibition at Metro Arts
18 July 2005
Police are investigating the theft of photographs taken from a Vietnam War exhibition at Metro Arts kindly donated by veteran combat photographer, Tim Page, in support of the current play, The Boy and the Goat.

2005 Melbourne International Arts Festival Program Launched
18 July 2005
For the first time in its 20-year history the program for the Melbourne International Arts Festival was announced at a public Launch at Hamer Hall on Tuesday 12 July.

The Geoffrey Parsons 2005 Award Winners Announced
18 July 2005
South Australian pianist Yuh T'sun Wu has been named winner of the 2005 Geoffrey Parsons Award.

2005 National Sculpture Prize Winner announced
14 July 2005
Glen Clarke was today named as the winner of the National Sculpture Prize 2005 for his work titled American crater near Hanoi #2.

Darwin Festival 2005 program announced
13 July 2005
The full program for the Darwin Festival 2005 was launched today by Northern Territory Arts and Museums Minister Marion Scrymgour, Darwin Lord Mayor Peter Adamson and Festival Director Malcolm Blaylock.

Festival Director takes on new challenges
08 July 2005
After 14 successful years, the Age Melbourne Writers’ Festival director Simon Clews is leaving to take up a new position at Melbourne University.

Triple J Arts crew appointed
08 July 2005
As of August the J Arts Crew begin broadcasting on triple j from around the country.

Sony Tropfest 2006 signature item announced
06 July 2005
Sony Tropfest is extremely excited to announce that the Tropfest Signature Item (TSI) for 2006 is BUBBLE.

Winner of the Neil Curnow Award announced
06 July 2005
Emma Beech was recently announced as the winner of the inaugural Neil Curnow Award.

New appointment at Melbourne's Malthouse Theatre
06 July 2005
It has been announced that Catherine Jones is joining the Malthouse team as an Associate Producer and Business Manager commencing mid July 2005.

Sydney Dance Company announces historic collaboration
05 July 2005
SDCo is proud to announce an historic creative collaboration with the Shanghai Song and Dance Ensemble that will see the creation of a full-length dance work on the legend of Mulan.

Artrage Festival 05 calls for works
05 July 2005
Perth's annual Artrage festival is calling all WA artists.

Winners of the 2005 Freedman Foundation Travelling Scholarship announced
04 July 2005
The 2005 Freedman Foundation Travelling Scholarship for Emerging Artists has been awarded to five of the most promising young Australian artists.

Complete Indigenous art collection on show for the first time
04 July 2005
The entire Adelaide Festival Centre Foundation Indigenous Art Collection will be on display at the Centre for the very first time from 6-24 July.

Winner of the 2005 Australian Chamber Music Competition announced
04 July 2005
The TinAlley String Quartet from Melbourne are the winners of the prestigious 2005 Australian Chamber Music Competition taking out the Musica Viva Australia – Tony Berg Award.

Entries closing soon for $35,000 landscape painting prize
04 July 2005
Only weeks remain before the close of entries for the nation’s richest annual landscape painting competition – the $35,000 Country Energy Art Prize for Landscape Painting.

Finalists for the 2005 Classical Music Awards announced
01 July 2005
This year for the first time, the Classical Music Awards features a selection of finalists in each award category.

Adelaide Fringe 2006 calls for artists and designers
01 July 2005
The Adelaide Fringe Festival is calling for artists and designers in the lead-up to the 2006 Festival.

The Auckland Philharmonia will play on
01 July 2005
The Chairman of the Auckland Philharmonia today expressed determination on the progress it was making in securing an improved and sustainable funding basis.

Melbourne International Arts festival invites all to public launch
01 July 2005
For the first time in its 20-year history the MIAF program is to be announced at a public launch on 12 July.

Call for submissions to Sydney Life photography exhibition and $5000 prize
30 June 2005
The City of Sydney is inviting entries for the 2005 Sydney Life photography exhibition which carries a prize of $5000.

Australian film Look Both Ways invited to screen at Toronto International Film Festival
29 June 2005
Sarah Watt’s debut feature, Look Both Ways has been invited to screen at the 30th Toronto International Film Festival.

M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2006 calls for applications
29 June 2005
After the success of the 2005 M1 Singapore Fringe Festival, artists are now being invited to submit their works for 2006.

Adelaide Marimba player placed second in the world
29 June 2005
South Australian Jamie Adam placed second at the first ever international competition for Marimba players in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Deadly Awards call for nominations
29 June 2005
The National Indigenous Music, Sport, Entertainment and Community Awards, The Deadlys, are calling for nominations.

Entries invited for $50,000 Metro5 Art Award
28 June 2005
Young artists have until 15 October to get their entries in for the 2006 Metro 5 Art Award, Australia’s richest prize for painters aged 35 and under.

The 2005 Miles Franklin Literary Award winner announced
24 June 2005
Australia’s most prestigious and richest single literary prize, the Miles Franklin Literary Award, has been won by Andrew McGahan for his novel The White Earth published by Allen and Unwin.

Art Sydney 05 launches OFF THE WALL for emerging and unrepresented artists
22 June 2005
Emerging and unrepresented painters, photographers and sculptors have until July 22 to enter works for selection in OFF THE WALL an independent exhibition space to be set up within Art Sydney 05.

Nicholas Harding wins the People’s Choice for the 2005 Archibald Prize
21 June 2005
This year over 36,000 voted in this year's People's Choice for the Archibald Prize and their favourite was Nicholas Harding’s portrait Bob’s daily swim.

Australian Sculpture takes the High Ground at Glastonbury
21 June 2005
A two-ton bronze cow by Australian sculptor John Kelly hovers over the main stage at Glastonbury, England home to the world’s largest folk/pop music festival.

Art on the Rocks winner announced
17 June 2005
Former Wynne Prize winner, Angus Nivison has won Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority's $20,000 Art on The Rocks Prize.

ADT European tour a triumph
17 June 2005
ADT has recently returned from the most extensive international tour ever undertaken by an Australian dance company.

Former Artistic Director of The Australian Ballet dies
17 June 2005
One of the world’s most important ballet figures, former Artistic Director and Principal Artist – Ross Stretton – passed away yesterday.

Australia Council's new ATSIA Executive Director announced
16 June 2005
The Australia Council for the Arts has appointed Lydia Miller as its new Executive Director of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts (ATSIA), based in Sydney.

“Hong Kong Cinema” of Sydney Film Festival launched
15 June 2005
With the support of the Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office (HKETO) in Sydney, the 2005 Sydney Film Festival is, once again, screening a number of Hong Kong’s recent hit movies.

Melbourne International Arts Festival launches Local Artist Card
14 June 2005
Melbourne International Arts Festival has launched the Local Artist Card, an exciting initiative to encourage local artists to have a deeper involvement with this 17-day event that runs from 6 to 22 October.

Ricky Swallow wins hearts at Venice
14 June 2005
More than 15,500 international arts curators and critics have seen the works of Ricky Swallow in the first four days at the Venice Biennale. A record 5,000 people attended on the third day of the preview.

Call for Short Performances - PICA
14 June 2005
PICA is looking for performers to strut their stuff (but only briefly) for its wildly popular short performance festival.

Mackay to host national arts conference in 2006
14 June 2005
Mackay has been selected as the host city for the 2006 Regional Arts Australia National Conference.

Call For Entries: Reelife Short Film Festival 2005
14 June 2005
Run by youth for youth, the Reelife Short Film Festival gives Australia’s young people an opportunity to express their ideas and perspectives on the things that matter to them.

Additional funding for Melbourne Writer's Festival
10 June 2005
The State Government announced a significant increase in the festival's annual funding last night. In addition, the Government made a one-off grant towards celebrating the festival's twentieth anniversary during this year's event from August 19 to 28.

Austrade supports Australian filmmakers in the United States
08 June 2005
Austrade has announced Australian filmmakers and behind-the-scene talents are getting much deserved recognition this week at the Jackson Hole Film Festival in the United States.

APT 2006 — first exhibition at new Queensland Gallery of Modern Art
07 June 2005
The next ‘Asia–Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ (APT) will be the first major exhibition at the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art.

Public art work receives top Design Excellence Award
06 June 2005
Toowoomba artist Jill Kinnear last night received the 2005 Queensland Design Awards’ prestigious Design Excellence Award for her Suncorp Stadium art installations Veil and Memory.

Finalists for the 2005 Freedman Classical Music Fellowship announced
02 June 2005
The Music Council of Australia and Freedman Foundation have announced the short list for the MCA/Freedman Foundation Fellowship for Classical Music for 2005.

Chief programmer appointed at National Film and Sound Archive
01 June 2005
The Australian Film Commission announced today that well-known Melbourne cinema curator Quentin Turnour has been appointed to the position of Chief Programmer at the National Film and Sound Archive.

Call for submissions to Sydney Life photography exhibition and $5000 prize
01 June 2005
The City of Sydney is inviting photographers to submit works for the 2005 Sydney Life photography exhibition which carries a prize of $5000.

AFI take over the Chauvel Cinema in Sydney
27 May 2005
The Australian Film Institute has agreed with the current operators of the Chauvel Cinema in Paddington to take over management of the leading Sydney art-house cinema as of today.

Pastoralist gives $16 million to make music
26 May 2005
The largest ever donation to an Australian performing arts institution will be made today when the Dean of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Kim Walker, accepts more than $16 million from the estate of the late George Wallace Henderson.

NGA Director announces two new acquisitions
25 May 2005
Details of the National Gallery’s latest acquisitions were announced today by Director, Ron Radford. The paintings were purchased at Sotheby’s auction of the Foster’s Collection of Australian Art on Monday 23 May in Melbourne.

Queensland Music Festival's Carmina Burana cancelled
25 May 2005
Queensland Music Festival Artistic Director and CEO, Lyndon Terracini announced this morning that the production of Andalusian Images for Carmina Burana will not presented as part of the 2005 festival.

Australian producer wins New York's Drama Desk Award
24 May 2005
Australian theatre producer Ross Mollison has found success in New York with his production Slava’s Snowshow, which won the Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience on Sunday night.

Griffin Theatre Company to take on five playwrights in house
24 May 2005
After the hugely successful debut of its 2004-05 Playwright’s Residency, Griffin Theatre Company is again searching for five writers to become a central part of its operations.

NGV purchases two amazing views of Melbourne
24 May 2005
The National Gallery of Victoria has successfully acquired two highly important early views of Melbourne from the Foster’s Collection of Australian Art, painted by two of Australia’s great artists.

Poetry a big winner in 2005 NSW Premier's Literary Awards
24 May 2005
A book of poetry by a young Indigenous writer has taken out the top poetry prize and been named Book of the Year, the Premier and Minister for the Arts, Mr Bob Carr, announced last night at the 2005 NSW Premier's Literary Awards.

Adelaide Fringe funding increased
24 May 2005
The Adelaide Fringe will receive an extra $650,000 over the next four years as part of $6.1 million in new funding for the arts to be announced in Thursday’s State Budget.

MCA announces Primavera 2005 artists
24 May 2005
The Museum of Contemporary Art has today announced the artists selected to show in the prestigious Primavera 2005: Exhibition by Young Australian Artists which will, for the first time, include artists from remote areas of Australia as well as urban centres.

Belvoir St Theatre to purchase new building as part of theatre redevelopment
23 May 2005
At its AGM on Sunday 22 May, Company B announced its plan to purchase a warehouse on the corner of Elizabeth and Belvoir Streets, Surry Hills.

$5000 Award for Creative Indigenous Youth
19 May 2005
The VCA is proud to announce the establishment of the Yvonne Cohen Award for Creative Indigenous Australian Youth offering $5,000 toward future potential.

UWS academic to shape international music education
19 May 2005
A University of Western Sydney academic has been appointed to the world's most prestigious music education body.

The Blake Prize increased to $15,000 in 2005
18 May 2005
The prize money for the Blake Prize for Religious Art has been increased to $15,000 and entries are now being sought.

Entries called for Short & Sweet Melbourne 2005 and Sydney 2006
17 May 2005
Short & Sweet, the largest Short play Festival in the world, is now accepting entries for its Melbourne Festival in November-December 2005 and Sydney Festival in February-March 2006.

The Potter re-opens 6 August 2005
17 May 2005
The Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne will open its doors on 6 August to launch a program of exhibitions and events, marking the reopening of the museum in 2005.

Queensland Design Awards finalists announced
13 May 2005
68 finalists in 19 categories of the 2005 Queensland Design Awards were announced today.

WASO to tour China
12 May 2005
The Hon. Geoff Gallop, Premier of Western Australia, in conjunction with the North West Shelf Venture participants, today announced a tour of China in 2006 by the West Australian Symphony Orchestra.

National regional arts community engagement project launches in Gunnedah
12 May 2005
The Hon John Anderson MP will be the special guest at a community meeting in Gunnedah on Monday to discuss the role of the arts in building happier and healthier regional and rural communities.

Now open - Call for Entries for the 1st Australian Poster Annual
10 May 2005
The 1st Australian Poster Annual calls for Australian designers and artists to respond to the idea captured in Australia’s national anthem – Our land abounds in nature’s gifts; of beauty rich and rare.

Australian conductor Antony Walker wins prestigious New York City Opera award
05 May 2005
Antony Walker, Artistic Director of Sydney groups Pinchgut Opera and Music Director of Cantillation & Sinfonia Australis, has won the Richard F. Gold Debut Award.

Australian author appointed to Literature Board
05 May 2005
The Minister for the Arts and Sport, Senator Rod Kemp, today announced the appointment of Dr Jack Hibberd to the Australia Council's Literature Board.

STC's Influence by David Williamson sets new box office record
05 May 2005
Sydney Theatre Company today announced that its current production of David Williamson's Influence will this week break the box office record for the Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre, selling over 31,000 tickets to date and taking over $1.5 million at the box office.

Free workshops for artists and designers entering 2005 Memento Awards
04 May 2005
Designers, artists and craftspeople across Australia are invited to enter the only national award to recognise authentic Australian mementos for travellers.

2006 Arts Grant Applications Open
04 May 2005
Lord Mayor John So is calling on artists and arts organizations to apply for funding as part of the City of Melbourne’s 2006 Arts Grants Program.

Arts budget backs culture and music
04 May 2005
A new Victorian opera venture presenting up to four high-quality productions a year and touring provincial Victoria has been backed by the Bracks Government as part of a $78.4 million boost to the arts.

Big wins for WA performing arts touring
03 May 2005
West Australian performing arts producers and presenters featured strongly at the recent Long Paddock tour development forum in Sydney.

CEO Appointment to Interstate Position
02 May 2005
The Chairman of the Adelaide Festival Centre Trust, Mr Richard Ryan, has announced that its CEO, Kate Brennan, has accepted the role of CEO of Federation Square in Melbourne.

'Scissors, Paper, Rock' pays off for Christie's
02 May 2005
Christie's auction house has won the right to sell off a $20 million art collection by beating rival Sotheby's in the children's game of 'scissors, paper, rock'.

Winners of the 2005 Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes announced
29 April 2005
Winners were announced today for the 2005 Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

James Strong appointed as new Brandenburg Chairman
29 April 2005
Following the retirement of Frank Conroy in December 2004, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Board of Directors today announces the appointment of James Strong to the position of Chairman.

Tamworth artist cooks up international interest
28 April 2005
A visual feast by renowned Tamworth artist Marlon Dalton is now adorning the walls of one of London’s hottest restaurants.

General Manager Jill Smith departs the Malthouse
28 April 2005
Jill Smith will be leaving the company to take up a position on the ministerial staff of the Premier’s Office.

Stage & screen legend John Mills dies, aged 97
27 April 2005
Sir John Mills, one of the leading British actors of the 20th century, has died. Born on 22 February 1908, he died on Saturday 23 April 2005 – fittingly, also Shakespeare's birthday and St George's Day. He was 97.

Powerhouse Museum Selection announced at 2005 Australian Design Awards
27 April 2005
A citrus juicer, surfboard fin, toilet suite range and a modern take on the traditional chandelier are just some of the products selected by the Powerhouse Museum for excellence in design at the 2004 Australian Design Awards.

NGV Secures Vermeer Masterpiece
27 April 2005
The rare work of great Dutch Master, Johannes Vermeer, will travel to Australia in a major coup for the upcoming Dutch Masters from the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam exhibition in Melbourne.

2005 Miles Franklin Literary Award shortlist announced
21 April 2005
The 2005 shortlist for Australia’s most prestigious literary prize, the Miles Franklin Literary Award, was announced today.

Winner of the 2005 Archibald Packing Room Prize announced
21 April 2005
Sydney artist Jason Benjamin has been awarded the Packing Room Prize in conjunction with the 2005 Archibald Prize for his portrait of actor Bill Hunter called Staring down the past.

Visual artists jam, from jazz to the Doors
20 April 2005
Mark Eliott (NSW) will collaborate with Melbourne glass artist Chris Arnold on a sculptural project inspired by and responding to improvised music.

Young art to market thanks to new grants.
20 April 2005
Ahmad Mazin is one of 10 emerging artists supported with grants to the total value of $12,500 funded by the NSW Ministry for the Arts and administered by the National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA).

Australian artist shortlisted for Hong Kong Sovereign Art Trust Prize
20 April 2005
Faridah Cameron's acrylic on canvas, "Reflections on the Nature of Earthly Life", has "made the cut" as the only Australian entry included on the recently released shortlist of Sovereign Art Trust finalists as announced this week in Hong Kong.

National Jazz Awards - spotlight on jazz singers
18 April 2005
Australia's most prestigious jazz instrumental competition, the National Jazz Awards, will feature vocalists for the first time since 1998.

Rare military medals and war paintings go on display at the Art Gallery of South Australia
18 April 2005
One of the world's first Victoria Cross (VC) medals will go on display at the Art Gallery of South Australia, along with paintings depicting images of war, in an artistic tribute to our wartime history.

8th annual Barry Awards announced
18 April 2005
Each year, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, in honour of its first patron, Barry Humphries, acknowledges the Most Outstanding Festival show by presenting them with the coveted Barry Award.

