Peter ElfesDawn over Siltcrete Island, 2012, from The Green Desert, a NETS Australia touring exhibition.
Of the 128 organisations to receive funding only one regional gallery was supported with direct funding and several touring organisations essential to regional exhibitions lost operational funding.
Art on the Move, (WA), Museums & Galleries of NSW, Museums & Galleries Queensland and NETS Victoria all had their applications for operational funding rejected in the devastating funding Australia Council announcement earlier this month.
