Sydneysiders witnessed horrific scenes. How do you process and recover from such an event?
Social support is particularly important to help process these traumatic events and promote recovery.
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Three questions not to ask about art – and four to ask instead
Art raises a lot of questions. That’s what it does. If an art work in a gallery or a news story has made you ask “what the …?”, it has already started to do its job. But for many who are not familiar with…
The government says artists should be able to access JobKeeper payments. It’s not that simple
JobKeeper is designed for people with steady jobs. The arts don’t work that way.
What do we lose when our old suburbs disappear?
Development is claiming so many of our old suburban homes that tell the story of Australia.
How to get the most out of a visit to an art gallery with kids
Give children credit, agency and listen to them and you will have a successful visit.
Three simple steps to understand art: look, see, think
What’s the key to understanding art? Could there be some easy steps to unpacking the meaning of an artwork? The short answer is: yes. I recently wrote an article for The Conversation called Three questions…
Game of funds: return of the culture wars?
In 2012, public debate over the value of art and culture has reignited as conservative state governments in Victoria and Queensland cut arts funding from their budgets. Queensland Premier Campbell Newman’s…
Australia’s coastal living is at risk from sea level rise, but it’s happened before
People have been forced to move in the past thanks to changes in sea levels that affected Australia’s coastline.
A first look at the 19th Biennale of Sydney
Over its 41-year history the recipe for a successful Biennale of Sydney has remained remarkably consistent. There are three ingredients and all three need to work in harmony for the exhibition to properly…
Aboriginal people lived in Australia’s desert interior 50,000 years ago, earlier than first thought
They were looking to study rock art at a remote desert site but what they found showed people had been using the place almost since the first people arrived in Australia.
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