Floods devastate Northern Rivers arts community

Floods associated with the aftermath of Cyclone Debbie have caused sector-wide destruction.

5 Apr 2017

Richard Watts

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Artists and arts organisations in northern NSW have been hard hit by recent flooding linked to tropical Cyclone Debbie.

The impact in Lismore has been especially devastating. Arts venues, studio spaces and arts company archives are among the resources that have been lost in the natural disaster.

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Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts