Focusing on the River

Every State has one - a local council that is outstanding in its commitment to the arts and in Western Australia, the credit for innovation and energy goes to the City of Gosnells, who have arguably led the pack for the last 5 years in interesting community arts projects...

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Susan Cochrane

Furniture, Ceramics: What the Hell, Let's Do It

Examines the Centre for Furniture Design, the Centre for the Arts in Tasmania and the Atlantis Studio in Townsville Queensland.

Stephanie Britton

Self-Starting Sculpture

The artist describes her attempts to sell her sculpture and the need to take other work. How has this impacted on her artistic approach?

Samantha Meadmore

Arts Employment Through Small Business

...So in effect, what we have in Australia is a separation of public and commercial by governments arts departments that unfortunately does not take into account the fact that the arts industry operates on a continuum...

Helen Millicer

The Case of the Cigarette and the Egg

Review Women and sexuality in Asian-Pacific Cinema Media Resource Centre Adelaide South Australia February 26 - March 11 1994

Yumi Lee

Noarlunga: Backwater No Longer

The City of Noarlunga and the City of Prospect in South Australia are the only two councils who have retained community arts officers.

Stephanie Britton

Futurama: Art and Technology Expo

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James Harley

The Green and the Wild

Exhibition review Dark Nature Anne MacDonald and David Stephenson Dick Bett Gallery Hobart, Tasmania 3 - 22 March 1994

Jonathan Holmes

Artists' Park Blooms Again

Box Hill known in the art world for its connection to the Heidelberg School of Painting has maintained its commitment to the arts.

Stephanie Britton

Surviving the Recession

How do artists survive when they are not able to sell work in galleries -- sales are at a record low and many galleries have folded-- or get commissions through State agencies -- because these are few and far between?

Stephanie Britton

The Jeweller's Apprentice

"As a practising artist/craftrsperson with an interest in education, teaching and learning, the potential of studio based training greatly appealed to me."

Alice Whish

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