UPDATES
* Arts and Public Life Breakfast with the Hon James Spigelman AC
FROM THE BOARD
22 February 2012 at The Tea Room Queen Victoria Building Sydney
To book click here
The former Chief Justice of NSW reminisces about Arts Boards he has known and recalls the effort, the contribution and the enrichment which the experience has brought him. He is currently the Chair of the National Library of Australia.
* The Empire Actors
Read Ailsa McPherson on The Empire Actors here
The Empire Actors is reviewed in Popular Entertainment Studies 2.1. 117-121
* Philip Parsons Memorial Lecture
Katharine Brisbane gave the lecture IN PRAISE OF NEPOTISM
Read it here
The Philip Parsons Lecture was given on 27 November at Belvoir Street Theatre
* Platform Papers 30 published 1 January 2012
INDIG-CURIOUS: WHO CAN PLAY ABORIGINAL ROLES? by Jane Harrison
Read more
David Unaipon had a commitment to sharing his stories with non-Aboriginal people. What can we make of this? Did he mean they have the freedom to adopt Aboriginal myths and stories without qualm, without recourse, without responsibility? Or did he merely hope that they would be valued as part of our country’s cultural expression? How, if ever, can Aboriginal themes be 'used' in a way that is acceptable to Aboriginal people? How can non-Aboriginals interpret their work? Neither Homer nor Shakespeare are around to defend their work, but Aboriginal people are alive and outspoken about how they are depicted on the page, stage and on the screen. Muruwari playwright Jane Harrison tackles this intractable issue and finds a way forward.
* Platform Papers 29 published 1 October
DEMOCRACY V CREATIVITY IN AUSTRALIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC by Nicole Canham
People working in the classical music sector today, writes Canham, have lost connection with the larger public. We are not facing up to the fundamental question: “Why don’t you, or wouldn’t you, come to our concert? Or if you were to come, what would you like to see/hear?” Today we are in the middle of a creativity revolution, inventing new forms of popular culture in which everyone can be a participant.
Join Nicole's blog
Click here
* 'NETWORKING Commercial Television in Australia'
The new book by Nick Herd
THE REAL STORY OF THE TELEVISION WE HAD TO HAVE.
The conduct of a commercial television service is not to be considered as merely running a business for the sake of profit. Because of the influence they can bring to bear on the community, the business interests of licensees must at all times be subordinated to the overriding principle that possession of a licence is a public trust for the benefit of all members of our society.
PMG Charles Davidson to Parliament on the passing of the Broadcasting and Television Act 1956.
* Latest comments on Platform Papers
Platform Papers 25
Erin Brannigan has provided an important catalyst with her considered, complex and persuasive study which is a pleasure to ponder on. It should be on the reading list of every dance and creative arts course and disseminated widely through the industry.
Cheryl Stock, choreographer and dance educator
www.currencyhouse.org.au/node/129
Platform Papers 27
Any blogger will know the weird sense of beginning an online ‘conversation’. It's akin to delivering an informal lecture to an empty auditorium. In most cases, you're met with silence. This is no different from a newspaper review, or a novel, or a message scratched into a bus stop seat.
John Bailey, Melbourne arts journalist and bloggist
www.currencyhouse.org.au/node/185
eNEWS
Join our friendly email list!
We will send you:
- News and updates on our activities
- Pre-publication discounts on our books
- Advance notices of our Arts and Public Life Breakfasts
- Invitations to our forums
- A chance to meet like-minded friends in the arts community
PRIVACY STATEMENT
We recognise the importance of privacy protection. Our policy for dealing with any personal information that you might disclose to us while visiting this website is explained below.
The type of personal information that we collect from you will depend on how you use our website. You can be certain that the information we receive about you will be treated as strictly confidential.
Currency House will not collect or monitor any personal information about an individual without their consent. The only personal information collected is what you have provided voluntarily.
When you buy something from Currency House (eg via this website, over the telephone etc.), personal information may be requested (such as name, phone, email and address) in order to provide product information, newsletters (including e-newsletters) and advise of other Currency House publications, competitions or events such as launches, which may be of interest to you. You are not obligated to provide this personal information but we can't provide this information, which may be of interest to you, unless you do so.
Cookies are pieces of information that a web site transfers to a computer's hard disk for record keeping purposes. Most web browsers are set to accept cookies. Currency House uses cookies to make use of the website and services as convenient as possible. Cookies do not themselves personally identify users, although they do identify a user's browser. Cookies allow Currency House to monitor the items an individual may want to access as they move through the site, and records how many people are using the different parts of the site. It is possible to set the browser to refuse cookies but remember that this may limit the services provided by our website.
In addition to Cookies we also look at the number of hits the site receives and keep track of the domains from which this site is accessed. We may also look at the most popular search words used in connecting you to this site in order to ascertain what most interests our users.
The names of persons who request information from or about Currency House by emailing us are added to our database as members. Persons who do not wish to receive these communications should notify us by email and their names will be deleted from our member list.
Currency House will endeavour to take all reasonable steps to keep secure any personal information recorded, and to keep this information accurate and up to date. The information is stored on secure servers that are protected in controlled facilities.
In some cases these facilities may be overseas. Currency House employees and data processors are obliged to respect the confidentiality of any personal information held by Currency House. However, security of communications over the Internet cannot be guaranteed, and therefore absolute assurance that information will be secure at all times cannot be given. Currency House will not be held responsible for events arising from unauthorised access to personal information.