Helpmann Academy Provides $50,000 in Grants to Young & Emerging SA Artists
15 April 2005
The first round of Helpmann Academy grants for 2005 have provided $50,000 for 24 grants to young and emerging artists in South Australia to fund exciting new visual and performing arts projects.

Local residents to brighten up Brisbane
15 April 2005
Local residents and aspiring artists will have the chance to brighten up Brisbane with Brisbane City Council's 2005 Artforce Awards.

The Adelaide Festival Centre Foundation invites South Australians to be part of history
15 April 2005
Since 2002 the AFC Foundation has been raising funds, through events and donations, to commission a new curtain for the Festival Theatre and the first unveiling of the curtain promises to be quite a celebration.

Young Australian designer wins industry placement in Milan
14 April 2005
The City of Melbourne, together with the City of Milan, last night announced the overall winner of the City of Milan 2005 Young Foreign Designers Award.

Shortlist for the 2005 NSW Premier's Literary Awards announced
14 April 2005
The Minister Assisting the Premier on the Arts, Frank Sartor, today announced the shortlist for the 2005 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, including the Premier's Translation Prize and PEN Medallion.

Clover Moore, Michael Klim and The Love God just some of the entries for this years Archibald
14 April 2005
Each year the Archibald Art Prize attracts hundreds of artists who paint some of Australia's best-known politicians, scientists, sports heroes, actors, artists, politicians and this year, 'love gods'.

2005 SPARK mentor partnerships announced
14 April 2005
14 young artists - from theatre directors to puppeteers to hip hop artists - have taken the plunge with SPARK, a national mentoring program supported by the Australia Council for the Arts and managed by Youth Arts Queensland (YAQ).

The Ranamok Glass Prize 2004
14 April 2005
During May of this year Adelaide will transform from the City of Churches to the City of Glass as the city hosts the International Glass Symposium.

Margaret Upton captures the essential character of Ray Crooke
12 April 2005
Cairns Regional Gallery is proud to announce the generous donation of a new acquisition to the Cairns Regional Gallery Collection.

Australia’s leading designers of public buildings compete for prestigious Interior Design Award
11 April 2005
The latest trends in public and institutional interior design have been revealed as Australia’s leading interior designers are short listed for the coveted Public/Institutional Interior Design Award as part of the prestigious 2005 Interior Design Awards.

Art on The Rocks announces judging panel for 2005
11 April 2005
A prestigious judging panel has been announced for the third annual Art on The Rocks, one of Sydney’s most popular and prominent art competitions.

Monash artist to join world's best ceramists in Korea
08 April 2005
Ceramic artist and Monash fine arts lecturer Mr Michael Doolan is the only Australian to have been invited to exhibit at the Trans-Ceramic-Art exhibition in Seoul, Korea.

Australian composers chosen by International Jury for International Music Festival
08 April 2005
Five Australian works are to be presented at the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) 2005 World Music Days Festival in Zagreb, Croatia, during April.

Students take International Dance Competition by Storm
08 April 2005
The eight strong student dance ensemble won major awards for Contemporary Dance and Choreography along with a special Judges’ Award at the Barcelona International Dance Competition. .

Latest giant artwork takes to the streets of Broadbeach
07 April 2005
On the 15 April the Aria building at Broadbeach proudly unveils the third in its changing series of contemporary artworks.

Record Entries for Photography Award demonstrates the energy and diversity of the medium
07 April 2005
Gold Coast City Art Gallery will host the 2005 Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award from 7 May - 19 June. With a $10,000 prize the Award is the richest open photographic Award in Australia.

City of Melbourne honours great patron of the arts
06 April 2005
The City of Melbourne has honoured one of Australia’s greatest art patrons, Dr Joseph Brown.

Regional Arts NSW provides 148 grants for arts projects in 2005
05 April 2005
The NSW Premier and Minister for the Arts, Mr Bob Carr, has announced a total of 148 new grants for local cultural groups across regional and rural New South Wales from the Regional Arts NSW Country Arts Support Program (CASP).

Sony Tropfest films to screen at Aspen Shortsfest
05 April 2005
Sony Tropfest has been invited to screen a selection of shorts in a special 'Best of Tropfest' program, at the internationally prestigious short film festival Aspen Shortsfest.

Playwright and Screen Executive to lead PEN
05 April 2005
The award winning playwright and screenwriter, Katherine Thomson is to be the new Sydney PEN President for 2005.

ACO posts strong surplus and retires company debt
05 April 2005
The ACO has ended its 2004 financial year with a record surplus which has enabled it to retire an accumulated deficit dating back to the year 2000, it was announced today.

The 2005 Freedman Foundation travelling scholarship calls for entries
04 April 2005
Painters, photographers and sculptors aged 30 or under can apply for one of four scholarships of $5,000 each, awarded annually for overseas study and research.

The Mathy Awards returns to the Sydney Conservatorium
01 April 2005
Professor Kim Walker and Music & Opera Singers Trust CEO Roland Gridiger announce the return of the Mathy Awards to the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

Visa sponsors Australian Chamber Orchestra
30 March 2005
Visa International has taken on its first major Australian arts sponsorship since the Sydney Olympics Cultural Festival, signing up as Principal Education Partner for the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s (ACO’s) National Education Program.

Six creative UK awards up for grabs for talented young Aussies
30 March 2005
Now in its third successful year, the Realise Your Dream programme is an opportunity for young Australians to develop their careers and experience, through professional mentoring with top industry experts in the UK.

Palace announces new acquisitions and Australian films in production
23 March 2005
Following a highly successful trip to the 2005 Berlin Film Festival, Palace Films Managing Director, Antonio Zeccola, has announced new acquisitions for a 2005/2006 release.

150 years on, Victoria celebrates world's first 8 hour day
23 March 2005
Victorian Women's Affairs and Arts Minister Mary Delahunty announced a program of arts event and exhibitions to mark the milestone beginning on next year's Labour Day holiday.

Curtain calls for South Australian designers
23 March 2005
South Australian artists, Tony Bishop and Pamela Watts, have been selected to transform the Adelaide Festival Theatre’s soon to be unveiled curtain into a work of art.

ASO musicians to busk in Rundle Mall in Adelaide on Wednesday March 16
15 March 2005
A quartet of ASO musicians in full evening dress will play in Rundle Mall tomorrow at 12.45 pm under the sails.

Winners of the 2005 Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarships announced
15 March 2005
Since 1967, The Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarships have assisted many of our young, talented Australians to explore and develop their artistic gifts aboard with many returning to Australia helping to shape the richness of our cultural landscape.

Griffin's Light Shines Brighter
14 March 2005
After the sold-out season of Strangers in Between, Griffin is shining brightly and now goes searching with Griffin Searchlight – a week of showings of works-in-progress by independent theatre companies.

Rolf de Heer presents the 2005 Zoom! Seminar
10 March 2005
The Media Resource Centre announces this year’s Zoom! Seminar entitled, ‘From short film to feature…how to make the leap’.

A creative website for those living with bipolar disorder and depression
09 March 2005
The Polar Lounge is looking for talented artists who reside in Sydney to profile their work and discuss their experiences of managing bipolar disorder and/or depression.

The Peggy Glanville-Hicks Composers House Trust
08 March 2005
Shane Simpson, Chairman of the Peggy Glanville-Hicks Trust announced today the appointment of three additional Trustees: Andrew Ford, composer and broadcaster, Marshall McGuire, harpist and musicologist, and Professor Ross Steele.

Queensland Design Awards recognise the ‘wow factor’
08 March 2005
Queensland’s best and brightest designers and design students are invited to enter the 2005 Queensland Design Awards.

Fellowship continues young artist’s legacy
07 March 2005
Young conductors, dancers, directors, composers and theatre designers are being encouraged to apply for the Hephzibah Tintner fellowship worth $40,000.

Winners of 2005 Lord Mayor’s Photographic Awards announced
04 March 2005
LORD Mayor Campbell Newman has today announced the winners of the 2005 Lord Mayor’s photographic awards, whose photographic works are now on show in the Museum of Brisbane.

Winning Artist for People’s Choice Award announced
03 March 2005
Christopher Beaumont is the winner of the Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize People’s Choice Award, winning a dedicated solo exhibition at the Bendigo Art Gallery in 2006.

Australian wanderer is 2005 Coombs Fellow
28 February 2005
Writer and documentary maker Ms Robyn Davidson, who famously made a nine month solo desert journey by camel across Australia, is the first of two 2005 H.C. Coombs Fellows at ANU.

'Inner Western Cowgirl' scoops the pool at Short & Sweet Awards
28 February 2005
Inner West Sydney actor-writer Sara Browne was the belle of the ball when Australia's - and the world's biggest - short play festival - Short & Sweet climaxed with its 2005 Gala Awards Final in a packed out Seymour Centre York Theatre on Friday night.

Sony Tropfest announces 2005 winners
28 February 2005
Luke Eve (NSW) was awarded first prize at Sony Tropfest 2005 last night by a panel of celebrity judges for his comedy/drama Australian Summer.

Theatre's Griffin Award winner announced
25 February 2005
Playwright Ian Wilding was last night named the winner of the 2005 Griffin Award for The Carnivores, at a special ceremony at the SBW Stables Theatre, Kings Cross. It was the second time Wilding has won the Award, he last claimed the $5000 cash prize in 2000 for Below.

2005 Education Minister's Awards for Excellence in Art
24 February 2005
Art works representing the highest standards of achievement by more than 15,000 senior art students in schools across Queensland will be displayed at Queensland Art Gallery when the 2005 Education Minister's Awards for Excellence in Art opens on March 10.

Public invited to curate own exhibition
24 February 2005
ABC Radio National's daily arts and music program The Deep End and the Newcastle Region Art Gallery are teaming up to facilitate the first art exhibition curated by the Australian public, dubbed "Your Gallery".

New institute to promote keyboard talent
24 February 2005
A new era in Australian music studies will begin in 2005 with the establishment of Australia's first centre dedicated to the study of piano and keyboard.

The Lord of the Rings' Peter Jackson to visit Sydney
23 February 2005
To celebrate the record success of The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy – The Exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum, Academy Award-winning director Peter Jackson will headline a special once only event on Saturday 12 March.

'Mystery' of live theatre deters regional growth
23 February 2005
Regional promoters need to take the "mystery" out of live theatre if they want to boost audiences, according to the preliminary results of a QUT study.

Stephen Page to create new full-length work for Bangarra
21 February 2005
Stephen Page to create new full-length work for Bangarra in 2005 - Boomerang – with guest artists Djakapurra Munyarryun, Hunter Page-Lochard & Rhimi Johnson-Page.

MSO’S Principal Guest Conductor Maestro Marcello Viotti dies
18 February 2005
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is deeply saddened by the news that Maestro Marcello Viotti has passed away in a Munich hospital.

Museum of Brisbane to loan Gordon Bennett art work to Prague
17 February 2005
The Museum of Brisbane will loan an artwork by Gordon Bennett from its collection to the Prague Biennale 2 - considered one of the largest international art events.

Ex Soldier wins the $40,000 Metro 5 Art Award
17 February 2005
An ex Israeli Army soldier, 33-year-old Tamir David from Bondi Beach, has won this year’s Metro 5 Art Award Judges’ Prize worth $40,000.

Christie's to auction $1.5 million Bleasel collection of Australian art
16 February 2005
The auction in Melbourne of The James & Margaret Bleasel Collection on March 22 represents the dispersal of a meticulously assembled survey of Australian art.

Immigration Museum wins major national tourism award
14 February 2005
The Immigration Museum has been awarded the title of Best Heritage and Cultural Tourism Attraction in the 2004/2005 Australian Tourism Awards. It was the only Melbourne tourist attraction to be successful at the national awards, announced in Alice Springs on Friday night.

Australian film wins at British Academy Film Awards
14 February 2005
Birthday Boy, the Oscar-nominated short film made by students at the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) has come one step closer to glory, winning the Short Animation category at the Orange British Academy Film Awards in London on the weekend.

AFTRS student film wins entry to 2006 Academy Awards
11 February 2005
A short film made by students from the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) has won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Short at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, USA – and eligibility to enter the 2006 Academy Awards®.

Artists inspire creative collaborations
11 February 2005
The value and benefits of collaborative art projects to the community will become much clearer because of a research project by the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA).

Emerging talent revealed as Sony Tropfest reveals 16 finalists
10 February 2005
Paranoid fathers, nightmares, cultural clashes and a cop's hunt for clues might sound like normal subjects for many Australians, but normal quickly becomes extraordinary at the hands of filmmakers whose films have been selected as part of the 16 finalists for Sony Tropfest 2005.

Vanessa Mae in Australia for two concerts only
10 February 2005
Vanessa-Mae is coming to Australia for the first time in eight years for just two exclusive performances in the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall on April 10 and 11, 2005.

Paul Capsis to sing with the ACO
10 February 2005
The ACO's upcoming April project, LUMINOUS, featuring visual imagery by acclaimed photographer, Bill Henson, has taken a different direction with the engagement of Paul Capsis.

Islamic Art finds a permanent home at the Art Gallery of South Australia
09 February 2005
Australia's first gallery dedicated to Islamic art is now open at the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide.

The Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA) reopens for 2005
08 February 2005
The Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA) reopens for 2005 on Wednesday February 9 at 6pm with three major exhibitions by Jacky Redgate, Gosia Wlodarczak and Paul Knight.

Australia's art 'bible' to be republished
08 February 2005
The last edition of Australia's art 'bible' McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art has completely sold out.

AFTRS Graduate to direct The Vagina Monologues at The Opera House
07 February 2005
AFTRS graduate, Danielle Lauren's latest project, The Vagina Monologue’s will bring together some of Australia’s most prominent women in a once-only performance.

Christopher Menz commences as Director of the Art Gallery of South Australia
07 February 2005
Christopher Menz today took up his new role as Director of the Art Gallery of South Australia.

New MSO Chief Conductor opens 2005 Season
07 February 2005
Oleg Caetani makes his much-anticipated debut as the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s Chief Conductor and Artistic Director.

Voting opens for the 2005 Metro Art Award
03 February 2005
Members of the public are invited to cast their votes in the $50,000 Metro 5 Art Award People’s Choice category, with the works of the 23 finalists now on show at the gallery.

Morag Fraser AM joins the judging panel for the Miles Franklin Literary Award
02 February 2005
The Trustee for the Miles Franklin Literary Award, Permanent Trustee Company announced today the appointment of Morag Fraser AM to the Judging Panel for the Miles Franklin Literary Award 2005.

Major International Award for Australian Playwright
31 January 2005
Illawarra playwright Van Badham has been named Best Playwright at the London Fringe for 2005.

Winner of the Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize announced
31 January 2005
Dale Frank was announced as the winner of the Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize on Saturday 29 January.

Stage one of the Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre completed
28 January 2005
Stage one of the new extensions to the Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre (JSPAC) has been completed.

Birthday Boy receives Oscar nomination
27 January 2005
Birthday Boy, written and directed by Sejong Park and produced by Andrew Gregory, is an Academy Award ® nominee in the 2005 Animated Short Film category.

The 2005 Linden Postcard Show receives over 3000 entries
25 January 2005
The 14th Annual Linden Postcard Show opens on 5 February 2005 with 3,000 contemporary art works by more than 1000 artists from all over Australia.

Highest number of entries ever received in the history of Sony Tropfest
24 January 2005
The world's largest short film festival has attracted 792 entries, the highest number ever received in the festival's 13-year history.

Bell Shakespeare Scholarship for Dramatic Performance awarded for 2005
24 January 2005
The Bell Shakespeare Scholarship for Dramatic Performance in 2005 has been awarded to Monika Keenan of Bendigo Senior Secondary College in Victoria, and Nick Wilson of The Cathedral School, Townsville in Queensland.

MODART 05 unveils the next generation of Australian composers
19 January 2005
Thirteen young composers from around Australia have been selected to participate in the MODART 05 project.

David Rosetzky wins the inaugural Anne Landa Award
18 January 2005
It was announced at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney today that Melbourne artist David Rosetzky is the recipient of the inaugural Anne Landa Award for moving image and new media work.

The Music Teachers' Association of South Australia mourns the loss of its patron, Dr. Miriam Hyde
18 January 2005
On Tuesday, January 11, 2005, leading Australian composer, pianist and patron of the Music Teachers' Association of South Australia, Dr. Miriam Hyde died just days short of her 92nd birthday.

Australian artists receive tax benefit
18 January 2005
the National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) has successfully spearheaded a campaign for artists to get equal recognition by the Australian Tax Office (ATO).

Starlight Cinema helps out Starlight Children's Foundation
13 January 2005
Sydneysiders can enjoy a movie under a blanket of stars on Monday, January 24 whilst helping out seriously ill children.

Splintered selected as the only Australian Short Drama at California's Slamdance Film Festival
13 January 2005
A short film made by students from the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) has been selected as the only Australian Short Drama in competition at the Slamdance Film Festival in January.

Tsunami Charity Screenings at Palace Cinemas
12 January 2005
Palace Cinemas are delighted to announce that the proceeds from all film screenings on the morning of Sunday Jan 23rd will be donated to CARE AUSTRALIA, in aid of the Tsunami victims.

Callum Morton takes Tomorrow Land to the 11th Indian Triennale
11 January 2005
Callum Morton will represent Australia at one of the world’s premier arts events, the 11th Indian Triennale with a new collection of digital images, Tomorrow Land.

ACMI Masters of Documentary Series
11 January 2005
Two of the world's most influential and acclaimed documentaries will be featured in ACMI's Masters of Documentary February Program.

Vagina Monologues at the Opera House
11 January 2005
Several female celebrities, including the Sydney Lord Mayor, will perform in a one-night only performance of Eve Ensler’s award winning play, The Vagina Monologues, at the Opera House.

2005 Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize
07 January 2005
Entries for the South Australian Museum’s 2005 Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize will open on Monday 10 January 2005.

Midnight Munch at the National Gallery of Victoria
06 January 2005
Edvard Munch: The Frieze of Life is open until midnight this Saturday 8 January, prior to it's closure on Wednesday 12 January.

