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‘I’ll show you mine,’ say artists

A new blog aims to encourage more open discussion about financial sustainability in the Australian arts sector.

16 Apr 2015

Richard Watts

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Inspired by a Tumblr post by UK performance artist Bryony Kimmings, Maybe [ ] Together’s Alex Desebrock wrote the first of what is now a series of blog posts at illshowyoumineaus.wordpress.com in which she spoke frankly and openly about the financial challenges of sustaining her practice as an independent practitioner.

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Richard Watts

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