Author: Rebecca Whittington

APDG National executive member and designer Jo Briscoe APDG is curating the Australian contribution to Prague Quadrennial in 2023 as part of her role as Senior Lecturer at VCA.  Here she talks about the upcoming projects and preparations for PQ23.June 2023 brings with it the 15th edition of the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space (PQ) [...]

Belinda Tromp from Docklands Studios Melbourne interviews multi-APDG Award winning member Cappi Ireland APDG about why American abstract painter Mark Rothko is an inspiration, what it is like being on set with Quentin Tarantino and how she rose to the top with no formal studies in costume design. It was in the Australian Outback that a young [...]

‘What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.’ Pericles, (495-429 B.C) Australian & New Zealand Contingent – Jo Briscoe APDG, David Ingram, Stephanie Crowe, Lina Zackariya, Helen O’Loan, Kate McKenzie, Courtney Westbrook, Grant Major, Caley Miles, Rosie Waugh, Bianca Milani, Parnell Marsden, [...]

George Liddle APDG (pictured with actress) reflects on his early days as a designer at the ABC as the national broadcaster celebrates its 90th year.  Our public broadcaster the ABC turned 90 in June, happy birthday ABC. The ABC is a cultural and information Australian icon.  Australia is a vast country, major population centres separated by thousands [...]

With the change in the Federal Government comes a renewed and refocussed energy toward clarifying and embedding the National Arts Policy. By way of example, MAKE IT AUSTRALIAN, is an important initiative and flag bearer for the Screen Industry. It is imbued with a sentiment which also flows to Live Performance and every corner of [...]

All APDG members are invited to attend the end of year parties in the following cities. Please click the poster to access RSVP Link.

AFTRS Discipline Lead, Production Design – Fixed Term (3 years), Full Time Closing 17 November 2022 11:59pm AFTRS is Australia's Screen and Broadcast School, working hand-in-hand with the screen and broadcast industries, AFTRS is a global centre of excellence that delivers the highest level of screen and broadcast education, training and research across Australia. We are looking [...]