Theatrical 'masters' offer classes at QUT
05 January 2005
Brisbane theatre lovers are invited to be part of two master classes by renowned actor Carol Burns and acclaimed musical director Peter Casey at QUT in January.

Australian Theatre: A Call For A National Strategy
05 January 2005
Join Julian Meyrick, author of Trapped by the Past: Why our Theatre is Facing Paralysis, to debate his cogently-argued assertion that the theatre is trapped in work practices destined for terminal decline.

Art Gallery of South Australia welcomes new Director
22 December 2004
Minister Assisting the Premier in the Arts John Hill announced today that Christopher Menz has been appointed as the Director of the Art Gallery of South Australia.

Tango Jam: The Piazzolla Quintets released on CD
20 December 2004
One of the ACO's hottest concerts of 2004 has been put down on CD in a high quality production by Mulberry Hill Recordings.

New Ten Days on the Island Artistic Director announced
20 December 2004
The Chairman of Ten Days on the Island (Tasmania's premiere cultural event), Sir Guy Green announced the appointment of Elizabeth Walsh, as the festival’s new artistic director.

Marianne Faithfull forced to withdraw from The Black Rider at the Sydney Festival
13 December 2004
Due to illness, Marianne Faithfull has been forced to withdraw from The Black Rider, an opening production of the 2005 Sydney Festival.

Sydney Theatre Company's Hedda Gabler bound for New York in 2006
13 December 2004
Sydney Theatre Company has been invited to stage its recent production of Henrik Ibsen¹s classic, Hedda Gabler, at New York's prestigious Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in 2006.

Katie Noonan no longer performing with Australian Chamber Orchestra in 2005
13 December 2004
The Australian Chamber Orchestra announced yesterday that Katie Noonan has had to cancel her April 2005 ‘Luminous’ tour to Melbourne and Sydney with the Orchestra.

2004 TAFE NSW Arts & Design Prize winners announced
07 December 2004
Talented TAFE NSW students, friends, families and dignitaries came together on Thursday, 25 November to celebrate the announcement of winners in the 2004 TAFE NSW Arts & Design Prize.

Outgoing Director of the Art Gallery of South Australia, Ron Radford AM honoured
07 December 2004
The Art Gallery of South Australia's outgoing Director, Ron Radford AM was honoured last Thursday night at an official farewell dinner at the Gallery celebrating his outstanding contribution to the Gallery and to the state after 13 years as Director.

Announcement of shortlisted artists for the National Sculpture Prize and Exhibition 2005
06 December 2004
The National Gallery of Australia and Macquarie Bank announced today the 39 artists shortlisted for the National Sculpture Prize and Exhibition 2005, following a record number of entries.

iMedia saddened at the passing of Gallery owner Gabrielle Pizzi
06 December 2004
More than two decades of Ms Pizzi's enlightened and dedicated support have aided the recognition of contemporary Indigenous art as a vital and sophisticated part of Australia's art.

Invitation for Applications for Time_Place_Space 2005
02 December 2004
Applications are being invited from Australian artists working across disciplines, cultures, and/or mediums to participate in Time_Place_Space 4.

Report demonstrates healthy arts sector
02 December 2004
An Australia Council report released today shows that most of the nation’s Major Performing Arts (MPA) organisations had a successful year in 2003 in terms of attendances, number of new productions and private sector income.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics presents an overview of Arts and Culture in Australia
30 November 2004
A new publication from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) brings together a range of data from both ABS and non-ABS sources about Australia's cultural activities and industries.

Paralympic swim star Ben Austin opens exhibition on International Day of People with a DisAbility
30 November 2004
Australian Paralympic swim star Ben Austin will officially open a special exhibition at the Australian National Maritime Museum on Friday 3 December, to commemorate International Day of People with a DisAbility.

Optus and Bell Shakespeare announce winners of inaugural Make A Scene Competition
30 November 2004
In Sydney yesterday, the winners of the inaugural Optus / Bell Shakespeare Make A Scene Competition were announced by John Bell, Artistic Director of Bell Shakespeare and Stephen Cameron, Optus Corporate Marketing Director.

Australian Composers Orchestral Forum 2004
30 November 2004
The 25th Australian Composers Orchestral Forum (ACOF) will take place in December 2004 in Hobart, culminating in a free concert at the Federation Concert Hall at 6.30pm on Thursday 2 December.

BankWest & Perth PhotoMedia Art Prizes Announced
29 November 2004
In the subjective world of contemporary art, where audience opinions can vary greatly, prizes always serve as an interesting discussion point. Despite this contentiousness some very popular winners have emerged from two major art prizes hosted simultaneously at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.

Sony Tropfest calls for entries for 2005
24 November 2004
At an industry launch last night, Sony Tropfest officially announced the Call for Entries and to welcome the announcement of inaugural filmmaker initiatives as well as a host of other activities in support of Australia's emerging filmmakers and short film audiences around the country.

Winner Announced for Pratt Prize for Music Theatre 2004
24 November 2004
Jeanne Pratt AC today announced the winner of The Pratt Prize for Music Theatre 2004 ­ Matthew Robinson, who submitted the musical METRO STREET for which he wrote the music, lyrics and book.

2004 Pascall Prize Winner
24 November 2004
The 2004 Pascall Prize for the Critic of the Year has been won by the Melbourne-based writer Peter Craven. A prolific reviewer, critic, columnist and essayist, and co-founder of the literary journal Scripsi (1981 - 1984), Craven has been one of the most influential figures in Australian literary and cultural life for several decades.

New Indigenous Art Gallery for Sydney
22 November 2004
Sydney's newest art gallery, galleryADG, officially opens in King Street, Newtown this week with a major exhibition by some of Australia's top Indigenous artists from Utopia.

Contemporary Collectors unveil Christmas gift to Art Gallery
19 November 2004
Contemporary Collectors last night unveiled its first acquisition for the Art Gallery of SA: a major work by renowned Australian artist, Robert MacPherson.

ABSOLUT commission goes national
19 November 2004
ABSOLUT Dahlsen, the first commissioned artwork of an Australian artist by ABSOLUT, is going on tour around Australia in early 2005.

Book Release: Formation and Form: West Space 1993-2003
18 November 2004
The West Space Projects Program proudly presents the long awaited launch of Formation and Form: West Space 1993-2003, a new publication to be launched on Thursday 9 December 6-9pm at the opening of the 12th A4 Art Fundraising exhibition.

Christie's Surfs into Summer with Sydney Fundraising Auction
16 November 2004
Christie’s will launch their summer auction in Sydney on Tuesday 30 November with a fundraising sale of 12 unusual lots – surfboards.

Amber Scott wins Telstra Young Dancer of the Year Award
12 November 2004
21 year old Amber Scott has been awarded the coveted Telstra Young Ballet Dancer of the Year Award and the the People's Choice Award - collecting a total of $25,000 in cash.

Music’s highest honour: winner announced
12 November 2004
Carl Vine is the recipient of the 2005 Don Banks Music Award, the highest accolade that can be given to an artist by the Music Board of the Australia Council.

See Australia’s evolution through photographers’ eyes
11 November 2004
The National Library of Australia announces the release of its latest publication Intersections: Photography, History and the National Library of Australia.

Susan Cesarini wins Viewer’s Choice
11 November 2004
It was announced at the Westin Hotel today, that Sydney based artist, Susan Cesarini is the winner of the 2004 Viewer’s Choice for the 40th annual Portia Geach Memorial Award, with her portrait of the sculptor, Alan Somerville.

Perth soprano comes up trumps in the Australian Singing Competition's 2004 Mathy Awards
09 November 2004
Local patrons were thrilled to see Perth soprano Emma Pearson take out the major award of the $30,000 Marianne Mathy Scholarship and, in the audience choice Foster Award (presented by Sydney Opera House), gave their winning vote to another Perth singer, tenor Paul O'Neill.

Gormley exposes Inside Australia
09 November 2004
Inside Australia tracks renowned British sculptor Antony Gormley as he embarks on a sculptural installation that awakens a small goldfields town in Western Australia.

Leading artists’ show of support for refugees
08 November 2004
Artworks by 55 of Australia’s top contemporary artists such as Michael Zavros, Richard Bell and Anne Wallace will go under the hammer at affordable prices, to raise funds for refugees living in Brisbane.

2004 Paul Lowin Prizes announced
04 November 2004
The winners of the Paul Lowin Prizes, Australia's richest prize for composition, were announced at Government House, Sydney last night.

Markus Stenz returns to MSO for last concerts
04 November 2004
Much-loved maestro Markus Stenz returns to Melbourne in November/December to conduct his final series of concerts as Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

Gallery Gondwana opening in Sydney's Waterloo
04 November 2004
After 14 years establishing itself in Alice Springs, Gallery Gondwana opens a Sydney gallery in thriving art-centric Waterloo.

Twelve Angry Men breaks box office records
03 November 2004
The Guy Masterson production of the classic Twelve Angry Men has broken the box office record for the number of tickets sold in a single day at the Sydney Theatre at Walsh Bay and received brilliant reviews following its opening last week.

Strand Ephemera 2005: Call for Artists
01 November 2004
Artists are invited to participate in North Queensland's high profile public art event, Strand Ephemera, to be held in Townsville 2 - 11 September 2005.

M2005 Deaflympic Games Cultural Festival Tickets On Sale Now
01 November 2004
“I am very proud to announce the first release of tickets for the first ever Deaflympic Games Cultural Festival – A Celebration of Possibility” Festival Director, Alex Jones, announced today.

The 33rd Alice Prize
28 October 2004
It’s back (it’s gone biennial), and it’s bigger than ever! The Alice Prize is one of Australia’s longest-running national art awards.

James Gleeson to receive prestigious award
28 October 2004
Australia's foremost Surrealist painter, James Gleeson AO, will tonight be awarded the prestigious Painters and Sculptors Association Medal at the opening of the first retrospective exhibition of his work.

Illusion at Icon Gallery
27 October 2004
Photography with a painterly quality characterises Gary Steer's new exhibition, Illusion, currently on display at Icon Gallery.

Big Prize for a Big Issue
27 October 2004
The Young Filmmaker’s Human Rights Award 2005 encourages filmmakers aged 12-25 to explore the increasingly important issue of human rights for all.

Lismore Art Prize
27 October 2004
The Lismore Regional Treasure Art Prize is on show at the Lismore Regional Gallery from Thursday 4 November.

Tea in the Library launches 'sydneybookquarter'
25 October 2004
The City of Sydney is set to turn a new page in history with the launch of 'sydneybookquarter- the place for great books'.

Record entries for $50,000 Metro 5 Art Award
25 October 2004
Entries for Australia’s richest prize for young painters, the $50,000 Metro 5 Art Award, have now closed.

AFTRS short film to screen in national cinemas
25 October 2004
A short film made by students at the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) which screened at Cannes will be seen in national cinemas with a feature film in October and November.

Megalo Access Arts Printmaker In Residence Program 2005
21 October 2004
Artists are invited to apply for places in the Megalo Printmaker In Residence Program 2005. The residencies are for a period of six weeks and come with a stipend of $2,000 and a materials allowance of $300.

2004 Mietta Song Recital Award Announced
18 October 2004
Soprano Sharon [Hui Juan] Zhai was yesterday judged the winner of the national Mietta Song Recital Award for 2004.

Celebrated bass Donald Shanks bids farewell to the operatic stage
15 October 2004
Australia’s best-known bass Donald Shanks will give the final performance of his career on 30 October 2004 in Opera Australia’s hilarious production of the Gilbert and Sullivan classic The Mikado.

WASO shortly to embark upon Pilbara Project
14 October 2004
The West Australian Symphony Orchestra will shortly embark on the first chapter of its three-year Pilbara Project, as part of a new sponsorship arrangement with BP Australia.

Graeme Koehne wins 2004 Sir Bernard Heinze Award
14 October 2004
The Friends of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra are giving a dinner to honour the 2004 Sir Bernard Heinze Award winner, Adelaide composer and educator, Graeme Koehne who was nominated for this Award by the Friends.

Launch of arts+medicine magazine
12 October 2004
A new creative health magazine for doctors was launched by Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC on Monday 11 October 2004 at Government House in Sydney.

Ausdance NSW announces nominations for the best in Australian Dance
12 October 2004
Ausdance NSW is pleased to announce the short-listed nominees for the 2004 Australian Dance Awards.

Rare etching plates up for auction
12 October 2004
Some of the most remarkable items in the upcoming Lawson Menzies auction are a series of copper etching plates, protected by copyright until 2019 – most of which have not been cancelled.

2004 Portia Geach Memorial Award Winner
07 October 2004
The Portia Geach Memorial Award for 2004 has been won by NERISSA LEA for her work “The Sheik & Me, Self Portrait with Imagined Portrait of Chad Morgan after Frida Kahlo”.

Petrina Hicks Wins $5000 City of Sydney Photography Prize
06 October 2004
The City of Sydney is pleased to announce, Petrina Hicks, is the winner of the inaugural City of Sydney Photography Prize.

New composer-in-residence for Auckland Philharmonia
05 October 2004
The Auckland Philharmonia has engaged Ross Harris as its 2005 Composer-in-Residence.

Mietta Award 2004 semi-finalists announced
05 October 2004
The Mietta Foundation in association with Melbourne International Arts Festival is pleased to announce the 6 semi-finalists for this year’s Mietta Award.

Record sales for the Melbourne Art Fair
05 October 2004
The Melbourne Art Fair 2004 achieved record sales of AUD $8 million. This represents a 25% increase from the previous Fair in 2002 (AUD $6.3 million).

Red desert festival wins national award
05 October 2004
With just over week to go before QFest 2004 gets under way, the Shire of Cue’s QFest – Cue Outback Festival has been named the national winner in the Arts and Heritage category in the National Awards for Local Government.

2004 Keith Michell Performance Award
24 September 2004
The winner of the 2004 Keith Michell Performance Award is 25 year old Antje Guenther, a 2003 Flinders Drama Centre graduate.

The Philip Parsons Memorial Lecture 2004
23 September 2004
A talk by world-renowned playwright David Hare and the announcement of the 2004 winner of The Philip Parsons Young Playwright’s Award.

The Art of Possibility: {Enabling} Art in an Age of Anxiety
22 September 2004
A one-day symposium presented by The Australian Institute of Arts Management in association with the Melbourne International Arts Festival.

In My Father’s Den wins International Critics Prize at the Toronto
22 September 2004
The New Zealand movie In My Father’s Den has won the ‘FIPRESCI Prize’ – the prestigious International Critics Prize at the Toronto Film Festival in Canada.

Artists embark on biennale circuit
20 September 2004
Australia is represented at three major international visual arts festivals starting this month as The Kingpins, Aleks Danko, Joyce Hinterding and David Haines take on the Gwangju, Liverpool and São Paulo biennales.

20 Arts Projects Receive total of over $53,000 in Helpmann Academy Grants
20 September 2004
In August 2004 the Helpmann Academy awarded over $53,000 in grants to 20 arts projects covering all the performing and visual arts disciplines.

Lord Lichfield portraits to benefit St Vincent's Private Hospital at Christie's Charity Auction
15 September 2004
An exhibition of 26 works by one of Britain's premier photographers, Patrick Lichfield, will be auctioned by Christie's to benefit St Vincent's Private Hospital in Sydney.

Artists announced for the inaugural Anne Landa Award
14 September 2004
A selection panel has selected 6 artists for the inaugural Anne Landa Award exhibition.

National Sculpture Prize and Exhibition 2005
14 September 2004
One of Australia’s most important prizes for contemporary art, the National Sculpture Prize 2005, is now open for entries.

Paul Hinchliffe wins the $10,000 City of Joondalup invitation Art Award
13 September 2004
Alan Dodge, Director of the Art Gallery of Western Australia, has announced that the winner of the 2004 Joondalup Invitation Art Award is Paul Hinchliffe.

Kennedy's Vivaldi Experience sold out
13 September 2004
ENERGEX Brisbane Festival wishes to advise that all tickets for the festival’s closing night performance, Nigel Kennedy’s The Vivaldi Experience have now sold out.

Bendigo Art Gallery drawing prizes
13 September 2004
Now in its third year, the Roberts Jacks Drawing Prize is an annual competition that highlights contemporary drawing practice in Australia.

2004 National Works on Paper Winner Announced
13 September 2004
It was announced today that Melbourne artist Paul Boston has won the 2004 National Works on Paper Award (NWOP) at the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery.

2004 Mathy Awards
09 September 2004
For the first time in the history of the Australian Singing Competition – and possibly any other competition in the country – the male singers will outnumber the females in the Finals Concert.

Australia's richest annual landscape painting competition
09 September 2004
Mid North Coast artist Guy Gilmour was awarded winner of the $35,000 Country Energy Art Prize for Landscape Painting this morning for his work entitled New Moon and XPT.

Youngsters converge on Brisbane for NYCC
09 September 2004
The Governor General, His Excellency, Major General Michael Jeffery, AC, CVO, MC, will be the Guest of Honor at this year's National Youth Concerto Competition (NYCC).

The Pascall Prize: Australia’s only major award for arts criticism
08 September 2004
The annual Pascall Prize, worth $15,000 in cash, is Australia’s only major award for arts criticism. It commemorates the flamboyant, groundbreaking Sydney writer and critic Geraldine Pascall, who died suddenly following a stroke in February 1983.

Conrad Jupiters Art Prize call for entries
06 September 2004
The call for entries in this years Conrad Jupiters Art Prize has now gone out and entries close on October 1st.

2004 Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year
06 September 2004
AMY DICKSON, a saxophonist from NSW, was named 2004 Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year after winning the Grand Final at the Sydney Opera House.

Launch of Encore - Celebrating Life Again
01 September 2004
A powerful photographic exhibition of women who have experienced the trauma of breast cancer surgery opens at the Andrew (Boy) Charlton Pool at The Domain in Sydney for four days on 28 October.

Special Drought Recovery Benefit Concert in Griffith
01 September 2004
A Special Drought Recovery Benefit Concert will be held in Griffith as the grand finale to Sydney Symphony’s regional NSW tour.

