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Sampa the Great to headline Vivid Live, Yarra Valley Writers Festival program, Bell Shakespeare on tour, plus more arts and funding news.

The arts got a passing reference in the Budget speeches this week but Esther Anatolitis couldn't see a vision for the future.

COVID-19 venue closures in the performing arts could have left some artists out in the cold. But award-winning Canberran playwright Dylan Van Den Berg was lucky enough to receive support just when his career needed it most.

The short answer is not much more. The longer answer looks at flat funding for the Australia Council and previously announced funding for national collecting institutions and videogame development.

Victoria’s creative industries will see some relief in the form of a $288 million investment from the State Government in 2021/22.

The cash splash of the COVID-19 recovery budget should be used to place arts and creativity at the centre of education and community building, argues Wesley Enoch ahead of Budget 2021.