As the end of my contract at YAQ, (& my 31st birthday) draw closer… a new moon rises on freelancing once more. Birthdays that cut you out of funding categories certainly bring on some necessary reflection. Recently, I attended (thanks to our RTO, Creating Links) a Creative Communities workshop where some reflective thinking was encouraged....

At the moment I am overseas in Brighton doing an internship with Blast Theory, an internationally renowned interactive media and performance company. After finishing my studies in Drama at QUT I thought I would come and get some hands on experience with a company that I had heard so much about and extend my performance...

Louise Middleton, Gallery Assistant and current Starburstee, has been hard at work since completing her Bachelor of Photography in 2006. Her passion for photography has led her through freelance work to professional occupation at both an art gallery and a photographic company called Insight Creative. In July this year she began her project for Starburst on...

The time has come. That shining light on the horizon is getting brighter and brighter. No, not that mysterious satellite debris, but the Bizoo Book Launch, coming to the 4ZzZFM car park on the Saturday 8 October from 10.30am - 6.00pm. In case you're wondering just what we're on about, Bizoo was a very popular and...

Something I learnt recently is that there is a definite fear factor associated with devoting time to being creative.  This got me thinking about how I broke the ice on my own creativity and established a routine of working on my art. I paint, take photographs, draw on paper and on computer and write poetry, but...

After reading my colleague Carley’s tome contemplating life after turning 30 it occurred to me that the generation known as Generation Y were all about to start heading over the 30 hill. According to a number of unreliable sources, Generation Y were born from about 1980 through to the late 1990s. I’m pondering what artists will...