I was lucky enough to be chosen to be on the Steering Committee for the wonderful Watershed youth performance conference, held 11 to 13 April in Canberra 2013. Watershed was the second National Theatre Summit for Young and Emerging Artists following Totipotent, which took place at St. Martins Youth Arts Centre, Melbourne in September of 2011. ...

This blog post has been contributed by Rebecca Edwards Cairns Creative Crawl Coordinator working with the Creative Partnerships | Cairns Regional Council team. What the Cairns Creative Crawl?  Cairns is home of some vibrant creative venues full of artistic talent and unique product.  The Cairns Creative Crawl is an innovative celebration of the venues, bringing a social crowd to...

This blog post has been contributed by Fleur McMenamin A-Venue Cairns Coordinator, she took us through the highlights of the day. Sat 9 March 2013 saw the latest Our Band Biz Workshop in Cairns roll out for emerging Indigenous, Pacific and Torres Strait Islander musicians and managers. Our Band Biz this year featured an inspirational hour-long career talk and...

by Melody Woodnutt I live with the midnight sun, fishermans’ tales, white mountains, blizzards, or the cocoon winters of 21 hours darkness per day. I live between open calls for future artists and 14 current artists on-site. I live in Iceland, and hail from Brisbane. I currently curate and develop festivals, programs, and events as Director of Nes...

Building the culture of youth arts in regional Queensland. My name is Katrina Cornwell. I’m an actor and theatre director and in the last few years I’ve lived and worked in Brisbane, Melbourne and the USA. All this time I’ve been interested in creating youth theatre in regional Queensland. In 2010 I received money from the...

Jamee Kerroly Campbell ‘On ArtStart’   “The ArtStart program has been created to give financial assistance to recent arts graduates, helping make the challenging transition from studying to having a professional career in the arts”.   Study I graduated from The Queensland University of Technology in 2009 with a BFA in Dance. During this time I started to experiment with...