The National Gallery of Australia’s Art and Dementia program, Kamberri/Canberra. Image supplied.
Australia’s population is aging quickly. And while we as a sector have become better at addressing that through programming, the demands continue to rise.
5.5 million people born in the decade after WWII – who we affectionately call ‘Baby Boomers’ – have entered their senior years. Plus new emerging research has revealed that Dementia can also be a young person’s disease.
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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