After vociferous objection by the arts community, Federal Arts Minister Mitch Fifield announced that the Catalyst funding program, established by former Arts Minister George Brandis, would be abolished and $80.2m returned to the Australia Council over the next four years. The Catalyst program removed almost 15% of the Australia Council’s budget and resulted in loss of funding to more than 60 small to medium sized arts organisations. The department will retain $2 million per year to support organisations not funded by the Australia Council and will continue to administer the Visions of Australia and Festivals Australia initiatives.
Call for Contributions: Artistic Research in Practice
Calling for contributions to an edited book exploring the impacts of artistic research and practice-based research PhDs upon creative practice.