A new and exciting event for the Aboriginal Arts Industry
27 August 2004
The Alice Springs Cultural Precinct, in association with Arts NT and the Alice Springs Festival presents a new and exciting event for 2004 – Desert Mob Market Place.

2004 Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship Winner
27 August 2004
The 2004 Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship, valued at $40 000, has been awarded to Kate Murphy, university medallist and graduate of the Australian National University National Institute of Arts.

2004 Ranamok Glass Prize awarded to Scott Chaseling
26 August 2004
Encouraging creativity, skill and innovation in contemporary glass The 2004 Ranamok Glass Prize has been awarded to Scott Chaseling for his entry Censor.

David Paul Landa Memorial Scholarship for Pianists
24 August 2004
Symphony Australia is delighted to announce a new partnership with Musica Viva Australia to award Australia’s richest award for pianists, the David Paul Landa Memorial Scholarship for Pianists.

$8 million of Australian art to go under the hammer
24 August 2004
Deutscher~Menzies invites the Australian public to participate first-hand in all the excitement, when they offer $8 Million of Australian and International Fine Art to the market.

ACO gala fundraiser in Brisbane
24 August 2004
BMW X3 to go under the hammer for the ACO's gala fundraiser in Brisbane.

$35,000 Country Energy Art Prize finalists announced
23 August 2004
Finalists were today announced in the $35,000 Country Energy Art Prize for Landscape Painting.

Garry Shead wins 2004 Dobell Prize for Drawing
20 August 2004
It was announced at the Art Gallery of New South Wales today that GARRY SHEAD is the winner of the 2004 Dobell Prize for Drawing for his diptych Colloquy with John Keats.

2004 Australian Dance Awards call for nominations
20 August 2004
Ausdance NSW is currently calling for nominations for the 2004 Australian Dance Awards.

Griffin Open Forum for independent theatre companies
19 August 2004
Griffin Theatre invites independent theatre companies to attend an Open Forum with Griffin Artistic Director David Berthold.

Australian Music Centre wins innovation award
19 August 2004
The Australian Music Centre was awarded the Kinetica Innovation Award at the Kinetica Annual Users Meeting held in Canberra on 13th August.

Raw Nerve 2004 launched
19 August 2004
Do you have the nerve to turn your ideas into a shor t film? Right NOW? That’s what the Media Resource Centre is asking aspiring South Australian filmmakers.

NAVA Online Forum
19 August 2004
The National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) is calling for participants to have their say in an online forum.

Helpmann Awards Roundup
18 August 2004
State of the Arts congratulates all Helpmann Award winners.

Australian Film Television and Radio School represented at 2004 AFI Awards
18 August 2004
An animated short film made by students at the Australian Film Television and Radio School has received three nominations for the Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards.

Indigenous New Media Lab 2004
12 August 2004
From 22 August to 9 September, 15 Indigenous practitioners from across Australia will meet in Brisbane for the Indigenous New Media Lab.

Gutteridge to head Black Swan Theatre Company
11 August 2004
Black Swan Theatre Company chairman Janet Holmes à Court today announced the decision to increase the responsibilities of current Artistic Director Tom Gutteridge.

Australian Dance Theatre wins three 2004 Helpmann Awards
10 August 2004
ADT picked up three awards last night at the 2004 Helpmann ceremony, staged at Star City Casino in Sydney.

Premier announces Australia's richest design prize
06 August 2004
A Melbourne architect who designed a Yarra Valley art museum has been awarded Australia’s richest design prize.

Respected curator to visit Townsville artists
06 August 2004
Artists seeking advice on how to get their work shown in critically recognised commercial galleries are in luck.

State of the Arts congratulates AbaF winners for 2004
04 August 2004
One thousand guests from the arts, business, government and the media attended the 2004 AbaF Awards in Melbourne on 29 July 2004.

WASO has a new look and a new home
02 August 2004
The West Australian Symphony Orchestra today moved into its temporary new home at 445 Hay Street and revealed a new logo and look.

Tasmania leading the way in promoting Australian creativity
02 August 2004
The Federal Minister for the Arts, Senator Rod Kemp, launched the first four CDs in the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra’s Australian Composer Series in Sydney today.

Books Alive 2004 Launched
30 July 2004
Senator the Hon Rod Kemp and Dr Karl Kruszelnicki officially launched Books Alive 2004 at Collins Booksellers, Broadway, in Sydney this morning.

Talented SA violinist returns to Adelaide for special benefit recital
28 July 2004
Talented South Australian violinist and former Arts SA Emerging Artist Award Jessica Looi is returning to Adelaide for one special recital to support SIDS and Kids.

New ABC TV series to give behind-the-scenes look into Australia’s art auction world
28 July 2004
Art House, ABC TV’s new four-part series, starts on Tuesday 10 August at 8:00pm and offers a revealing look at the Australian art auction and art investment world.

Callum Morton parks new work at 11th Indian Triennale
27 July 2004
Callum Morton will create a theme park with a difference when he transforms Le Corbusier’s iconic architectural designs for the 11th Indian Triennale.

Mietta Song Recital Award 2004
26 July 2004
The prestigious Mietta Song Recital Award provides an extraordinary range of opportunities for the winning singer, including overseas study, travel awards and training opportunities, nationally and internationally.

SIPCA Champions start National Tours
19 July 2004
The top three prize winners of the prestigious 8th Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia (SIPCA) embark on national tours this week as part of their winning engagements.

Opening night of BIFF is now sold out
22 July 2004
The Brisbane International Film Festival has announced with pleasure that tickets for the Opening Night screening of the sensational new film The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, are now completely sold out.

Art prize for three Australian artists
19 July 2004
The John McCaughey Memorial Prize 2004 was last night awarded to three outstanding Australian contemporary painters.

2004 Geoffrey Parsons Award Winners Announced
19 July 2004
The Final of the Accompanists’ Guild of South Australia’s annual Geoffrey Parsons Award, presented in association with the Elder School of Music, the University of Adelaide occurred on Friday evening in the Hartley Concert Room.

New Zealander wins 2004 Sydney International Piano Competition
19 July 2004
New Zealand pianist John Chen has taken out the FIRST PRIZE in the 8th Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia (SIPCA).

Brett Whiteley Studio Re-Opens
16 July 2004
Brett Whiteley's Studio re-opens to the public after structural repairs with an exhibition of key Whiteley works.

First Prize goes to young Australian at International Guitar Competition
15 July 2004
Winners at the 3rd Australian Guitar Competition and Festival were announced today, with a young Australian heading the prize pool.

Winners of the 2004 Classical Music Awards announced
14 July 2004
Composers Andrew Ford, Gordon Kerry and Richard Charlton were among the distinguished field of national winners at the 2004 APRA - Australian Music Centre Classical Music Awards announced at Sydney's Conservatorium of Music last night.

Principal artist-in-residence announced
14 July 2004
Internationally recognised watercolourist, David Taylor has been named as the first Principal Artist-In-Residence in the 37-year history of USQ's McGregor Summer School.

Principal artist-in-residence announced
14 July 2004
Internationally recognised watercolourist, David Taylor has been named as the first Principal Artist-In-Residence in the 37-year history of USQ's McGregor Summer School.

Australia makes Sydney International Competition Finals
13 July 2004
Australian Daniel Hill has made the final six of the 8th Sydney International Piano Competition.

Sydney International Piano Competition - Winner's Concert
12 July 2004
The winner of the 8th Sydney International Piano Competition (SIPCA) will perform one concert only at Sydney Town Hall, on Sunday August 8 at 2.30pm.

2004 Geoffrey Parsons Award Finalists Announced
09 July 2004
The Accompanists’ Guild of South Australia for twenty years has been hosting a competition that has allowed many accompanists the opportunity to launch their professional careers.

Sydney Business Women’s Luncheon
08 July 2004
Join a host of famous businesswomen to look at what it takes to make your mark while maintaining your individuality.

2004 NSW Indigenous Arts Fellowship Winner Announced
07 July 2004
The biennial NSW Indigenous Arts Fellowship, valued at $15,000, has been awarded to writer and academic Dr Anita Heiss.

ACO gala fundraiser in Melbourne
06 July 2004
It has been a few years since the Australian Chamber Orchestra held a special fundraising event in Melbourne, but now that is all about to change.

Concert for Bali
05 July 2004
Indonesian pianist Ananda Sukarlan will visit Australia in June to perform a collection of pieces written in memory of the victims of the Bali bombing.

Major Brisbane Festivals Announces New Artistic Director
05 July 2004
After an intensive search, Queensland Music Festival Artistic Director and CEO, Lyndon Terracini, has been appointed as Artistic Director of one of the ENERGEX Brisbane Festival.

New Director for Australia's National Folk Festival
05 July 2004
The President of the National Folk Festival, Dr Keith McKenry today announced the appointment of Ms Jenny Simpson as the next Director of the National Folk Festival.

Claire Bloom to appear with WASO
02 July 2004
The West Australian Symphony Orchestra today announced renowned British actress, Claire Bloom for their gala event A Midsummer Night’s Dream on September 10 & 11 at the Perth Concert Hall.

Applications Sought for $2000 2004 Keith Michell Award
02 July 2004
Nominations are invited from first year out acting and dance graduates from Helpmann Academy partners for the 2004 Keith Michell Performance Award worth $2000.

2004 Robert Helpmann Scholarship Winner
02 July 2004
Independent dancer and choreographer Kay Armstrong has been awarded the 2004 Robert Helpmann Scholarship for dance, the NSW Ministry for the Arts announced today.

Leading actors to celebrate Chekhov centenary
01 July 2004
To mark the centenary of Chekhov’s death, the inaugural Russian Film Festival will present live readings by some of Australia’s leading actors and directed by Denny Lawrence it was announced today.

Object Award Winners Announced
01 July 2004
The winners of the two Object Awards for new design 2004 were announced today at Object Gallery at St Margarets in Surry Hills.

Adelaide Cellist wins international prize
28 June 2004
Talented Adelaide-born musician Thomas Rann has been awarded the world’s most prestigious scholarship for young cellists.

Postcards for a New Beginning
24 June 2004
South Australian Visual Artists are invited to donate art on postcards for sale at a silent auction raising funds for the Animal Welfare League.

Ray Charles - Last Live Recording on ABC Radio National
24 June 2004
Radio National's Live On Stage program rebroadcasts the last recording of a concert by the iconic Ray Charles.

Australian National Piano Award Announces Pianists
24 June 2004
The Australian National Piano Award’s Artistic Director, Professor Max Cooke, today announced the 11 participants, aged between 21 and 35, who will vie for the prestigious piano Award held in Shepparton from 12-18 September this year.

Photojournalists Shoot for the Big Screen
24 June 2004
Now in its fifth year, Reportage, Australia’s leading festival for photojournalism and documentary photography, will be opened by The Hon. Bob Carr, MP on June 29.

Emmy Award winner in Adelaide
23 June 2004
James Oliverio will visit the Elder School of Music especially to hear the Elder Conservatorium Wind Ensemble’s version of his Timpani Concerto No. 1, The Olympian.

Facing Windows wins the audience award at the Seattle International Film Festival
22 June 2004
Ferzan Ozpetek’s Facing Windows was awarded the 2004 Golden Space Needle audience award for best film at the 30th annual Seattle International Film Festival on Sunday June 20.

Appointment to Australia Council Music Board
22 June 2004
Senator Rod Kemp today announced the appointment of Miss Barbara Gilby to the Australia Council's Music Board.

Appointment to Australia Council's Dance Board
21 June 2004
The Minister for the Arts and Sport, Senator Rod Kemp, today announced the appointment of Simon Dow to the Australia Council's Dance Board.

Announcing the 2004 Miles Franklin Literary Award Winner
21 June 2004
Australia’s most prestigious and richest single literary prize, the Miles Franklin Literary Award, has been won by SHIRLEY HAZZARD for her novel The Great Fire published by Virago.

ENERGEX Arbour Contemporary Art Prize 2004 - Call for Entries
18 June 2004
Entries are now being sought for one of Australia’s most prestigious and high profile public art prizes, the ENERGEX Arbour Contemporary Art Prize.

DYNAMO! DYNAMO! Firstdraft fundraising exhibition and auction
18 June 2004
Firstdraft, with the help of Christie's Auction house, is conducting an exclusive fundraising auction.

Art on The Rocks announces winner
18 June 2004
Dr Dongwang Fan, a former house painter from Shanghai, has won Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority’s Art on The Rocks Prize for 2004.

Australia Council funding boost for 2004-2005
17 June 2004
The Australia Council for the Arts today outlined its budget for 2004-2005, with a focus on new Australian stories and increased support for small-to-medium arts organisations.

New partnership to strengthen Indigenous arts in Tasmania
16 June 2004
The Federal Minister for the Arts and Sport and Tasmanian Minister for the Artstoday welcomed a new partnership agreement between Arts Tasmania and ATSIAB.

Ricky Swallow to represent Australia at Venice Biennale 2005
15 June 2004
Ricky Swallow has been selected to represent Australia at the most significant visual arts event on the international calendar, the Venice Biennale.

Safe syringe receives public vote
15 June 2004
A non-reusable safety syringe has been nominated by visitors to the Queensland Art Gallery to receive the inaugural People’s Choice Award, as part of the 2004 Queensland Design Awards.

Mietta Song Recital Award 2004 call for entries
11 June 2004
Applications are open for the Mietta Song Recital Award 2004, a national competition for singers and accompanists in the art song genre.

Call for entries in Australia’s only Small Sculpture Prize
09 June 2004
The prestigious Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, now in its fourth year running, is calling for artists to enter their work for the chance to win a total of $13 000 in prize money.

Raising the Barre: NZ's growing ballet audience
09 June 2004
The barre’s been raised: Kiwi audiences are an increasingly cultured lot, with a huge jump in ballet attendance reported by the Royal New Zealand Ballet in its 2003 annual report.

AFTRS National Screening Tour
07 June 2004
Film lovers will have the chance to see work from Australia’s hottest young film makers when AFTRS launches its 2004 National Screening Tour.

$700,000 boost for Youth Arts
07 June 2004
Youth performing arts organisations in South Australia will receive an additional $700,000 in funding over the next four years.

Powerhouse Museum announces new award for innovators
03 June 2004
The Director of the Powerhouse Museum announced the establishment of a new award to honour individuals in the fields of design and decorative arts, Australian history and science and technology.

ABC Radio National Production wins prestigious international radio award
03 June 2004
A Radio National production has received one of the two major awards in the 8th annual Prix Marulic International Festival of Radio Plays and Documentaries, held in Croatia.

Launch of new national playwrights' award
03 June 2004
On the 50th Anniversary of Max Afford's death, Cauz Group will launch the Max Afford Playwright's Award - a national award - on behalf of the Trustee, Trust Company.

Off The Record - theatre in the raw
01 June 2004
Senior Journalist with the Herald Sun Craig Sherborne indulges in some creative writing for the first theatre in the raw reading of 2004 on Monday 7 June, 6.30pm at Playbox at The CUB Malthouse.

$50,000 prize for film makers
01 June 2004
One of this years winners at the Sour Grapes film festival will receive the largest ever prize package given to short film makers in Australia.

Cabaret Festival tickets selling fast
31 May 2004
The 2004 Adelaide Cabaret Festival has got off to a strong start with 14 performances already sold out and others selling fast, just five weeks after tickets were released for sale.

Powerful Love story wins Wal Cherry Play of the Year
28 May 2004
Accomplished theatre identity, Patricia Cornelius, has won the Wal Cherry Play of the Year 2003, with her powerful work, Love.

2004 Sydney Film Festival Guests
27 May 2004
Sydney Film Festival is proud to announce more than thirty international and Australian film industry guests who will be attending the 51st Sydney Film Festival (SFF) in June.

NIDA Open Day
26 May 2004
The NIDA Open Day is an entertaining and informative way for prospective students, interested members of the public, members of the arts industry, sponsors and the media to see and experience the vast range of activities that take place at NIDA.

Art & About Photographers - Call for Submissions
25 May 2004
The City of Sydney is proud to present Art & About 2004 from 5 – 24 October 2004. This dynamic event focuses on the visual arts and their integration into the everyday fabric of the City.

SHORT & SWEET calls for entries
21 May 2004
SHORT & SWEET - the 'Tropfest' of the Australian Theatre has launched its 2005 season with a call to writers for new entries.

Rare John Gould original up for grabs
20 May 2004
Sydney's Australian Museum is offering one lucky person a unique opportunity to own an original lithographic plate by John Gould.

Shanghai story big winner in 2004 NSW Premier's Literary Awards
17 May 2004
A fictionalised account of a family's migration from the melting pot of 1930s Shanghai to Sydney has been named this year's Book of the Year, the Premier and Minister for the Arts announced last night.

John Coburn AO named Fellow of the National Art School
17 May 2004
Australia’s eminent, abstract artist, John Coburn AO, returns to the National Art School (NAS) on Thursday, 20 May 2004, to address graduating students who would follow in his path.

Asian Traffic Conference
17 May 2004
The Asian Traffic conference brings together artists, art historians, curators, cultural theorists and critics to explore the movement of Asian art and artists throughout the world.

A first for New Zealand
17 May 2004
The Michael Hill International Violin Competition has been accepted by the General Assembly as a member of the prestigious World Federation of International Music Competitions.

Theatre's next generation - fresh, raw & ready to confront
12 May 2004
Entry is now open for 3D FEST '04 and theatre-making university students from all fields of study are urged to get their applications in by Friday 4 June 2004.

Australian Film Wins Best Doco at Tribeca Film Festival
11 May 2004
Australian documentary THE MAN WHO STOLE MY MOTHER’S FACE co-won Best Documentary Film at the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival which was held in New York from 1 to 9 May.

Competition winner tours NZ
11 May 2004
Natalia Lomeiko, the winner of the 2003 Michael Hill International Violin Competition returns to New Zealand at the end of May to claim part of her prize, a concert tour of New Zealand.

