Arts conferences are about connection. Image: Shutterstock.
It feels good to be back in a room with colleagues. It feels really good. It is not surprising, then, that we are starting to see arts conferences seep back into our professional calendars. But have arts conferences returned as we know them, and what is impacting their planning in our post-pandemic normal?
ArtsHub speaks with the committee charged with organising the recent Regional and Public Galleries of NSW Conference (March 2023), to take the pulse on attendance patterns and sector feedback, which forced them to think differently in their planning.
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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