CPD post: Westbury on suggestions for a cheap arts policy
During the election campaign, LP will be cross-posting selected items from the Centre for Policy Development’s discussion of policy issues, Thinking Points. Readers may also be interested in the CPD’s collection of policy ideas and priorities for the next term, [...]
CPD post: Westbury on cultural policy and the Australia Council
During the election campaign, LP will be cross-posting selected items from the Centre for Policy Development’s discussion of policy issues, Thinking Points. Readers may also be interested in the CPD’s upcoming collection of policy ideas and priorities for the next [...]
Marcus Westbury on why the Australia Council doesn't get digital culture
Marcus Westbury’s column for The Age has been exploring some really interesting topics in cultural policy. His most recent column is one of his best. Now posted on his blog, the article examines the relative responses of the ABC and the [...]
BrisCulture, the CPD and Eidos Institute present 'Creative Brisbane' tonight at 6pm
<img src="http://larvatusprodeo.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/creative-brisbane-2.JPG" Folks might remember I talked a while back about the ‘Creative Brisbane’ event we’re presenting tonight as part of the Brisbane CitySmart Innovation Festival. The response to both this conversation and to the BrisCulture concept has been really [...]
Cultural policy in NSW, or $1 billion to renovate the Sydney Opera House
Both Marcus Westbury and Nick Pickard lead their blogs with strongly critical posts about recent reports that the NSW government is about to commit to spending $1 billion to renovate Joern Utzon’s iconic Sydney Opera House. As Westbury writes, “this decision is one that is so [...]
Guest post by Marcus Westbury: The culture of hard times
Cross-posted from Marcus’ blog. From my small air conditioned bubble in a sweltering Melbourne the abstract economic gloom of stock shocks and far away corporate collapses is getting less and less abstract with each passing day. Anecdotal reports of jobs [...]
Not Quite Art returns
Marcus Westbury’s excellent series Not Quite Art returns to ABC1 tonight – @ 10pm, with a replay on ABC2 on Sunday @ 7pm and streamable on iview. Stilgherrian has more.
Q&A plug: Marcus Westbury and Germaine Greer
Occasional guest poster at LP, Marcus Westbury, is on Q&A tonight – ABC1 at 9.30pm. Let’s hope he can get a word in between the pompous comedy stylings of Greg Sheridan, and the litterateur/Macquarie Bank shill Bob Carr. Germaine Greer [...]
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