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THE suburban backyard has been the creative nursery for many a play-maker.

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San Francisco creative gurus Obscura Digital transforms Abu Dhabi mosque into fairytale fantasy.

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Trustees of the Sidney Myer Fund have announced the inaugural recipients of the Sidney Myer Creative Fellowships for Australian artists, arts managers and thought leaders.

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THE trick is to embed arts in the curriculum, says a British educationalist.

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steven meisel via vogue.it

In one of those amusing art-imitates-life scenarios, the ever-creative Vogue Italia released a preview of its November cover story overnight. A 26-page fashion editorial lensed, of course, by Steven Meisel, ‘The A train’ depicts supermodel Raquel Zimmermann commuting on the New York subway, whilst kitted out in various luxury brand finery and flanked by a cast of black-suited salarymen. Anyone familiar with Australia’s annual Melbourne Cup Carnival will be reminded of very similar scenes on Melbourne’s Flemington Racecourse Line at this time of year. At time of writing, the latter is in the process of delivering a hefty percentage of the 100,000 that are expected to attend today’s Melbourne Cup – just with a much higher volume of women in hats. Whilst the traditional dress code for Derby Day is black and white (ignored on Saturday by, among others, Dita Von Teese), for the Melbourne Cup, the so-called ‘race which stops a nation’, it’s more of a no-holds-barred fashion approach. 

all images: steven meisel via vogue.it

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A range of new creative scholarships are being made available for students at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) and the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music (MCM).

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You guys use WordPress.com in all sorts of creative ways, documenting the adventures you take…

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…the people you meet…

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…the characters you create…

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…the meals you prepare…

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…and the places you live.

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And you share a ton of amazing photographs. So be sure to show them off! Here are three tips on using photos to make your site more visually appealing:

• Upload your very own custom header image to give your site a unique look and feel. Some themes even allow you to use featured images to display different header images on specific posts and pages. For a design that’s 100% unique to you, try out the Custom Design upgrade.
• Don’t make readers squint to view your photos. Generally speaking, bigger photos are better, as long as they’re properly aligned. Check out the Get Flashy tutorial on Learn.WordPress.com for tips on aligning and resizing your images.
• If the majority of your content is image-based, consider using a photography theme that will put your photos in center stage on your site. Visit the Theme Showcase to find one that’s perfect for you.

Want to browse other awesome photo blogs? Check out Freshly Pressed and the photography tag pages.

They say your second book is the hardest. The Australia Council’s Creative Australia Book2 grant is designed to help writers who are embarking on their second book.

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The new Our Town section of the website includes the “Our Town Communities” map linking to project descriptions, videos and podcasts on creative placemaking, and links to related Art Works blog posts.

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