Why I did a Reality TV show for my arts practice

The only Australian in the Netflix series Blown Away, we talk to Tegan Hamilton on the wins, and pains, of art-based reality TV.

Tegan Hamilton vacillated at first, and then said no to Netflix.

Hamilton didn’t hesitate to put her name forward for round two.

Like many in the glass community – which is international and collegiate by nature – Hamilton had been living in Seattle for seven years when Blown Away started casting.

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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