The deal of the art: finding value in market failure
Why arts advocate Sophie Jerram is crazy about open sourcing the city
Lowdown #18: Sparks fly in funding fireworks
Crash and burn or fire in the sky? Mark Amery lights up in The Lowdown #18.
Got a great idea and don’t know how to start writing?
Ace screenwriter, script advisor and educator Kathryn Burnett schools you up on nailing your script.
Who got the gig? The aggressively gentle Audrey Baldwin
Emanuella De Ruiter hangs with one of the badass babes of Christchurch arts.
Advice to my 22-Year-Old Self: Stuart Hoar
Ahead of the ATC premier of Rendered, Playwright Stuart Hoar engages himself in a trans-dimensional dance off, and - surprise! - he wins.
Regret, Resilience and Relationships
Neil Ieremia on dance, masculinity and identity. Sam Grover asked the questions.
SOAPBOX: “You’re not Māori. You’ve just got Māori in you.”
Shortland Street storyliner and playwright Annette Morehu discovers the racial powers of narrative.
Lowdown #17
Wallace Arts Awards, mental health, stigmata and race - here goes Mark Amery with The Lowdown #17: arts news and weather from Aotearoa.
SOAPBOX: Opinion piece by Jacinda Ardern
The PM and Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage calls for art for the many, not the few.
The PM speaks!
PM and Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Jacinda Ardern argues the case for universal arts access.
Arts critic vanishes!
In the age of ubiquitous reviews, what the hell’s happened to the arts critic? Vanessa Zigliani demands an answer.
SOAPBOX: Complain about the media all you like - art's the problem!
Malcolm Calder laments our introverted creative industries, and dishes up a silo-busting solution