Are You Still Working?‪!‬ Presented by Courtney Collins & produced by Lisa Madden

Artist and author Karen Rogers is a Ngalakan woman from Ngukurr, a remote community in southeast Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. Her artwork comes from cultural knowledge and her feelings for the land. She studied visual art at Batchelor Institute.Karen works across textiles, glass, painting, and animation. Wanmari, written and illustrated by Karen and directed by Jake Duczynski, was a finalist in the NATSIA Awards. Karen's also an author of a picture book called Main Abija about her g...

Multidisciplinary artist Lottie Consalvo lives and works on Awabakal Country in Newcastle, Australia. She works across painting, sculpture, performance art, photography and video.She is represented by https://dominikmerschgallery.com/ in Sydney and https://www.janmurphygallery.com.au/ in Brisbane.In this interview, Lottie talks about how she finds agency and autonomy in her studio, how she creates the headspace for little epiphanies, and the people and practices that sustain her and her...

Photographer Joy Mai En Lai has worked in Sydney's leading cultural institutions for more than a decade, including the Library of NSW. Her photographs regularly appear in print, exhibitions and on the facades of prominent public buildings. Born in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Joy has also lived in Asia and Australia. Based on Gadigal Country in Sydney, she creates work from her own explorations and commissioned assignments.Joy discusses the rewards of leaving the comfort of her city apartment f...

Musician and creative research scholar Dr Amanda Roff lives on the traditional lands of the Taungurung people in Nagambie, Central Victoria, and the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation in Naarm/Melbourne. She completed her Honours at the University of California Berkeley, and she holds a PhD in English and Creative Writing from La Trobe University. Her thesis focused on metaphysical aspects of music and performance through re-interpretation of Greek myth.Amanda is a member of post-punk outf...

Author Charlotte Wood is the author of nine brilliant books. Throughout her career, she has most generously shared her own research and life-long investigations into how stories are made. She has even been appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for her significant service to literature.Her latest novel Stone Yard Devotional has just been released to a great critical reception and before that, her novel The Weekend was an international bestseller, winning both the Stella Prize and ...

Filmmaker and video artist Naina Sen explores cultural identity, gender and equity. AACTA and Walkley nominated, her work privileges First Nations and South East Asian points of view, and includes the wonderful documentary The Song Keepers with The Central Australian Aboriginal Women's Choir.In this interview, Naina discusses how focus and discipline support her creative practice.She offers insight into the emotional and social rigour of testing your ideas, and why accountability must start (...