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    Speak the Universal Language

    No matter your industry, design skills could be what take you to the next level. Find out how to build your creative - and strategic - superpower.
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    Summer Learning Guide 2020/21

    Your hook up for the most creative, inspiring, interactive and fun workshops and courses to feed your artistic side this summer.
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    Recognition Needed More Than Ever

    COVID cancellation scares keep coming, but there's no stopping awards and initiatives to recognise talent in the creative world - all in this week's arts news bulletin.
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    A Crisis of Opportunities

    Motivation, inspiration and self-contemplation - this year's Semi Permanent conference has messages that will resonate within the creative community for years to come.
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    How to Make Your Words Count

    Every artist aims to break new ground, Jenny Bornholdt has done it for decades. She talks to The Big Idea about her latest honour and how to leave your mark.
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    Time to Shine - the Lesser Known Stars of the AMAs

    The big stars weren't the only ones with something to celebrate at the Aotearoa Music Awards. We look at those getting a well-deserved spotlight.
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    Legacy of Learning

    It’s the story of the apprentice becoming the master - but with a twist. Why has a highly successful Art Director gone back to his AUT roots?
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    No Mercy

    Emotions are boiling over after a contemporary art project showed up art world complacency and the danger of social media, writes Mark Amery in this week’s arts news Lowdown.
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    Creating Music's Visual Gateways

    Rattle Records is a sure-fire winner at this week's Aotearoa Music Awards. The creative mind behind much of Rattle's stunning album art explains her unique methods.
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    Gather Your Courage and Take a Leap of Faith

    Tessa Duder has inspired generations of New Zealanders - we reveal her latest achievement as she explains how to stay relevant in the creative world.
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    Harnessing Curiosity

    Annabel Hawkins’s career has taken her all around the world and into a plethora of creative fields - all off the back of a skillset acquired at Massey University.
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    Arts Political Powerbrokers Shake Up

    There's a new face at the top of the Government's arts, culture and heritage ministry - but what does it mean to the sector? Mark Amery has the latest arts news bulletin.
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