The Drawing Room

Over the last century, Disney have built a collection of more than 65 million pieces of art.

From the original design sketches to the final animation cels, it's all been stored in a carefully maintained and guarded library, which is only available to Disney employees.

Mary Walsh is the managing director of the Animation Research Library and in the Drawing Room, she talks about the eras of animation, digital preservation, and the exhibition of the work in Australia.

For six years, the Refuge program has invited artists to imagine how we might prepare for a natural disaster.

And between a pandemic, fires, and climate events, the last few years have shown that their work isn't just a matter of imagination.

Latai Taumoepeau's latest work is Mass Movement: an audio pilgrimage about departure, arrival and displacement

For six years, the Refuge program has invited artists to imagine how we might prepare for a natural disaster.

And between a pandemic, fires, and climate events, the last few years have shown that their work isn't just a matter of imagination.

Latai Taumoepeau's latest work is Mass Movement: an audio pilgrimage about departure, arrival and displacement

Black Thoughts by Ziggy Ramo was one of the most important Australian albums of 2020, with songs that engaged with the biggest political issues of the time.

So it's even more impressive that it was originally recorded back in 2015.

In the Drawing Room, Ramo talks about his path to music, and Australia's past and present.

Black Thoughts by Ziggy Ramo was one of the most important Australian albums of 2020, with songs that engaged with the biggest political issues of the time.

So it's even more impressive that it was originally recorded back in 2015.

In the Drawing Room, Ramo talks about his path to music, and Australia's past and present.

Richard Tognetti, the artistic director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, on returning to the stage, his penchant for experimentation, and keeping the ACO alive during difficult times.

Richard Tognetti, the artistic director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, on returning to the stage, his penchant for experimentation, and keeping the ACO alive during difficult times.

"During the night preceding the taking away of the novices, considerable sexual license is allowed."

That's a quote from R.H. Mathews, an anthropologist who embedded himself with the Wiradjuri back in the early 1900s.

And it's the starting point for a new work by the award-winning dancer and choreographer, Joel Bray.

"During the night preceding the taking away of the novices, considerable sexual license is allowed."

That's a quote from R.H. Mathews, an anthropologist who embedded himself with the Wiradjuri back in the early 1900s.

And it's the starting point for a new work by the award-winning dancer and choreographer, Joel Bray.

The Masnavi by the Persian poet Rumi is widely considered one of the greatest poems in history, and it lies at the heart of the new musical project by Hamed Sadeghi

In the Drawing Room, Sadeghi discusses his own relationship with the poem, fusing musical traditions, and finding an identity when nowhere truly feels like home.