Communication - what to look at
The buzz around the next generation of social media and mobile apps means many artists and arts and cultural organisations are probably asking where they need to be focusing their communication efforts.
Hearing in other ways
I’ve been deaf since age four, when I lost all the hearing in my left ear and half in my right from meningitis. When I learned to read, I consumed books voraciously because it was easier than socialising, which I found stressful, tiring and alienating. When I was 16, a careers advisor observed that I needed a creative outlet to process the frustrations of deafness, and when he mentioned creative writing I knew this was what I wanted to do.
Shadows of the past
Cairns is a place rich in history. What better place to learn about some of its stories than in one of the city’s oldest cemeteries at night…
Arts Queensland Resource Update - Issue 7 of 2015
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Happy Harmony Day!
With Harmony Day coming up, Lyn Thompson writes about how the State Library has promoted cultural inclusion in its work…
World Poetry Day
We asked Queensland Poetry Festival Co-Directors Annie Te Whiu and David Stavanger what they are planning for World Poetry Day on 21 March…
Data pinata
Did you know that engagement with the arts makes you happier or that the main source of income to the arts per annum is consumer spending? The Australia Council for the Arts recently released Arts Nation: An Overview of Australian Arts 2015.
Connecting with the global music market
Jeremy Neale, 2013 Billy Thorpe Scholarship recipient reflects on his experience as a musician and of attending music markets…
Arts Queensland Resources Update – issue 6 of 2015
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