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Show Us the Money: Getting Rid of Art's "Low Pay, No Pay" Culture
What should creatives get paid and who owns what? Two of the biggest topics facing the arts community lead what you need to know in this week's Lowdown.
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‘The Possibilities Now Seem Endless’ - Unlock Your US Dreams
A Kiwi creative explains how living through a Los Angeles lockdown has taken her art practice to new heights - and how you can get the same opportunity.
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Time for Uncomfortable Conversations
Challenging perspectives and challenging decisions - the Lowdown looks at the week's creative news that hits a nerve.
The Lowdown
Silence the ‘Shoulds’ in Your Head
Top tips and advice on how to shake off the mental constraints that can hold your creativity hostage from an artist who refuses to be defined.
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'Death By 1000 Cuts?': Arts Organisations Under Fire
Some dramas won't fade into the background. The Lowdown looks at the creative conflicts that refuse to go away plus the freshest artistic awards news.
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Creative and Connected: Auckland Museum's New Direction
It's not the museum you remember from childhood - meet some of the minds rewriting the rules with new interactive exhibits that will prove a hit these holidays.
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Artful Anthropology
Have camera, will travel. A man who's travelled the globe in search of stories worth telling talks about how broadening your horizons pays off.
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Nothing Typical about Mara TK
He's got followers the world over, but talented Māori musician Mara TK prefers to keep it low-key - and explains why weird works for him.
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‘The System is Broken’: Gaping Hole in Arts Diversity
They are so often described as the future of the creative community - The Lowdown looks at the state of youth arts in this week's news bulletin.
The Lowdown
Creatives & Teachers on the Same Page
A look into the rewards of feeding the future of creativity by going straight to the source - Aotearoa's youth.
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‘We Can Do Something Monumental’: How to be One in a Billion
The woman who turned a simple creative concept into an international phenomenon explains the inspiring message behind her work - and how you can be part of it.
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Wide Reaching Repercussions for Arts Funding
A case of failed Creative NZ funding has the potential to impact more than just the defendant - The Lowdown takes a look at advocacy and leadership in your arts news bulletin.
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Show Us the Money: Getting Rid of Art's "Low Pay, No Pay" Culture

‘The Possibilities Now Seem Endless’ - Unlock Your US Dreams

Time for Uncomfortable Conversations

Silence the ‘Shoulds’ in Your Head

'Death By 1000 Cuts?': Arts Organisations Under Fire

Creative and Connected: Auckland Museum's New Direction

Artful Anthropology

Nothing Typical about Mara TK

‘The System is Broken’: Gaping Hole in Arts Diversity

Creatives & Teachers on the Same Page

‘We Can Do Something Monumental’: How to be One in a Billion

Wide Reaching Repercussions for Arts Funding

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