Plans to improve arts coverage in Australia’s Classical Music and Arts Magazine have heavyweight industry support.

In August, Australia’s Classical Music and Arts Magazine launched a campaign to raise funds to improve the reach of its National arts coverage. Managed with the help of the Australian Cultural Fund, a fundraising platform for Australian artists established in 2003, the campaign is gathering momentum with donations coming in, and many arts leaders voicing their support for the publication and the plans to develop and expand it.

“As space shrinks in traditional print media and electronic media dedicates scant air time to the arts, coverage in Limelight becomes vital for the survival not only of major cultural institutions but also of the already beleaguered small to medium arts sector,” says Leo Schofield AM, Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. “Limelight is now the sole standing repository of informed critical appraisal. Further, it aspires to a level of journalism long since abandoned by popular media obsessed with celebrity and spectacle.”

“Limelight magazine is not only an entertaining and informative publication, it’s a vital voice in the Australian arts landscape,” agrees Sydney Symphony Orchestra Managing Director Rory Jeffes.