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Visual Arts
Jessi England; photo Lee Illfield, supplied
For seven years, Novocastrian Jessi England has had The Lock-Up’s best interests in mind. When asked to sum up that period, she chose her words carefully: ‘challenging, dynamic and embedded in the community’.
Built in former police holding cells, The Lock-Up is a not-for-profit, multidisciplinary contemporary art space in Newcastle, about 160km north of Sydney in the Hunter Region.
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.
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