Edith Cowan University has announced plans to create a $695 million creative industries, business and technology campus in the centre of Perth. Rosalind Appleby has the key details.
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Features
Who gets your arts vote in City of Perth elections?
21 September 2020
A new day is dawning for the City of Perth with elections underway for a new city council. This survey of six candidates nominating for Lord Mayor reveals their arts policies. Rosalind Appleby reports.
Kids
Six art events your children will love this spring
9 September 2020
From puppets to pottery, these art activities will help your family make the most of Perth in spring.
Podcasts
Behind the scenes of KISS Club
9 September 2020
What is KISS Club? Nina Levy spoke to pvi collective’s Kelli McCluskey to dive into a world of imagination.
Podcasts
Awesome insights
3 September 2020
Jenny Simpson has launched the 2020 Awesome Festival during COVID-19 and it feels a bit like jumping out of an aeroplane. In this podcast Rosalind Appleby talks with the festival’s CEO and artistic director about the challenges and delights of planning the program.
Features
Awesome news for festival
2 September 2020
WA’s first major festival since COVID-19 kicks off this month, and it’s all about the kids. Rosalind Appleby talks to Awesome Festival’s Jenny Simpson.
Features
$76 million for the arts
6 August 2020
The state government’s announcement of an arts sector funding package brings welcome relief to an industry decimated by COVID-19. Rosalind Appleby reports.
Features
A peek inside the lab
24 October 2022
Perth’s internationally-acclaimed SymbioticA is facing closure. To raise awareness of this unique laboratory, we’re re-publishing Nina Levy’s 2018 interview with SymbioticA’s director Oron Catts.
Article
Twist, turns and music: Jenny Simpson (Part I)
2 August 2017
This year Jenny Simpson is celebrating a decade at the helm of AWESOME Arts, an organisation dedicated to making incredible arts experiences for WA’s children. Nina Levy caught up with Simpson for a chat about childhood, career paths and what makes a great festival show.
