The striking image on the cover of the August 2022 issue of Limelight features proud Trawlwoolway man David mangenner Gough, performing on the Burnie foreshore as part of mapali – Dawn Gathering at the 2021 Ten Days on the Island festival, directed by Lindy Hume.

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Cover of Limelight’s August 2022 issue

Hume has written this month’s in-depth cover story Big Ideas from Small Places, in which she discusses the surge in hyper-local and socially engaged creativity that happened during COVID and asks if the time has come to reevaluate Australian culture through a regional lens.

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Ella Togo, Logan Adams and Sean Sambo taking photographs on Country as part of a Big hART program. Photo © Claire Leach

Learning music as a child has untold benefits, yet music education is currently contracting in Australia. In an opinion piece called A Gift for Life, Anita Collins explores the many ways you can invest in music education across a number of different schools and the profound impact that it can have for each and every student.