Open access model has lead to SALA’s success

South Australia’s festival for the visual arts has grown exponentially through its democratic model of inclusion and celebration of living practitioners.
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Clare Belfrage (from left to right), Segment #15, 2006, Leaf Circuitry, 2008, Passage #41, 2007, Passage #44 ,2007, Skin Deep, Orange and Pink, 2017, In Sight, Green, 2016, Segment #22, 2006, Petal, 2008, Passage #45, 2008, blown glass with cane drawing, cold worked, dimensions variable; Gift of Joan Lyons, David and Pam McKee and Diana McLaurin through the Art Gallery of South Australia Foundation 2017, © Clare Belfrage. Photo: Saul Steed

Festivals are all about celebrating the creative vibrancy of place. One festival that has been doing that for 21 years is SALA – the festival of South Australian Living Artists, which kicks off this week.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Instagram: fairleygina