Foreign Correspondent exclusive at Popcorn Taxi
11 May 2004
From hot spots such as Beirut, Dili, Rwanda and Kosovo to far-flung places such as Ulan Bator, Rio de Janeiro, Freetown and Surat, for over eleven years Foreign Correspondent has brought viewers almost 1000 stories from over 140 countries.

Talking Head Alan Bennett for Sydney Writers’ Festival Opening Night
11 May 2004
Sydney Writers’ Festival Director, Caro Llewellyn, has announced premier English dramatist of his generation, Alan Bennett, will be interviewed live, via satellite at Sydney Theatre, for the opening night event, on Wednesday, 19 May following the cancellation of V.S. Naipaul due to ill health.

The South Project to begin in July
07 May 2004
Spanning five years and all 255,032,850 square kilometres of the southern hemisphere, The South Project is to begin in July this year.

HotHouse Theatre's new residency program launched
06 May 2004
On Friday April 30 an exciting new HotHouse Theatre initiated arts residency program A Month In The Country was launched jointly by the Arts Ministries of both NSW and Victoria.

Archibald Prize People's Choice winner announced
06 May 2004
Craig Ruddy's portrait of David Gulpilil wins the People's Choice for the 2004 People's Choice - only the 2nd time in 16 years the public has agreed with the judges.

Renowned American architect to present one-day Masterclass at AIT Arts, Adelaide
06 May 2004
ANAT together with Performance Space (Sydney) is pleased to announce a one-day Masterclass in Adelaide with New York based architect and set-designer John Cleater.

ACO completes triumphant USA tour at Carnegie Hall
06 May 2004
An exhilarated troupe of musicians returned to Australian shores from the USA this week after a thirteen city tour in eleven states, completed in just seventeen days.

61 Artists brush up for Art on The Rocks
06 May 2004
61 artists have been pre-selected from more than 400 submissions for Sydney’s unique art competition, Art on The Rocks, to be held in The Rocks precinct over the weekend of 29 and 30 May.

Three Australians chosen for International Music Meet
05 May 2004
Works by three Australian composers have been selected for the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) 2004 World Music Days.

2004 Geelong Contemporary Art Prize call for entries
04 May 2004
The Geelong Gallery Foundation invites artists to submit applications for the $25,000 acquisitive 2004 Geelong Contemporary Art Prize.

See the WASO for $20
04 May 2004
Many people believe that going to the symphony is a costly experience, but in 2004 you can see the WASO for only $20.

Australian Roundtable for Arts Training Excellence launched by Minister for the Arts
29 April 2004
The Roundtable for Arts Training Excellence is a new association dedicated to the highest level of training in all aspects of performing arts in Australia.

Repertoire amendments for ASQ’s May tour
29 April 2004
Following the withdrawal from the concert tour by guest oboist Anthony Camden, due to injury, the Quartet has had a significant rethink of the concert program for its forthcoming national tour.

2004 Maestros and Apprentices Leads Guests down the Garden Path to the Garden Follies
29 April 2004
The Helpmann Academy’s 2004 Maestros and Apprentices Garden Follies - On the Edge of a Dream will be held at 7pm Friday 4 June 2004 at the Adelaide Convention Centre.

Juan Ford wins People's Choice Award at 2004 Salon des Refusés
29 April 2004
It was announced today that artist Juan Ford has won the Holding Redlich People’s Choice Award at the 2004 Salon des Refusés, with his portrait of Professor Allan Fels titled, Allan and Goliath. It was announced today that artist Juan Ford has won the Holding Redlich People’s Choice Award at the 2004 Salon des Refusés, with his portrait of Professor Allan Fels titled, Allan and Goliath.

TSO releases first Australian music recording
27 April 2004
The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra launched the first recording in its Australian Composer Series in Hobart last week.

In the Chair - Launch of world first educational music software
27 April 2004
On Tuesday 11 May the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra in partnership with Adelaide based digital entertainment producers Digital Monkey, will launch a world first educational learning software application.

Up close and personal with the WA Ballet
22 April 2004
Have you ever wondered what it is that inspires a person to pursue their passion for a career in the performing arts?

New Zealand Artist Finalist in International Art Show
22 April 2004
New Zealand artist Susan Knaap is among 38 finalists announced in The 2004 International Juried Online Symbolist Art Show, "The Artist As Shaman".

Opportunities for Visual Artists - 33rd Alice Prize
20 April 2004
The Alice Springs Art Foundation is calling for entries for the 33rd Alice Prize.

28 Emerging Artists' Projects Share over $50,000 in Helpmann Academy Grants
19 April 2004
In its March 2004 grant round, the first of the year, the Helpmann Academy allocated over $50,000 to 28 emerging artists' projects.

Cabaret streaks in at the 2003 Green Room Awards
19 April 2004
Yesterday saw the Arts Centre ANZ Pavilion buzzing with excitement and celebrity as the 2003 Green Room Awards honoured excellence on the Melbourne stage.

Arts stars to honour Sir Rupert Hamer at FREE concert
16 April 2004
Join stars including Geoffrey Rush, Marina Prior, Suzanne Johnston, Monica Maughan and Rhonda Burchmore to pay tribute to Sir Rupert Hamer at a FREE concert.

Playing Australia grants announced
16 April 2004
The Minister for the Arts and Sport, Senator Rod Kemp, today announced more than $1.4 million in funding for 16 productions under Playing Australia.

Shortlist for the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards
15 April 2004
Minister Assisting the Premier on the Arts, Frank Sartor, today announced the shortlist for the 2004 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, including the inaugural Premier’s Prize for Literary Scholarship.

Major international cultural event launched in Melbourne
15 April 2004
A series of cross continental and cross cultural forums, exhibitions, residencies, workshops, performances, publications and commissions to be held over a four-year period and projecting across the southern hemisphere will begin this July.

Diversifying pays off for Auckland Philharmonia
14 April 2004
In the 24 year history of the Auckland Philharmonia, diverse programming has been a major key to its success.

Ballarat victorious with exclusive loan coup
14 April 2004
Today the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery announced an exhibition that sees the National Gallery of Victoria’s loan of artwork to regional galleries soar to a new height.

Lord of the Rings at Sydney Opera House
13 April 2004
Sydney Opera House in association with the Sydney Symphony present the Australian Premiere of The Lord of the Rings Symphony.

Art Award swells to $50,000
13 April 2004
Australia’s richest art award for young people just got richer, with the 2005 Metro 5 Art Award increasing by $10,000 to a total value of $50,000.

Art on The Rocks announces judging panel for 2004
13 April 2004
Ron Newman and Guy Warren will take on the challenging task of pre-selecting up to 60 candidates for this year’s unique Sydney art competition, Art on The Rocks.

Launch of 'Young style ...Young content with Young Literary Australians'
06 April 2004
On Tuesday 27 April at 6pm the launch of 'Young style ... Young content with Young Literary Australians' will be held at The State Library of New South Wales. The event is dedicated to young, aspiring authors.

Free program to mark the opening of new university art centre
06 April 2004
The University of Queensland will present a program of talks and tours to mark the opening of The James and Mary Emelia Mayne Centre and Australia’s first historical survey of self-portraits.

PICA Director wins prestigious award
02 April 2004
In recognition of her contribution to the Performing Arts, Sarah Miller, Director of the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA), was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Facilitator Award.

Popcorn Taxi brings Hollywood to Australia
02 April 2004
Popcorn Taxi presents two veteran Hollywood insiders to co-host Popcorn Taxi’s STORY, SCRIPT & SCREEN - an intensive and practical weekend seminar for writers and producers in Sydney and Melbourne.

Inaugural composer in residence appointed at Victoria University
01 April 2004
Leading contemporary musician James Gardner has been appointed as the inaugural Creative New Zealand composer in residence at Victoria University.

Creative New Zealand mourns loss of one of the foremost chroniclers of New Zealand's history
31 March 2004
State of the Arts extends its deepest sympathies to Creative New Zealand, who today mourn the loss of Michael King, who died with his wife, Maria Jungowska, in a car accident yesterday.

Resignation to benefit the performing arts sector
31 March 2004
Justine Cormack yesterday tendered her resignation as Concertmaster of the Auckland Philharmonia.

Sydney Symphony appoints new Corporate Relations Manager
31 March 2004
The Sydney Symphony yesterday announced the appointment of Leann Meiers as its new Corporate Relations Manager.

Australia loses a great patron of the arts
25 March 2004
Sir Rupert Hamer, Premier of Victoria from 1972 to 1981, will be remembered for his many achievements, his commitment to the community and a distinguished political career.

ARTSingapore 2004
24 March 2004
ARTSingapore 2004 is back with a vengeance with a record of 40 art galleries from 14 countries taking part in this world-class visual arts event.

Sydney Film Festival appoints new Director for 2005
23 March 2004
The Sydney Film Festival today announced the appointment of film journalist and industry commentator, Lynden Barber to the position of Festival Director for the 2005 and 2006 festival.

New National Touring Manager for Bell Shakespeare
23 March 2004
Bell Shakespeare today announced the appointment of Chris Tooher as National Touring Manager.

ASO's new Music Director conducts the legendary Roger Woodward
23 March 2004
In an exclusive Australian appearance, the legendary Australian pianist Roger Woodward performs Tchaikovsky's famous Piano Concert No.1 with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.

Australia Council Appointment
19 March 2004
The Minister for the Arts and Sport, Senator Rod Kemp, today announced the appointment of Ms Gina Rings to the Australia Council's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board.

Packing Room prize for 2004 announced
18 March 2004
Evert Ploeg has been awarded the Packing Room Prize in conjunction with the 2004 Archibald Prize for his portrait of Jana Wendt.

Shadow Of The Eagle takes off
18 March 2004
PTC’s award winning Shadow Of The Eagle is about to embark on a National Tour, taking in several regional centres on the way.

Surry Hills update for Object Gallery
17 March 2004
Object Gallery announces the opening date for Object Gallery at Surry Hills as Sunday 4 July 2004.

Opera Australia legend Anson Austin retires after 34 years
17 March 2004
One of Opera Australia's true legends Anson Austin bids farewell after 34 years on the operatic stage.

Business to get on board with Arts
17 March 2004
An innovative new program is encouraging business people to share their skills and experience with the arts community by taking an active role on arts boards.

Resale Rights for Artists
11 March 2004
The introduction into parliament today of a Resale Royalty Bill by the Labor Party fulfils the long held wish of thousands of visual and craft artists.

Australian Commissioner for Venice Biennale 2005 announced
10 March 2004
The Australia Council announced today that Mr John Kaldor will be the commissioner for the Australian exhibition at the 2005 Venice Biennale.

Royal New Zealand Ballet UK Tour
08 March 2004
The critically-acclaimed Royal New Zealand Ballet embarks on its first UK tour in more than a decade.

2004 APRA-Australian Music Centre Classical Music Awards – Call for nominations
08 March 2004
The Australian Music Centre needs your help to identify the best of last year’s new works, performances and achievements in the field of Australian Music.

New Artistic Director for Melbourne International Arts Festival
05 March 2004
President of the Melbourne International Arts Festival, Noel Turnbull, announced that after an extensive search, Kristy Edmunds has been appointed as Artistic Director of the 2005 and 2006 Festivals.

National Piano Awards call for Australia’s best pianists
04 March 2004
Applications are now open for the 7th Australian National Piano Awards - one of the biggest events on the musical calendar.

Auction Alert: Asian Art sales at Christie's New York
04 March 2004
Christie's New York will be holding a series of Asian Art sales at Rockefeller Center between 23 - 25 March.

Deputy Premier launches The Sound Garden
04 March 2004
Deputy Premier Andrew Refshauge, Minister for Education and Training and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, will launch OzOpera's engaging production of The Sound Garden at the Opera Centre from 11am-12noon on Friday 5 March 2004.

Entries now open for Queensland Design Award
03 March 2004
Entries are now open for the 2004 Queensland Design Awards, which will be announced and exhibited at the Queensland Art Gallery in June.

The Adelaide Fringe Festival sells over 2 million dollars worth of tickets
02 March 2004
At the close of trading yesterday, 111,044 tickets were sold through FringeTIX.

Arts funding for Northern Territory
01 March 2004
The Minister for the Arts and Sport, Senator Rod Kemp, today announced six Northern Territory regional arts groups would benefit from more than $20,000 in the latest round of funding from the Australian Government's Regional Arts Fund.

New Chief Conductor takes up baton
01 March 2004
The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra’s 2004 concert season got underway on the weekend, under the leadership of new Chief Conductor and Artistic Director, Sebastian Lang-Lessing.

Magic Casements: A Festival of Speculative Fiction
01 March 2004
On Saturday 6 March, the NSW Writers' Centre will host its second annual Festival of Speculative Fiction, covering the genres of fantasy, science fiction and horror.

Poet takes top prize in 2004 Festival Awards for Literature
01 March 2004
Dorothy Porter has become the first poet to win the South Australian Premier’s Award for Literature.

Christies to auction treasures of Binh Thuan Shipwreck
26 February 2004
Historic 17th Century Ming Porcelain To Be Auctioned In Melbourne, Australia.

The MCA's Tracey Moffatt Exhibition Set to Break Attendance Record
25 February 2004
The exhibition has been seen by over 100,000 people since it opened on 17 December.

New Zealand art rocks New York City
24 February 2004
Some of New York’s most influential art aficionados gathered this week to view the first major presentation in an American museum of contemporary art from New Zealand and other Pacific nations.

Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award 2004
24 February 2004
Entries are now being accepted for the selection of finalists for the 2004 Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award.

2003 Runner-Up wins 2004 Metro 5 Art Award worth $30,000
12 February 2004
In a reversal of fortunes, the 2003 runner-up in the Metro 5 Art Award, 31-year-old Ben Quilty from Sydney, has won this year’s Judges’ Prize worth $30,000.

2003 Runner-Up wins 2004 Metro 5 Art Award worth $30,000
12 February 2004
In a reversal of fortunes, the 2003 runner-up in the Metro 5 Art Award, 31-year-old Ben Quilty from Sydney, has won this year’s Judges’ Prize worth $30,000.

2003 Runner-Up wins 2004 Metro 5 Art Award worth $30,000
12 February 2004
In a reversal of fortunes, the 2003 runner-up in the Metro 5 Art Award, 31-year-old Ben Quilty from Sydney, has won this year’s Judges’ Prize worth $30,000.

Musical genius to work with local musicians
10 February 2004
Leading British composer, Gavin Bryars journeys to Western Australia to perform at the 2004 UWA Perth International Arts Festival.

Mardi Gras Fever Hits Sydney
10 February 2004
Around 10,000 people packed into Sydney’s Hyde Park on Friday night for the launch of the 2004 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival.

2005 Festival Director Announced
06 February 2004
Kristy Edmunds joins the Melbourne International Arts Festival as Artistic Director for 2005 and 2006.

The Pinchgut Opera Company is Seeking Angels
03 February 2004
If Pinchgut is to become an established part of the Australian music scene, it must now broaden its financial base.

Sydney Town Hall Display Recognises Burmese Struggle
02 February 2004
The Sydney Town Hall will be the location of a display in support of Aung San Suu Kyi and the struggle for democracy in Burma.

The Playbox Theatre Farewells Aubrey Mellor
30 January 2004
Aubrey Mellor OAM has announced that he will be leaving the company late in 2004.

The 2004 Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Foundation for the Arts Award
29 January 2004
The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Foundation Photography Award, offering a first prize of $10 000.

Peter Weir announces new Art Award
28 January 2004
Film director Peter Weir will announce the establishment of a new art award in honour of Anne Landa on February 11 at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

International Interest in Aboriginal Art Extends to Korea
23 January 2004
Growing international interest in Australian Aboriginal art has prompted the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) to organise a contemporary Aboriginal art exhibition in Korea next month.

AFTRS and Village Roadshow announce partnership
22 January 2004
A partnership agreement between the AFTRS and Roadshow Entertainment will give movie buffs an insight into the early work of some of Australia's leading film makers.

Oliver Stone To Recieve Career Achievement Award at 2004 Bangkok Film Festival
21 January 2004
Oliver Stone To Recieve Career Achievement Award at 2004 Bangkok Film Festival

The Queensland Orchestra's Vision for Increasing Ticket Sales
14 January 2004
A 25% increase in ticket subscription income for the 2004 season of The Queensland Orchestra signals a positive year of growth.

Perth Celebrates the 100 Year Anniversary of His Majesty's Theatre
09 January 2004
Thousands of kids, parents and grandparents are expected to flock to His Majesty's Theatre in Perth from Monday 12 January.

A Blast of Fresh Air Hits The Screen At The Roaring Forties Film Festival
07 January 2004
The $1.9 million documentary series Stories from the Stone Age, which saw Tasmanian landscapes and people transformed to reflect periods of pre-history in the Middle East, will premiere as part the Roaring 40s Film Festival in January.

The Seymour Group appoints new Artistic Director
19 December 2003
The Seymour Group is very pleased to announce the appointment of acclaimed harpist Marshall McGuire as it new Artistic Director, following the resignation of Mark Summerbell after eight years in the role.

Warren Langley's much anticipated glass artwork to be unveiled
15 December 2003
World-renowned glass artist Warren Langley will unveil his much anticipated glass sculpture As Light is to Water for the opening of the Mosman Swim Centre.

Minister and mayors drive groundbreaking moment
10 December 2003
The largest Museum redevelopment project in the Southern Hemisphere gets underway next week.

Launch of Australia's first major philanthropic Art Museum
09 December 2003
Australia's first major philanthropically funded public museum, TarraWarra Museum of Art, will be officially opened by the Premier of Victoria, Steve Bracks, on Friday 12 December.

Spotlight continues to shine on first-time director
08 December 2003
A former sound recordist at the ABC television studios in Sydney has emerged as a multi-award winning director and animator on the international film festival circuit.

New and exciting direction for Fringe with the appointment of new Creative Director
08 December 2003
The Melbourne Fringe Festival has announced that Elena Vereker has been appointed to the newly devised role of Creative Producer for the 2004 and 2005 Festivals.

ABC’s limelight Magazine (published by State of the Arts) wins two ABSP Bell Awards
01 December 2003
The ABC’s arts and entertainment magazine, limelight, published by State of the Arts, has taken out two coveted Awards at the Australian Business and Specialist Publishers (ABSP) Bell Awards for Excellence.

New online journal in arts management
05 December 2003
The first edition of the Asia Pacific Journal of Arts and Cultural Management is currently online.

“Ears” Buzzing Around the World
01 December 2003
This year's ABC international Prix Italia Award winning work is creating a buzz all around the world.

Calling Tasmanian Documentary Makers
01 December 2003
Tasmanians have the opportunity to learn the craft of developing and financing documentary programs at an intensive workshop run by Screen Tasmania in early 2004.

Sydney Symphony gift subscriptions
25 November 2003
The Sydney Symphony is offering a diverse range of gift subscription packages for the 2004 season - just in time for Christmas.

Arts funding boost for regional Victoria
25 November 2003
The Federal Minister for the Arts and Sport, Senator Rod Kemp, today announced the latest round of successful grants to Victoria under the Australian Government's Regional Arts Fund (RAF).

Arts building stronger communities, addressing social issues
25 November 2003
The Gold Book of Business Arts Partnerships showcases best practice in the strategic development of partnerships based on AbaF's business case approach.

Hong Kong Tourism Board announces Sydney Symphony sponsorship
19 November 2003
Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) yesterday announced its new sponsorship arrangement with the Sydney Symphony.

Lily Hibberd comes to Melbourne
11 November 2003
Heralded as the next big thing in Australian arts, Lily Hibberd is bringing her unique exhibition, Blinded by the Light to Melbourne’s BUS Gallery.

Appointment of Dr Claudia Orange
11 November 2003
Te Papa’s Chief Executive, Dr Seddon Bennington, has just announced the appointment of Dr Claudia Orange as Te Papa’s Director of History and Pacific Cultures.

BankWest Contemporary Art Prize Winner
04 November 2003
Holly Story, a leading West Australian contemporary artist, has captured the third annual $15,000 BankWest Contemporary Art Prize.

Innovative collaboration creates a rare chance for young musicians
04 November 2003
For the first time, Australian String Quartet and Australian Youth Orchestra are collaborating to build and develop younger audiences for classical music.

Black Swan Theatre Company Appoints New Artistic Director
04 November 2003
Black Swan Theatre Company (BSTC) chairman Janet Holmes à Court has just announced the appointment of Tom Gutteridge to the position of BSTC Artistic Director.

WASO announces Dionne Warwick as Star of Emirates Symphony at Sandalford
04 November 2003
The West Australian Symphony Orchestra has announced Grammy Award Winning sensation, Dionne Warwick as the star of the 2004 Emirates Symphony at Sandalford.

Collegium Musicum of UNSW – annual Christmas Concert
04 November 2003
The Collegium Musicum's 2003 Christmas Concert will start the festive season on a French note.

Ausdance NSW announces nominations for the best in Australian Dance
14 October 2003
Ausdance NSW was excited to announce the short-listed nominees for the 2003 Australian Dance Awards.

Ausdance NSW announces nominations for the best in Australian Dance
14 October 2003
Ausdance NSW was excited to announce the short-listed nominees for the 2003 Australian Dance Awards.

CD Launch for Pot-Pourri
30 October 2003
Aussie songsters Pot-Pourri will launch their fifth album Chanson d'Amour in Sydney and Melbourne this month.

Audition Notice: Short & Sweet
28 October 2003
Australia's biggest Independent Theatre auditions are on again, with auditions for the Short & Sweet 2004 season to be held at Newtown Theatre in November.

Audition Notice: Short & Sweet
28 October 2003
Australia's biggest Independent Theatre auditions are on again, with auditions for the Short & Sweet 2004 season to be held at Newtown Theatre in November.

Regional arts grants for Western Australia
28 October 2003
The Federal Minister for the Arts and Sport, Senator Rod Kemp, recently announced the latest round of successful grants under the Regional Arts Fund.

Australian Prix Italia Award Winner
28 October 2003
Emerging Composer Colin Black's radiophonic/musical work The Ears Outside My Listening Room has won first prize in the prestigious international Prix Italia Awards.

Changes at The Queensland Orchestra
28 October 2003
Last week the Queensland Orchestra announced the resignation of Chief Executive Officer Julie Warn, who will leave at the end of January 2004 to take up an arts position in Western Australia.

Major Drysdale to go to Auction
22 October 2003
Sir Russell Drysdale’s exceptional work Red Landscape, 1958, to go under the hammer at the Lawson~Menzies October 28 Fine Australian & International Art auction.

Melbourne Museum to host major new design initiative
21 October 2003
Museum Victoria CEO Dr Patrick Greene recently welcomed the announcement that the Melbourne Museum will host a major design festival, featuring an eight-day program of events and exhibitions.

The Face of Denmark: Tove Thage
21 October 2003
Lecture by The Chief Curator at the Frederiksborg Museum and the National Portrait Gallery of Denmark, provides a rare opportunity at the National Portrait Gallery.

New book release: Musicianship in the 21st Century: Issues, Trends & Possibilities
21 October 2003
The world at the beginning of the 21st century has witnessed enormous transformations in so many areas of the community, including the trends towards a global knowledge–based economy, outcome–based education, massive cultural shifts and technological development.

Trading Places: Expand your cultural awareness
21 October 2003
The Artist Exchange Program provides West Australian artists the opportunity to take time out for research and creative development in other countries and states.

Launch of the richest open painting prize in Australia
21 October 2003
The winner of the richest open painting prize in Australia will be officially announced at the Bendigo Art Gallery 8 November 2003.

STELLAR: 2003 Fundraising Exhibition & Auction
14 October 2003
Have you ever thought, ‘Drats – I should have purchased that Patricia Piccinini when I had the chance? Or a Bill Henson? Or a Tracey Moffatt?’ And have you ever thought, ‘Drats – I wish I could do more for a premium Australian photographic gallery, such as the Centre for Contemporary Photography'?

Gold Medal Awarded to inspirational Sydney-based vocal quartet FREEFALL
14 October 2003
Sydney-based, male vocal harmony quartet FREEFALL have taken out the National Quartet Singing Championships, bringing the coveted gold medal back to Sydney and NSW for the very first time.

The 2003 Melbourne Fringe Festival goes out with a gong
14 October 2003
Melbourne’s 21st Fringe Festival wrapped up on Saturday night with a last hurrah, as artists and art lovers attended the Fringe Awards Ceremony.

Australian Composer wins international award
07 October 2003
At the International Society of Contemporary Music’s 2003 World Music Days festival in Slovenia last week, Australian composer Matthew Bieniek won the 2003 ISCM – CASH Young Composer Award.

Entries for Australia’s richest art award for young people closing soon
07 October 2003
Young painters have only 14 days left to get their entries in for the 2004 Metro 5 Art Award, Australia’s richest art award for young people, valued at $40,000. Entries close on 17 October 2003.

PTC Partners Launch – The art of business, the business of arts
07 October 2003
Perth Theatre Company officially launched their new business initiative PTC Partners on the weekend at a poolside cocktail party hosted by their sponsor, The Sebel Perth.

Robert Jacks Drawing Prize: shortlisted artists announced
30 September 2003
Now in its second year, the Robert Jacks Drawing Prize opened to the public on 27 September.

The latest in a series of books celebrating South Australian artists
30 September 2003
Ian Abdulla is a star of the Australian art scene, and now he is the star of Elvis has entered the building, a new book by Stephen Fox and Janet Maughan.

2003 Ranamok Glass Prize
30 September 2003
The Ranamok Glass Prize, now in its ninth year, aims to encourage creativity, skill and innovation in contemporary glass design resulting in an annual acquisitive award of $7500. The prize and resultant exhibition of the short listed entries provides a showcase for some of the most innovative and visually stunning works of glass art being created in this country.

Gallery enriched by Major Bequest
25 September 2003
Bendigo Art Gallery is the fortunate recipient of a major bequest from the Estate of Grace Adeline Oddy Craig. Mrs Craig passed away in March 2002.

From Antarctica to Alice: SOUNZ Contemporary Award Finalists
23 September 2003
Moods of Antarctica, floating spaceships and a pioneer called Alice inspired this year's three finalists in the SOUNZ Contemporary Award, the most prestigious event of the year for New Zealand composers.

Dancers on the move…
23 September 2003
Acclaimed Queensland Ballet Principal Dancers Paul Boyd and Anthony Lewis have announced that they will be retiring at the end of the year.

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra announces new CEO
23 September 2003
The Board of Directors of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra announced on Tuesday 23 September the retirement of Robert Clarke from the position of Managing Director. This development is the result of a decision by the board that the time has come for a change in leadership of the organisation.

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra to become a major player
18 September 2003
The Minister for the Arts and Sport, Senator Rod Kemp, today welcomed the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra as a member company of the Australia Council's Major Performing Arts Board (MPAB).

Inaugural Creative New Zealand Artistic Excellence Award Announced
16 September 2003
The inaugural Creative New Zealand Artistic Excellence Award was announced on Friday night at the 2003 Montana World of WearableArt Awards.

Performing the Datasphere: Free Artist Talks by Michelle Teran
16 September 2003
Canadian artist Michelle Teran will present artist's talks in Sydney, Perth, Adelaide and Wagga Wagga during her first visit to Australia.

Over $4m in art sold at the first Sydney Affordable Art Show
16 September 2003
With over 13,000 visitors and over $4 million dollars worth of art sold, the first ever Sydney Affordable Art Show at the Royal Hall of Industries, Fox Studios has established itself as a key cultural event for Sydney.

Primavera 2003 Artists Announced
09 September 2003
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, recently announced the dynamic group of artists to be included in their annual exhibition of emerging Australian artists.

2003 NSW Premier’s History Awards Shortlist Announced
09 September 2003
A total of 18 works have been short-listed for the 2003 NSW Premier’s History Awards, the Premier and Minister for the Arts, Mr Bob Carr, has announced.

Craftwest Presents: An evening with Susan Wraight
09 September 2003
Meet Susan Wraight, visiting Western Australia as part of Craftwest's Designing Futures International Residency Program.

Applications for Gondwana Voices 2004 – closing soon
09 September 2003
Australia's national children's choir is seeking applications from treble voiced children aged 10 to 16.

Launch of Melbourne Fringe Festival
04 September 2003
The Melbourne Fringe Festival was launched today, heralding yet another innovative and exciting program for the city.

Artists make a big splash at Sydney's Manly Arts Festival
02 September 2003
Australian television and surf lifesaving legend Tony Bonner will host the official launch of the 10th annual Manly Arts Festival, a total immersion in fresh, new arts and entertainments gathered from Manly and across Sydney.

Dame Kiri’s dresses go on display at Te Papa
02 September 2003
A stunning exhibition showcasing the remarkable career of Dame Kiri Te Kanawa through a selection of her dresses opens at Te Papa this weekend.

Operetta to Broadway
02 September 2003
Opera Australia and Le Restaurant present two magnificent Opera Dinners, on Wednesday 10 September and Thursday 11 September.

Townsville Young Artist Awards 2003
26 August 2003
If you are aged between 4 and 18 years don’t miss your opportunity to enter this year’s Townsville Young Artist Awards and win great cash prizes!

The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize People's Choice Award Announced
26 August 2003
The winner of the People's Choice for the Inaugural Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize is artist Indiana James for bronze sculpture leafy seadragon.

Sydney Affordable Art Show Opens
26 August 2003
Sydney Affordable Art Show at the Royal Hall of Industries, Fox Studios had its VIP Preview night on Wednesday 27 August ahead of the four-day show.

To buy, or not to buy?
26 August 2003
Now there's no excuse with 20% off all new and second hand books at Berkelouw Books Annual Sale!

Win at the Telstra Young Ballet Dancer of the Year Award
19 August 2003
The voting lines are about to close for the Telstra Young Ballet Dancer of the Year Award in 2003.

Artists woo business with drums, dance and divas
19 August 2003
‘Endless possibilities’ was the theme for the artistic program at the 2003 AbaF Awards, and the 800 guests – a host of leading business people among them – witnessed just a few of the possibilities of art.

2003 Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship Winner Announced
19 August 2003
The 2003 Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship, valued at $40,000, has been awarded to collaborative artists Sean Cordeiro and Claire Healy, graduates of the University of New South Wales College of Fine Arts.

Opera Australia launches exciting 2004 program: State of the Arts has the rundown
12 August 2003
Opera Australia has just announced an exciting new program for 2004, which features special guest stars and some fabulous new productions.

TSO appoints Chief Conductor
12 August 2003
After an extensive search and difficult selection process the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra has just announced the appointment of Mr Sebastian Lang-Lessing as its new Chief Conductor and Artistic Director.

ABAF awards Sun Microsystems and Musica Viva top Arts Honour
12 August 2003
Prime Minister John Howard, on behalf of the Australia Business Arts Foundation (ABAF), awarded Sun Microsystems Australia and Musica Viva Australia the Outstanding Partnership of the Year Award on top of their success in the Bytecraft Commitment Award.

Juries announce winners at BIFF and MIFF
12 August 2003
The winners at the Brisbane and Melbourne International Film Festivals were recently announced by their respective juries on the weekend, with a big win going to a locally-made production.

20 Years on, major exhibition hailed as a landmark event
05 August 2003
Outgoing Director of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Margaret Rich joined forces with a Senior Curator of the National Gallery of Australia, Roger Butler, at Ballarat Fine Art Gallery last week. They recalled a landmark exhibition they staged at Ballarat’s Gallery 20 years ago: Melbourne Woodcuts and Linocuts of the 1920s and 1930s.

Winners Announced: 2003 Freedman Foundation Travelling Scholarship for Emerging Artists
05 August 2003
Winners of the Freedman Foundation Travelling Scholarship for Emerging Artists were announced last week at the Sir Hermann Black Gallery and Sculpture Terrace, University of Sydney Union.

ARTRAGE Incubator: call for proposals
05 August 2003
The 2002 ARTRAGE FESTIVAL presented the work of just over 1,000 artists, through 98 separate events. ARTRAGE is now seeking works, projects, performances, events, exhibitions and ideas from Western Australian contemporary creatives.

Queensland Theatre Company appoints new General Manager
05 August 2003
Chair of Queensland Theatre Company, Judith McLean, yesterday announced the appointment of Libby Anstis as new General Manager of Queensland Theatre Company.

Amendment
31 July 2003
State of the Arts would like to apologise for a misprint in our July edition.

Andrée Greenwell awarded 2003 NSW Women & Arts Fellowship
29 July 2003
Sydney composer Andrée Greenwell has been awarded the $30,000 NSW Women & Arts Fellowship for 2003.

See, hear and talk about art like never before
29 July 2003
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia at Federation Square presents an innovative art forum on Sunday 3 August hosted by Radio National's Religious Unit broadcaster John Cleary.

Gangolf Geis Collection of Classical Chinese Furniture on sale at Christie’s New York
29 July 2003
On 18 September 2003, Christie’s New York will offer the private collection of classical Chinese furniture, brought together by Gangolf Geis, a European collector who spent most of his adult life in Asia.

Full house at Open House
29 July 2003
Victoria’s first Open House weekend resulted in record numbers, unprecedented interest and overwhelming public support for our major cultural venues.

Sydney Symphony Announces New Managing Director
23 July 2003
Chairman of the Sydney Symphony, Helen Lynch AM, this week announced Libby Christie has been appointed to the position of Managing Director.

Heywire 2003 - Applications open
21 July 2003
Australia’s regional youth became the focus of nationwide attention this week, with the launch of Heywire 2003.

Australia's richest Natural History Art Prize: Artwork arriving at the SA Museum
23 July 2003
The announcement of the winners for the Inaugural Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize is drawing closer as the South Australian Museum receives the finalist artworks this week.

‘Elevate’ Fringe Furniture to New Heights
23 July 2003
The Melbourne Fringe is on the lookout for new creations for the iconic Fringe Furniture exhibition. If you can mould form and function into a unique piece of furniture, you're invited to submit a creation that unites art and design.

Sydney Art on Paper Fair – Emerging Artists announced
14 July 2003
Following its success in 2001, Sydney Art on Paper Fair 2003 will host its third Emerging Artists' Stand, offering the chance to acquire work by a selection of the best freshly graduating artists from around Australia.

Art on The Rocks People’s Choice Winner announced
14 July 2003
Last week Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority announced the winner of the People’s Choice Award for the inaugural Art on The Rocks exhibition.

Red Sun Forum and Discussion: East meets West meets Traditional
14 July 2003
Red Sun Forum and Discussion will be presented by Mirramu Dance Company, in collaboration with the Canberra Friends of Nara and the ACT Government in the Courtyard Studio, Canberra Theatre Centre Friday 18 July.

Art, Culture and Design at Ideas at the Powerhouse
14 July 2003
National and international commentators and practitioners in art and design will present their ideas about culture and creativity at this year's Ideas at the Powerhouse Festival.

Puccini’s masterpiece of young love hits the road
14 July 2003
OzOpera’s regional tour of La bohème opens in NSW on 19 July, presented in conjunction with Principal Sponsors Esso and Mobil.

SA artist working with world's largest Polaroid camera exhibits in major Spanish Photographic Arts festival
09 July 2003
This July in Madrid, as part of Photo Espana, one of the most internationally prestigious photography exhibitions, SA artist Mark Kimber will be showing a series 20 x 24 inch Polaroids addressing notions of masculinity and its attendant imagery.

Call for Entries: 2004 Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award
07 July 2003
Entries are now being accepted for the selection of finalists for the 2004 Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award and Exhibition to be held in March and April 2004.

Top Award for Heide 1 Restoration
07 July 2003
The restoration of the former home of John and Sunday Reed at Heide Museum of Modern Art wins John George Knight heritage award.

ABC Prix Italia Awards Entry
09 July 2003
The ABC has selected Colin Black's commissioned major work, The Ears Outside My Listening Room as their entry into this year's Prix Italia Awards for the 'Music-Composed Work' category.

Shortlisted artists for the National Works on Paper Prize announced
01 July 2003
Fifty five contemporary artists have been shortlisted for the Mornington Peninsula Gallery’s National Works on Paper Prize.

Voices come together in the Cultural Vitality Symposium
01 July 2003
Culture will take centre stage in both government and global corporations, according to the organisers of Beyond Cultural Policy: A Cultural Vitality Symposium to be held from July 10 - 11 at Gasworks Theatre in Melbourne.

Sparkling Success Celebrates 20 years of Service
01 July 2003
Access Arts celebrates 20th anniversary in style with creative Champagne Box Auction

Manly Glass Artist wins Reflections of Mosman Art Competition
01 July 2003
A stunning combination of glass and light has been chosen the overall winner of the Reflections of Mosman Art Competition, held by the Mosman Municipal Council in conjunction with property developer, Cienna Group.

Audiences vote for Spanish Apartment
23 June 2003
Cedric Klapisch’s The Spanish Apartment (L’auberge espagnole) won the Prix UIP award for Best European Film and the Audience Award for Best Feature Film at the 50th Sydney Film Festival.

Owen Harries to present the 2003 ABC Boyer Lectures
23 June 2003
International affairs expert Owen Harries will present the ABC’s prestigious Boyer Lectures in 2003. The six lectures will be broadcast on Radio National in November and December.

Hall Mineral Gift a gem for the Australian Museum
23 June 2003
Spectacular minerals donated by renowned collector Ian Hall go on display.

Sydney Film Festival will not screen Ken Park
16 June 2003
The Sydney Film Festival announced on Monday that it will not screen the film Ken Park. The film has been refused classification by the Office of Film & Literature Classification and the Board of Review.

Whale Rider sets new box-office record
16 June 2003
Buena Vista International (Australia) has announced the South Pacific Pictures feature Whale Rider has set a new box-office record for a New Zealand film released in Australia.

New Zealand's impressive return to the Venice Biennale
16 June 2003
New Zealand promised to return to the Venice Biennale after its successful debut in 2001 – and the official launch of New Zealand artist Michael Stevenson's This is the Trekka at La Maddalena church left 500 guests in no doubt that the New Zealanders were back.

Albert Namatjira Gallery gets a new look
16 June 2003
Araluen’s Albert Namatjira Gallery has a new look, presenting the artist’s work in light of his incredible influence of the development of the indigenous arts industry in Central Australia.

Stuart Maunder announced as Creative Director for 2003 AbaF Awards
16 June 2003
The Australia Business Arts Foundation (AbaF) and Opera Australia recently announced that Opera Australia’s Artistic Director, Stuart Maunder will be the Creative Director for AbaF’s 2003 Business Arts Partnership Awards

Matariki Celebrations at Te Papa
11 June 2003
Te Papa is celebrating Matariki, the Mäori New Year, with four weeks of free shows, lectures and activities.

New Zealander Wins Competition
11 June 2003
Russian-born New Zealand citizen, Natalia Lomeiko, is the winner of the 2003 Michael Hill International Violin Competition.

Meet Gloria Meltzer in Sydney
11 June 2003
Author Gloria Meltzer will be making a special appearance at Sydney’s Book Kinokuniya, as part of their Meet the Author series.

Wes is Best (in Show)
04 June 2003
The Wesfarmers exhibition catalogue Sublime won Best in Show in the recently announced 2003 Museums Australia Publication Design Awards.

Winners announced in 2003 Queensland Design Awards
04 June 2003
A chair with no legs, the Childers Backpacker Memorial, a light made from 9400 sugar cubes, and the Queensland Art Gallery’s Colour exhibition are among the winners of the 2003 Queensland Design Awards announced today.

Call for Applications: 2003 Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship
04 June 2003
Entries to the coveted Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship and 2004 Gunnery Studio program are nearing a close for 2003.

Original Steinway Pianos on display
28 May 2003
Steinway and Sons celebrate their 150th anniversary in May with an Historical Tour to mark the momentous occasion.

World Orchestras: Final Call for Tickets
28 May 2003
The world-acclaimed Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra is about to arrive in Australia to dazzle audiences. But with only four Australia concerts, tickets are going fast.

Australia Post to honour contemporary Australian artists
26 May 2003
Australia Post releases stamps featuring famous paintings by four of the nation's most eminent artists.

Ken Done Chosen to Launch New Gallery
26 May 2003
Prominent Australian artist and designer invited to exhibit in Canada at the new blue dot gallery.

Australian War Memorial launches new publication
26 May 2003
Artists in Action is the most comprehensive publication to date on a unique art collection.

Excellence on the Melbourne stage honoured
26 May 2003
Recipients of this year's Green Room Awards have just been announced.

ACO and Bell Shakespeare Company win Helpmann Award
21 May 2003
The Australian Chamber Orchestra's groundbreaking production of The Soldier’s Tale wins Best Classical Concert Presentation.

Finalists Announced: Inaugural Australia Post/Beethoven Master Class
21 May 2003
Young pianists from New South Wales, ACT, Victoria, Queensland and Tasmania are among a list of eight finalists vying for the opportunity of a lifetime.

People’s Choice Prize winner 2003
19 May 2003
Sydney-based artist Dalu Zhao is the winner of the People’s Choice for the 2003 Archibald prize.

Australian Youth Orchestra ready for a bold new era
19 May 2003
At its AGM today the Australian Youth Orchestra announced changes to its national Board appointing Virginia Henderson, AM, as Chair.

Deadline Extended for Popular Fiction Competition
19 May 2003
The closing date for The Australian Voices in Print and NSW Writers Centre's Popular Fiction Competition has been extended to 1 August.

Marn Grook Auction and Trophy Launch
19 May 2003
An Indigenous Art Auction with a sporting edge will accompany the annual Marn Grook Trophy this year.

ACO collaborator wins prestigious UK Award
12 May 2003
Pianist Angela Hewitt is the recent winner of the popular BBC Radio 3 Listeners Award.

Final Call for Applications for Travelling Scholarship
12 May 2003
Young painters, sculptors and photographers have until 2 June to apply for the 2003 Freedman Foundation Travelling Scholarship for Emerging Artists.

Sour Grapes Short Film Festival Calls for Entries
12 May 2003
Sour Grapes, the short film festival that was conceived by three friends over a glass of wine and came of age last year with a move to Sydney's Fox Studios, is continuing to call for entries to this year's event.

Southeast Asian Pictures to be sold at Christie’s on 6 July
12 May 2003
Exceptional Southeast Asian and 20th Century Indian Pictures will be on offer at Christie's Hong Kong on 6 July.

Opera Australia Reports Loss
05 May 2003
Opera Australia has confirmed a $2 million loss for 2002 in its annual report released last week.

New Website for East and West
05 May 2003
One of Australia’s finest Asian art galleries, East and West, is launching its presence on the web with a brand new website.

Russians break more records
05 May 2003
In another extraordinary result the Russian film Russian Ark has again broken house records at both the Chauvel and Valhalla cinemas in Sydney, with a four day total of nearly $80,000.

Launch of richest open painting prize in Australia
05 May 2003
The richest open painting prize in Australia will be officially launched at The Bendigo Art Gallery on 9 May.

Award mania in New Zealand
05 May 2003
New Zealand artists are being given their chance to shine, with two forthcoming National Art Awards.

Director’s Festival Gala Concert
05 May 2003
Australian expatriate Bill Lyne will bid farewell as Director of Wigmore Hall in London with a Gala Concert on Saturday, 10 May.

Last call to enter AbaF Awards
05 May 2003
Arts organisations and their business partners have until May 29 to enter the 2003 AbaF Business Arts Partnership Awards.

Up Close and Spineless – Call for Entries
23 April 2003
Budding and professional shutterbugs are invited to get snapping in the Australian Museum’s invertebrate photographic competition.

Sinead O'Connor retires
29 April 2003
Controversial Irish singer, Sinead O'Connor, has announced she will retire from the music business in July to pursue a different career.

Adelaide drive-in closed
29 April 2003
One of Adelaide's last two drive-ins, the Valleyline at St Agnes, is closing.

JK Rowling is UK's richest woman
29 April 2003
Children's author JK Rowling has overtaken the Queen, Madonna and Kylie Minogue in a list of Britain's richest people.

U.S. art institute appoints an Australian as chief curator
29 April 2003
Australian Nicholas Baume is settling into his new "job of a lifetime" as Chief Curator of the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, USA.

Awards showcase Queensland as emerging centre for design innovation
22 April 2003
Queensland designers have until Friday, May 2 to enter two, the 2003 Queensland Design Awards.

Melbourne International Comedy Festival Awards Announced
22 April 2003
The Melbourne International Comedy Festival has celebrated the best and funniest comedy talent with its annual awards ceremony.

Leah Thomas wins Mietta Song Recital Award
22 April 2003
Soprano Leah Thomas, 24, of Sydney has won the prestigious Mietta Song Recital Award 2003.

Australia Council’s Community Cultural Development Board Appointment
14 April 2003
Senator Rod Kemp announced the appointment of Ms Maria Filippow to the Australia Council’s Community Cultural Development Board late last week.

The smart way to buy art
14 April 2003
Quality original art work by established and emerging artists for under $5000.

Melbourne Design and Fashion Incubator goes to Japan
14 April 2003
Eight young Melbourne designers head to Osaka to showcase their wares.

Mietta Song Recital Award 2003
07 April 2003
Mietta Song Recital Award 2003 competition will be a passionate affair with Art Song

Meet the stars of Whale Rider at an exclusive gala event
07 April 2003
Palace Balwyn Cinema has announced an exclusive Gala event to celebrate the release of award-winning Whale Rider.

Registration now open for 30th annual National Playwrights’ Conference
07 April 2003
Canberra conference promises an extensive range of programs featuring a who’s who of Australian theatre

Ultimate architecture prize for Joern Utzon
07 April 2003
The controversial architect of the Sydney Opera House has won architecture’s highest accolade, the Pritzker Prize.

Ken Done Cocktail Party to benefit the Sir David Martin Foundation
09 April 2003
Ken Done will kick off the Sir David Martin Foundation’s ‘WRAPPED’ project at his Gallery in the Rocks.

World Orchestras: Final Call for Tickets
31 March 2003
For the first time in Australia, the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra is coming to dazzle audiences with their interpretations of Russian repertoire – but get in quick, or you’ll miss out.

A Time to Dance: a picture of the RNZB at 50
31 March 2003
Retracing the steps of the Royal New Zealand Ballet

Painting the Town: Art on The Rocks call for entries
31 March 2003
Vibrant location inspires new arts project with some major prizes.

ARCUS Artist-in-Residence program
31 March 2003
ARCUS Project is currently accepting applications from artists who wish to join the artist-in-residence program in Ibaraki, Japan, in 2003.

Winners announced for the 2003 Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes
24 March 2003
It’s official! And it's sure to raise the usual eyebrows.

New Australia Council appointments pitch perfect
24 March 2003
The Federal Minister for the Arts and Sport, Senator Rod Kemp, recently announced the appointment of Ms Fiona Burnett to the Australia Council’s Music Board, and Ms Alexandra Reid as Deputy Chairman of the Australia Council’s Community Cultural Development Board.

FTO takes Shooting West to Casula
24 March 2003
Shooting West, an information and workshop day for aspiring filmmakers in Western Sydney, will be held at the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre on Friday 2 May.

Arts in the limelight
19 March 2003
The ABC has revealed the title of its new monthly arts and entertainment magazine.

Recognition for Lina Bryans at last
19 March 2003
The first ever book devoted to Australian artist Lina Bryans will be launched at Niagara Galleries.

National Gallery of Victoria assisting bushfire victims
19 March 2003
The National Gallery of Victoria is doing its part to help the bushfire victims' appeal.

Wild Zebra comes to Sydney
19 March 2003
Sydney-siders take a walk on the wild side.

Spiders come up trumps
19 March 2003
It seems our fascination with the eight-legged creepy crawlies never ends.

New Musical chief for Opera Australia
12 March 2003
It’s unanimous – Englishman Richard Hickox, 55, has been selected by the Opera Australia Board as the company’s new musical director.

Guest conductor launches 2003 season for Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
12 March 2003
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs are launching their 2003 season with a special guest appearance by Canadian conductor Peter McCoppin.

Putting Pencil to Paper: AustCham Literary Lunch
12 March 2003
The Australian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong is presenting a literary lunch with distinguished Australian authors Kerry Greenwood and Shane Maloney.

Gary Wilson wins Australia’s richest sculpture prize
11 March 2003
Chairperson of the judging panel for the Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, Dr Gene Sherman, has announced Victorian artist, Gary Wilson as the winner of the 2003 Award for his work, Untitled.

Artist Takes a Chance on Love and Wins
11 March 2003
The winner of the renowned $30,000 Cicely and Colin Rigg Contemporary Design Award 2003 is Louise Weaver, for her dramatic and seductive work entitled Taking a Chance on Love.

Music products industry builds a musical nation from cradle to grave
03 March 2003
The Australian Music Association's inaugural Music Makers Program will be launched at the Victorian College of the Arts on Thursday 27 February 2003 at 7pm.

Film-making Gold Rush for Central West
03 March 2003
The Premier of NSW, Mr Bob Carr recently announced a major multi-million dollar mini-series based on a Bryce Courtenay bestseller, which will begin shooting around Orange this month, creating more than 200 local jobs.

Researchers set to reap the benefits of Harold White Fellowships
03 March 2003
The National Library of Australia is currently calling for applications for the 2004 Harold White Fellowships.

New appointments for Australia Council Boards
03 March 2003
Federal Minister for the Arts and Sport, Senator Rod Kemp, has just announced two new appointments to the Australia Council’s Theatre and Performing Arts Boards.

PICA re-launches into its fifteenth year
24 February 2003
The Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA) was re-opened for its fifteenth year by Minister for Culture & the Arts Sheila McHale MLA on Sunday February 23 with a new roof, universal access, and a fantastic program of performance and exhibitions.

New Popular Fiction competition announced
24 February 2003
The NSW Writers’ Centre in association with Australian Voices in Print has just announced a new popular fiction competition for all unpublished popular fiction writers of any age.

4th Summit of the Alliance of Orchestras in the Asia Pacific announced
24 February 2003
The 4th Summit of the Alliance of Orchestras in the Asia Pacific region will be held in Singapore from 5 – 7 September this year, following on from last year’s Summit in Sydney.

BAFTA coup for our Nic
24 February 2003
Aussie actress and glamourpuss Nicole Kidman has won Best Actress in the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards for her role in The Hours.

ABC Enterprises announces new arts magazine
19 February 2003
ABC Enterprises has just announced the launch of a vibrant new monthly arts and entertainment magazine.

Playbox raises over $5000 for Timorese
18 February 2003
Playbox at The CUB Malthouse (Melbourne) opened its 2003 season with a production set in East Timor, raising over $5000 in audience donations for the Timorese.

Air re-conditioning at the National Gallery
18 February 2003
Three galleries in the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra have been closed for a week due to a faulty air-conditioning unit.

Ten years of award winning heritage
18 February 2003
The Energy Australia National Trust (NSW) Heritage Awards celebrates its 10th birthday this year.

No free trade for cultural industries
18 February 2003
400 representatives from cultural associations around the world met in Paris to voice their concerns about the impact of free trade on national culture.

Regional Arts Fund support for the Northern Territory
18 February 2003
The Federal Minister for the Arts and Sport, Senator Rod Kemp, has just announced the latest round of funding under the Regional Arts Fund with more than $125,495 allocated to 18 projects.

Auckland Festival Director Announced
10 February 2003
The Auckland Festival has appointed Simon Prast as Festival Director for this exciting new development in the city's cultural life.

Australia Post Announces Beethoven Master Class
10 February 2003
Australia Post has launched a national search to find two of Australia's most talented young pianists as part of a project aiming to educate younger Australians on the contemporary significance of Beethoven's work.

New ENO Director Confirmed
10 February 2003
The English National Opera has just confirmed the appointment of Sean Doran as the new artistic director of the troubled company.

Unsigned Van Gogh goes for $930,000
10 February 2003
An unsigned oil painting by Vincent Van Gogh sold for more than $AU930,000 in Japan on Sunday (Australian time).

Russian Theatre Re-Opens
10 February 2003
The show must go on for the Moscow musical that ended in tragedy last October.

Canberra Museum & Art Gallery Celebrates 5 Years
11 February 2003
Canberra Museum and Gallery celebrates its fifth birthday as the leading regional museum and gallery.

Win at the Telstra Young Ballet Dancer of the Year Award
04 February 2003
The voting lines are open for the Telstra Young Ballet Dancer of the Year Award, giving you the opportunity to vote for your favourite dancer, and go into the draw to win a great prize for yourself.

Houston Ballet selects young Australian as new Artistic Director
03 February 2003
Acclaimed young Australian choreographer Stanton Welch has just been selected to succeed Ben Stevenson as artistic director of Houston Ballet.

British composer scales new heights
03 February 2003
British composer Geoff Smith has designed a device that may revolutionise sound for pianists around the world.

Asolo announces new competition
03 February 2003
The Asolo Film Festival reinvents itself as a new competition in 2003.

Fire tragedy for Flying Fruit Fly Circus
03 February 2003
Fire has destroyed the Flying Fruit Fly Circus's rehearsal hall and classrooms at Wodonga on the NSW border.

Australia Council Hits the Road
23 January 2003
The Australia Council presents a series of public information sessions around the country for aspiring artists and arts organisations.

International Residencies for young leaders
29 January 2003
The Community Cultural Development Board of the Australia Council for the Arts announces a series of international residencies for young leaders in community cultural development practice.

What’s the bUzz?
29 January 2003
New round of grants for young sound artists and musicians

Entries now open to Australia’s richest Natural History Art Prize
29 January 2003
The South Australian Museum celebrates the birth of its first curator with $85,000 in prize money.

The performing arts mourns the loss of Laura Morris
20 January 2003
The Australian arts community deeply mourns the loss of Laura Morris, one of Australia's most famous Makeup Designers and Wigmakers.

