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Alarm as Griffith University Art Museum faces closure

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Vipoo Srivilasa awarded the 2023 Carstairs Grant

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Stop the genocide in Gaza

An open letter from artists in Australia calling for an immediate stop to the genocide in Gaza. Addressed to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Minister for the Arts, Tony Burke, this letter represents a diverse cohort of more than 1,000 signatories and was first published in Overland.

Statement from the Chair of NAVA

A call for representation, allyship, and agency in the wake of the referendum.

Another insurance win for NAVA Members

Policy backflip for Members working at heights.

$10,000 Carstairs Grant open for applications

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Revive: National Cultural Policy – a Visual Arts Perspective

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Federal Budget 2022-2023: Much more to be done for the arts

NAVA’s analysis of the October 2022-2023 Federal Budget.

You Can’t Sit With Us! Visual arts omitted from support initiatives

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NAVA launches New Code of Practice for Visual Arts, Craft and Design

Following extensive collaboration across the sector, NAVA today soft-launches the new Code of Practice for Visual Arts, Craft and Design.

$10,000 Carstairs Grant open for applications

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NAVA welcomes elected Board Members from four states

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(L) Sue-Lyn Aldrian Moyle, photo by Bohdan Warchomij; (R) Michelle Vine, photo by Heather Faulker.

NAVA welcomes new Government and Arts Minister

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2021 Carstairs Prize increases to $10,000

Today NAVA announces the Carstairs Prize has been given a boost from $3,000 to $10,000 to support socially-engaged arts practice.

Visual arts sector urgently requires crisis funding

Urgent measures are needed to ensure hard-hit artists and arts workers have access to vital financial support.

$10,000 Windmill Trust Scholarship for Regional NSW Artists now open for applications

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Image: Debbie Taylor-Worley, 2021

NAVA joins criticism of Dark Mofo plan to soak British flag in Indigenous blood for art project

NAVA urges Dark Mofo to release an urgent public statement, reconsider the decision to program Sierra’s artwork and engage rigorous community and cultural consultation for all future commissioned works.

Unemployment payment changes still well below poverty line

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NAVA defends anti-police sentiments in artwork

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Shahmen Suku awarded the 2020 Carstairs Prize

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Concern over detrimental cuts to ANU School of Art & Design

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NAVA congratulates Create NSW multi-year funding recipients

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Public Memory: The role and curation of commemorative monuments and public art

Image: Luke Currie-Richardson. Photo by Jamie Morris.

Sacred Data

Poet, film maker and digital producer of Wiradjuri heritage, Jazz Money, examines the potential benefits and threats to Indigenous data sovereignty in increasingly digitised spaces.

NAVA responds to Meeting of Cultural Ministers Communiqué

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Today’s critical moment for the future of our arts and culture

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NAVA and Art Month Sydney invite donations for a new Artists’ Benevolent Fund

Photo: Bert Flugelman, reflected in his public artwork The Spheres, Rundle Mall, Adelaide.

Change the Conversation From Surviving to Thriving

Bronwyn Bancroft, Time marches on, 2010 (cropped), mixed media. Courtesy of the artist and the Australian War Memorial.

Cultural Authority and Consultation

When seeking to engage with First Nations cultural heritage on any project, it should be expected that you consult with the appropriate cultural authority at each stage of research, development and production.

Why can’t a $7.1bn surplus fund a $7.1bn vision?

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Q&A Blak Curatorial Exchange

NAVA talks to Blak Curatorial Exchange program mentors, Freja Carmichael, Jo-Anne Driessens and Amanda Hayman about some of the highlights of the program.

Aleshia Lonsdale

NAVA recently talked with artist, Aboriginal Arts Development Officer of Arts OutWest and speaker at Artstate Bathurst, Aleshia Lonsdale. 

Gender acCOUNTability in the arts

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