RANT arts

19/06/2026

✨ What do the latest arts attendance trends tell us about the future of audiences?

Join the first webinar in the Audience Futures series as practitioners, presenters, producers and strategic leaders come together to unpack findings from Creative Australia's 2025 National Arts Participation Survey.

While arts event and festival attendance is on the rise, attendance frequency for some art forms remains below pre-pandemic levels. With cost, changing audience behaviours, touring patterns and generational shifts all shaping the landscape, this session offers a valuable opportunity to explore what the data means in practice.

Connect with peers, ask questions, share perspectives and discover new ways of thinking about audience engagement, with a special focus on the performing arts.

Upcoming Audience Futures sessions:
• 16 July — Navigating audience motivations: Sharing perspectives on what drives event-goers
• 30 July — Investing in the next generation: Acting on opportunities for children and young people

Register here:

https://tinyurl.com/2zhz7jz4

19/06/2026

Super is your money too!
🏦 If you're a freelancer or independent contractor, superannuation might not be front of mind — but it should be. In some cases, the organisation engaging you is legally required to pay your super. Know where you stand.
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Superannuation (or super) is a type of long-term investment for retirement. Businesses and organisations must pay super to some independent contractors, entertainers and performers.

18/06/2026

With RECLAIM 2026 now closed, we want to take a moment to thank our funders and supporters, Arts Tasmania and Youth Week Tasmania. Their support is vital in creating platforms for young artists to share their work and grow creatively. 🎨✨

This video features Connor, one of the many talented artists from RECLAIM 2026. Over the course of the exhibition, Connor has really grown in confidence, stepping forward and sharing his practice with pride.

Thank you again to Arts Tasmania, Youth Week Tasmania and everyone who supported RECLAIM 2026. 🙌🏻

17/06/2026

2024 Quick Response Grant recipient - Jessica McCrindle

'ElevateHer' -Wild wire walkers, Fierce balancers, and Dangerous dancers brought together an international group of female wire walkers through a creative process. The project built a shared creative language remotely, then met in Somerset UK for an in-person residency before premiering at Glastonbury Festival 2024.



The group created a striking 40-minute wire-walking work celebrating feminine strength, beauty, positive risk-taking, storytelling and collective empowerment, drawing on a deep pool of shared experience and skill. The collective is now known as "daughters of the wire”.



The project was enriched by the involvement of Billy Alwen, Artistic Director of Cirque Bijou, who provided an external artistic eye during rehearsals and festival performances. Festival presentations were warmly received, generating strong audience response and valuable industry connections.



'ElevateHer' marked the beginning of an ongoing international collaboration, with plans to continue developing the work and the collective into the future. Congratulations Jessica!



Remote beginnings. Shared strength. A new collaboration formed.



📸: Magnus Dennis - Artist in the forefront on the wire is Jessica McCrindle - Daughters of the Wire - 'ElevateHer'

16/06/2026

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate the opening of these fantastic exhibitions and to the artists, Jaikira Grundy and Paris Gregory, for sharing their incredible work with our community 🙌🏻 and a massive thank you to Shayla for her amazing musical performance!

✨ MANMADE, showing in our Community Space, presents a powerful photographic exploration of identity and masculinity, while Portraits by Paris, in our Local Space, captures the beauty, character and stories of its subjects through a stunning collection of portraits.

Both exhibitions are thoughtful, engaging and well worth a visit.

👀 Come by and experience them for yourself! We're open Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, 10am–4pm.

📸 Robyn Grundy

15/06/2026

🌟Entries are now open for tidal.26: City of Devonport Tasmanian Art Award.

Presented by Devonport Regional Gallery, this biennial acquisitive award invites Tasmanian artists to respond to the theme tidal, exploring connections to the sea, coastal regions and coastal communities.

With a $25,000 major acquisitive award and a $1,500 People’s Choice Award on offer, this is a significant opportunity for contemporary Tasmanian artists.

For eligibility, entry details and submissions, please contact Devonport Regional Gallery or follow the link ⬇️ .

Entries close Monday 14 September 2026.

THE AWARD The tidal.26: City of Devonport Tasmanian Art Award is a biennial, acquisitive award exhibited at the Devonport Regional Gallery. Artists are invited to submit 2 or 3-dimensional artworks that reflect on the theme of tidal – the natural, cultural, personal, or political concerns related ...

12/06/2026

📋 Did you know there are recommended minimum rates for many types of arts work in Australia? Industry rate guides exist to give independent creative workers a benchmark for what's fair and reasonable — before you quote your next job or write a grant, it's worth a look.⬇️

🔗 https://creativeworkplaces.gov.au/contracts-and-payment/independent-contractors-artists-and-arts-workers/rate-guides

There are recommended minimum rates and fees for independent contractors for various types of art and arts work. They provide benchmarks for what might be considered fair and reasonable.

11/06/2026

Will you becoming to the opening of Jaikira Grundy’s “MANMADE” tomorrow? 🙌🏻

📍 Where: RANT Arts 45-47 Stewart Street, Devonport.

🗓️ When: Friday 12th June 2026- Doors open at 6:00 pm.

This event is free but registration are essential.

Light refreshments & drinks provided.

Register here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/exhibition-opening-jaikira-grundy-paris-gregory-tickets-1988451418721?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

10/06/2026

🌟 Reach is about more than your project- it’s about who benefits from it. Think about your audience, community and the impact your project will have beyond your own practice ✨

Find out more about the Regional Arts Fund Quick Response Grants:
https://www.rantarts.com/quick-response-grants

09/06/2026

Come behind the scenes of our new Local Space exhibition install! 🖼️

Join us at the opening of Jaikira Grundy’s MANMADE (Community space) and Paris Gregory’s Portraits by Paris (Local Space) 🙌🏻

📍 Where: RANT Arts 45-47 Stewart Street, Devonport.

🗓️ When: Friday 12th June 2026- Doors open at 6:00 pm.

This event is free but registration are essential.

Light refreshments & drinks provided.

Register here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/exhibition-opening-jaikira-grundy-paris-gregory-tickets-1988451418721?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true