Boost for the Performing Arts with new Fellowship
21 January 2003
The Hephzibah Tintner Fellowship brings young artists a big step closer to work in their chosen field.

Winning young actors take Australia Post Bell Shakespeare Scholarship
22 January 2003
A unique scholarship whisks young regional students off to prized masterclasses.

Aussie wins top programming post
22 January 2003
Internationally renowned arts consultant Justin Macdonnell has recently been named programming director of the Performing Arts Centre of Greater Miami.

New Zhang Yimou film highest grossing Chinese film ever
14 January 2003
Barely a month after its release in China, martial arts epic Hero has become the biggest-grossing Chinese film ever, taking 200 million yuan ($50m) at the box office, according to studio estimates.

Tough questions being asked about Australian cultural institutions
14 January 2003
The National Gallery of Australia and the National Portrait Gallery are collaborating to present a symposium titled 'Art Museums: Sites of Communication'.

Amorosi branching out into classical and jazz repertoires
14 January 2003
Pop singer Vanessa Amorosi appears be widening her repertoire with a couple of guest appearances in the coming month.

New auction house taking bids in Melbourne
14 January 2003
A new auction house is preparing for its premiere sale in Melbourne’s Sorrento.

Chucho Valdes forced to stay home
07 January 2003
Cuban pianist Chucho Valdes has cancelled his imminent Australian tour after doctors told him he should not travel due to high blood pressure.

ACO and ABN AMRO stir creative juices
07 January 2003
New partnership creates opportunities for Australian composers.

Next round open for Cool Pix amateur and emerging photographers competition
07 January 2003
Stage your photographic publishing debut with Nikon and State of the Arts.

In point of fact, she’s an ex pat on pointe, not en pointe
07 January 2003
It has been brought to our attention that we made an error in the latest edition of State of the Arts magazine.

AFTRS Summerskill program to launch in Brisbane
07 January 2003
The Australian Film Television and Radio School [AFTRS] is kicking off its national summer program of industry seminars at the AFTRS Queensland office.

Tropfest machine swings into action again
18 December 2002
The world’s largest short film festival once again has budding filmmakers adding digital video cameras to their Christmas wish list.

Book celebrates Indigenous public art
18 December 2002
Melbourne City Council has celebrated its history of funding Indigenous arts projects with the release of a book, art of reconciliation.

Raw Comedians wearing out the mirror
18 December 2002
The Melbourne International Comedy festival and radio station triple j are about to embark once again on their annual Australia-wide comedic talent search, Raw Comedy.

Uluru rock art to be digitally preserved
18 December 2002
Uluru’s traditional owners, the Anangu, are working together with scientists from the University of Melbourne to preserve their ancestral art in digital form.

Film awards season well underway in the U.S.
18 December 2002
The New York Film Critics Circle Awards have been given out and the American Film Institute’s list of 2002’s top ten films has been announced.

Baz and Catherine’s La Bohème bathes in glowing reviews
11 December 2002
Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin’s Broadway production of Puccini’s La Bohème has wowed critics and peers and is looking like a gamble that already paid off.

Indigenous filmmakers scoop AFI awards
11 December 2002
Aboriginal practitioners and their stories dominated Australia’s film awards night at the weekend.

Mark Morris cancels Perth Festival performance
11 December 2002
The internationally revered Mark Morris Dance Group has cancelled its performances as part of the 2003 Perth International Arts Festival.

Melbourne Symphony announces new conductor
11 December 2002
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has announced the appointment of internationally renowned conductor Oleg Caetani as Chief Conductor and Artistic Director.

Peter Carey switches publishers
11 December 2002
Double Booker Prize winner and feted novelist Peter Carey has moved from University of Queensland Press to Random House.

Graham Greene spied on, in trouble again
03 December 2002
New documents reveal that author Graham Greene was being monitored by the FBI as an adaptation of The Quiet American opens in the US.

NGV Australia finally open in Melbourne
03 December 2002
The NGV's home of Australian art is finally open to the public.

Moonlight cinema returns to Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide
03 December 2002
The outdoor cinema experience returns to Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.

Robyn Archer appointed international ambassador for the Adelaide Festival Centre
03 December 2002
Adelaide's Robyn Archer will sing the Adelaide Festival Centre's praises to the world under a new deal.

Former dancer gets top marketing job at Sydney Opera House
04 December 2002
Greta Thomas has gone from pointes to Bennelong Point in 20 years.

Memorial sculpture unveiled at Childers
27 November 2002
A memorial work of art has been installed to remember victims of the Childers hostel fire.

Queen and Mousetrap celebrate 50th anniversary
27 November 2002
A monarch and a whodunnit have come together to celebrate 50 years of being on public display.

Indigenous Guidelines released
27 November 2002
Protocols have been drawn up for dealing with indigenous arts and culture.

TAFE’s best go on display
27 November 2002
Some of NSW's most gifted student artists are to be hung in the town centre. For a couple of weeks.

artEast
27 November 2002
Adelaide's young guns are on display and their brushes are drawn.

No one's sure what just won the Prize
19 November 2002
The only thing that's certain is who won. Deborah Paauwe has a very suggestive way with pictures and left the Alice Art Prize with some pleasant questions to ponder.

Last call for amateur and emerging photographers!
20 November 2002
Handy with a camera? Got some pretty good shots? You think so? Then you probably want to see it published somewhere, right? Here's your chance.

The Basement turns 30
19 November 2002
If you're in need of a reason to hear some good music, or perhaps short of an excuse to celebrate, think no further than the Basement, which has 30 years worth of music to celebrate.

Overland Auction and Sloshfest
19 November 2002
Throw some money at Overland and there's a good chance you'll get your hands on quite a good cartoon.

Triple J's Moonlight Framebreaks
19 November 2002
There needs to be a good reason to have a short film competition these days. Reach Out is plenty of reason enough. And mixing the short to a CD should make it interesting.

All lit up for Christmas
19 November 2002
You better not shout, you better not cry ... why ... 'cause Frank Sartor is coming to town.

Sydney Festival launches program already
12 November 2002
Festival Director Brett Sheehy has officially announced the list of cultural events and performances that will envelope Sydney in January 2003 at a function in Circular Quay's Customs House.

Australian Dance Awards looming
12 November 2002
The Australian Dance Awards will showcase and acknowledge the best individuals and groups dancing in Australia.

SBS independent scoops 2002 Lexus IF Awards
12 November 2002
The people have voted, and their decision is that SBS Independent is the winner, vicariously.

Bizarre installation takes over Sydney's Artspace
12 November 2002
The British Council has lobbed yet another strange British art piece on Australia's door. Thankyou.

Summer Fun in Melbourne's Parks
12 November 2002
Melbourne's parks and gardens will host a range of free entertainment this summer.

A Romantic finish to ACO's 2002
04 November 2002
Stephen Hough is back to help the Australian Chamber Orchestra wind up for the year.

Yellow Peril threatens again
04 November 2002
21 years of terrifying the public can be exhausting, and sometimes it's just nice to go somewhere you're loved.

Australia takes Shanghai
04 November 2002
It's not all about Oz, but the China Shanghai International Arts Festival will be for a week.

Vodafone wins a prize this time for getting bare
04 November 2002
Vodafone have a pretty handy marketing team on board. Although they do seem a little obsessed with flesh.

Sydney Water Sculpture Prize
05 November 2002
'artsUK - Cool Arts from a Cooler Climate' is a British Council initiave to showcase UK artists in Australia. It worked. One of their artists, Kate Davis, has won the Sydney Water Sculpture Prize.

Dom and Crayfish
04 November 2002
It's a tradition, it's annual, it's Spring Carnival time, meaning it's time for ...

Nikon-Walkley photo awards finalists on show
31 October 2002
The best press photos of the year gone by are on display in the lead-up to the annual Nikon-Walkley photographic awards.

Bali benefit concerts
29 October 2002
A number of the country's cultural institutions are doing their bit for the victims of the Bali bombings.

Amnesty harnesses art in support of refugees
29 October 2002
The power of art to convey a message is being put to use by Amnesty International in aid of refugees. You can be part of the art.

Fung wins Young Performer of the Year 2002
29 October 2002
The Young Performer of the Year Awards have launched some very sucessful music careers. This year's winner is ...

Home is where the portraits hang
29 October 2002
On the face of it, portraiture exists only for the one week of the year that the Archibald Prize gets attention.

Frida goes to Hollywood
29 October 2002
A film about perhaps the most famous Mexican isn't Mexican enough? Someone's gone a little loco.

2002 Booker Prize Announced
23 October 2002
Canadian author Yann Martel has won the 2002 Man Booker Prize for Life of Pi.

All artists are gay, all athletes are straight
22 October 2002
HG Nelson will moderate a debate between artists and athletes at the Art Gallery of NSW.

Federation Square gets run around
22 October 2002
To celebrate the opening of the Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia a canvas will be painted by school children from around Victoria.

The Ring is coming around
22 October 2002
Tickets for the 2004 performance of the Ring Cycle in Adelaide are on sale.

Gamblers get between-season reprieve
22 October 2002
Bets can be made on the outcome of the AFI awards. Centrebet has installed Rabbit Proof Fence as the favourite for Best Film.

Mobile gallery gets first show on the road
22 October 2002
Mobile Sydney curates and produces exhibitions for up and coming artists in alternative spaces.

Bangarra tours to China and Monaco, looks for new dancers
15 October 2002
While Bangarra's current troupe is touring the world, its next wave of dancers will be auditioning back at home.

Sculpture, Food and Wine by the Sea
15 October 2002
Waverley Council has announced plans to hold an annual festival of Sculpture, Food and Wine in Bondi in November.

Royal Exhibition Building nominated for World Heritage Listing
15 October 2002
UNESCO has chosen Melbourne’s Royal Exhibition Building for a World Heritage Listing.

Placido Domingo receives Knighthood
16 October 2002
The British Embassy in Washington has bestowed upon Spanish tenor Placido Domingo an honorary knighthood to recognise his "massive contributions" to music and the arts.

Mel Ward to join the Australia Council
08 October 2002
Mr Mel Ward AO has just been announced as the new Chair of the Australia Council's Major Performing Arts Board.

Melbourne Art Fair 2002 – Record Sales and Attendance
08 October 2002
The Melbourne Art Fair 2002 has achieved record sales and continues to attract strong attendance, ensuring it retains its position as the leading Fair in the Asia Pacific region.

Australian Museum turns 175
08 October 2002
The Australian Museum celebrates 175 years since its foundation on Sunday 13 October, 2002.

Victorian Premier to open Arts Campus
08 October 2002
Victorian Premier Steve Bracks will officially open the University of Ballarat's new Arts Academy on Friday 11 October, 2002.

New arts development officer for South West Arts
08 October 2002
South West Arts has appointed a new regional arts development officer, Sally Branson.

Female Performer wanted to play a Dead Body
30 September 2002
Audition call for actresses who like to lie down on the job.

New Director for Superman Epic
30 September 2002
Brett Ratner has won the coveted position of director of the new Superman feature.

Winner of prestigious Ranamok Glass Prize announced
30 September 2002
The Ranamok Glass Prize 2002 was awarded to Canberra glass artist Mel Douglas, in Sydney last week.

Royal Ballet chief exits stage left
30 September 2002
Artistic Director of the Royal Ballet, Australian Ross Stretton, has quit his role after just one year, after threats of mutiny by the company's dancers.

Gold struck in two new museum exhibitions
30 September 2002
All that glitters will be gold – literally – at the Sovereign Hill and South Australian Museums.

STOP PRESS: Simone Young and Opera Australia part ways
13 September 2002
Simone Young and Opera Australia have announced that their contract will not be renewed beyond 2003.

New boss at the Opera House
23 September 2002
From Optus to Opera, Norman Gillespie snags the Opera House's top job.

Moulin Rouge the latest film to suffer sing-along treatment
23 September 2002
Polish those vocal chords for sing-along-a Moulin Rouge.

New indigenous artwork to be unveiled at Adelaide Festival Centre
23 September 2002
Recognition of indigenous land ownership through new artwork.

Quilty wins Whiteley Award in nick of time
23 September 2002
Melbourne artist Ben Quilty wins the prestigious Brett Whiteley travelling art scholarship.

National Library adds pornography to internet archive
02 September 2002
The National Library of Australia will henceforth include internet pornography as part of its collection.

16 year old Ryan wins award
20 August 2002
A promising young photographer has won a Central Queensland Photographic Competition.

The Tracker selected for Venice
05 August 2002
Rolf de Heer's Melbourne Film Festival opener makes its way to competition in Venice.

Telstra renews MCA sponsorship
05 August 2002
Telstra will underwrite admission costs to the MCA for a third year.

Over $1m allocated to community arts projects
30 July 2002
Regional arts support from Australia Council funding.

Bounty relics up for grabs
30 July 2002
Bligh's souvenirs of the Bounty mutiny on sale at Christie's.

Hobart’s Federation Concert Hall officially opens
27 August 2002

APRA-AMC Classics Music Awards announced
12 August 2002
Richard Mills and Miriam Hyde amongst those honoured at the joint APRA-AMC Classical Music Awards.

AWGIE Awards 2002 Nominees
12 August 2002
David Williamson and Andrew Bovell are among 30-plus nominees for the annual AWGIE Awards.

South Australian Museum unveils its newest find
20 August 2002
A new skeleton has taken up residence in the closet at the South Australian Museum.

Beer crates take out $10,000 Waikato award
20 August 2002
An arrangement of beer crates and other culturally significant objects has won an Auckland student $10,000.

Hammerklavier invited to Edinburgh
30 July 2002
The Australian production of Yasmina Reza's Hammerklavier will make a UK premiere in Edinburgh.

Sydney Lord Mayor opens new exhibition space for emerging artists
27 August 2002

WA Awards recognise corporate support for the arts
05 August 2002
The Department of Culture and the Arts is calling for nominations in the 2002 State Arts Sponsorship Scheme Awards.

The thinkers get together to talk border issues
17 September 2002
A symposium on border issues is planned for this weekend in Sydney.

South Australian Museum announces new natural history art prize
27 August 2002

Art & About launched in Sydney
02 September 2002
A new showcase for emerging artists has been launched in Sydney.

New Director calls Venice Film Festival a bureaucratic labyrinth
02 September 2002
Venice's new film festival director says the event is tied up in red tape.

Artist Ginger Riley dies
02 September 2002
Aboriginal artist and Mara elder Ginger Riley Munduwalawala has died.

Government report into visual arts finally arrives
10 September 2002
Arts bodies and other interested groups this week had an opportunity to see the long-awaited federal government commissioned Myer Report into the contemporary visual arts and craft sector.

Sydney artist makes off with $25,000 Geelong Prize
10 September 2002
Sydney artist Ann Thomson has been awarded the 2002 Geelong Contemporary Art Prize valued at $25,000.

Nolan, Whiteley, Smart and Williams up for sale
20 August 2002
Some of the biggest names in Australian art go under the hammer this week in Melbourne.

Carnivale 2002 launches in Sydney
10 September 2002
The Carnivale multicultural arts festival launched this week with a slogan of “so much more than meat and three veg”.

NZ tops Tri Nations table, classical charts
10 September 2002
A recording by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra of their most celebrated composer, Douglas Lilburn, is climbing the charts in Britain.

NGV unveils Nolan’s footy player
10 September 2002
A rare Sydney Nolan painting of an AFL footballer has been secured by the National Gallery of Victoria.

Applications due for talented young musicians and singers
17 September 2002
Applications are open for the Sydney Youth Orchestra and the Australian Opera Studio.

NZ Ballet launches new website in time for Carmen
17 September 2002
The New Zealand Ballet has launched its website.

Online festival showcases Tasmanian arts scene
17 September 2002
Tasmania's creative community is online for just one more week.

SBS Youth Orchestra to play with Sydney Piano Competition winner
27 August 2002

ACO Tours Europe
12 August 2002
The ACO begins its 9th national tour this week with its BBC Proms debut.

New voice of Australian opera?
30 July 2002
Six up and coming operatic stars compete for a spot at the Met.

New Adelaide Festival General Manager
15 July 2002
Simon Bogle appointed as Adelaide Festival GM.

New prize for Australian photographic portraiture
15 July 2002
Citigroup Private provide $15,000 for a new Australian photography prize.

Honour for services to Mäori arts and culture
15 July 2002
Te Waka Toi honours Hirini Melbourne for services to Mäori arts and culture.

Archibald People's Choice winner
15 July 2002
Jan Williamson wins the Archibald Prize People's Choice award.

Jan Chapman receives Chauvel Award
23 July 2002
Australian feature film producer Jan Chapman was presented with the Chauvel Award for outstanding contribution to Australian filmmaking as part of the 11th Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF).

Roslyn Packer joins the NGA Council
15 July 2002
Mrs Roslyn Packer is the newest Board member of the Council of the National Gallery of Australia.

APRA names nominated composers for classical music awards
23 July 2002
Australia's finest contemporary classical music composers have been named in nominations for the APRA-Australian Music Centre Classical Music Awards scheduled for Monday August 5.

New Music Director for Australian Ballet
23 July 2002
David McAllister has announced the appointment of Nicolette Fraillon to the position of Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Australian Ballet.

Matthias Bamert joins the West Australian Symphony Orchestra as Chief Conductor.
10 July 2002
Mathias Bamert goes West to conduct the WASO..

Steve Moneghetti gets an armchair ride
08 July 2002
Moneghetti heads to the Commonwealth Games via Ballarat Fine Art Gallery.

Fishy Fast Film finalists
08 July 2002
BIFF's Fast Film Finalists have a few things in common: high quality, a drive to hit the big time and at least one fish.

AbaF finalists announced
08 July 2002
Sydney Airport and Belvoir St Theatre are just two big names on the Australia Business Arts Foundation Awards finalists list.

Hong Kong debut for Aussie fashion
08 July 2002
2002's Hong Kong Fashion week will feature an Australian Designer Showcase from 8-11 July at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.

FFC Deputy Chairman reappointed
01 July 2002
Roger Amos appointed three more years as Deputy Chairman of the Australian Film Finance Corporation.