Academics call for urgent government support for the arts
Over 100 academics have sent an open letter to the Federal Government saying that Australia's cultural future is at stake and calling for urgent support.
Jo Litson is the Editor of Limelight Magazine. She took up the position in late 2018 having joined the magazine as Deputy Editor in 2016. During a 35-year career as an arts journalist she has been a contributor to numerous publications including Limelight, The Australian, The Bulletin, and the Qantas magazine. She was the arts writer and theatre reviewer for The Sunday Telegraph for 12 years until 2018, and has written the labels for the Archibald Prize for the Art Gallery of New South Wales for over 20 years.
Over 100 academics have sent an open letter to the Federal Government saying that Australia's cultural future is at stake and calling for urgent support.
The opera star has tested positive to coronavirus. He has also resigned from the American Guild of Musical Artists after it found allegations of sexual misconduct against him credible.
The new Rage Against the V(irus) Fund will offer $1000 to Gold Coast-based artists to produce a digital work.
Queensland Arts Minister Leeanne Enoch has announced $8 million of funding relief to help mitigate the impact of the coronavirus on small to medium arts companies.
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An eloquent, stylish production, set in the 1960s, with a dazzling performance by Harriet Gordon-Anderson as Hamlet.
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