I recently heard of Ray Oldenburg’s concept of The Third Place.  And I liked Ray’s thinking. Put simply, the first place is your home – where you spend most of your time.  The second place is your work – where you probably spend most of your time if you work in the arts :)  And third...

In the year 2003 – while I was avoiding finishing my honours thesis – I went to volunteer at the Magdalena Festival.  I met some performers from Sarajevo who had continued to make work and find audiences in the middle of the Balkan war. Don’t get me wrong here; I’m well aware I don’t live...

For a little change of pace here is Sam Young, a 2011 alumni, reflecting of her JUMP experience. When I applied for a JUMP mentorship, I was looking for a bridge to the mainland. I am an artist based in Darwin, NT. I am a trained Actor, and a Director who is learning on the job....

After a great series of thoughtful and insightful blog posts by young folks in the fashion industry we thought it might be time to take slightly different tack with the London 2012 Olympics just around the corner (and the Cultural Olympiad program recently released). Imagine being a fashion designer and getting a knock on your door...

We are Catherine or Kate, visual artists from Brisbane. We met during our undergraduate studies at the Queensland University of Technology and have been working collaboratively since 2008. We’d like to tell you about three projects we have underway this year: 1:  As part of the Australia Council’s JUMP mentoring program we will be spending a month...

Rebecca doesn’t believe you can spread yourself too thin; she’s happily added Heyday Festival Exhibitions Coordinator to her plethora of roles. Rebecca has been involved with various festivals in a number of different roles, including: Woodford Folk Festival and Reggaetown World Music Festival; coordinating the Far North Queensland aspects of Queensland Festival of Photography; co-director at...