NiTRO + Creative Matters

Perspectives on creative arts in higher education

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Despite its popular association with Gough Whitlam, did you know that it was 50 years ago that Harold Holt first announced the creation of what we now know as the Australia Council?  Writing in ‘Eureka Street’, Director of Regional Arts Victoria, Esther Anatolis, provides a brief but fascinating insight into

The end of year report released by the Australian Council of University Art and Design Schools (ACUADS) includes details of two particular projects that may be of interest to the broad creative arts community . . .

By Professor Clive Barstow and Dr Jenny Wilson — On the eve of his 25th anniversary of his emigration to Australia, Jenny Wilson talks to artist and academic Clive Barstow about his reflections on arts education.