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Art should not be by postcode: report calls for a fair share

Report finds staggering inequality of arts and culture funding, skills shortfall, and infrastructure support for Western Sydney.

16 Mar 2023 14:58

Gina Fairley

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Screening of ‘No Film Sets in Bankstown’ at Catalyst West, Parramatta, 2022. Film directed by Alex Dona, commissioned by Western Sydney Creative and executive produced by Made In the West Film Festival. Image: Supplied, Western Sydney Arts Report.

The State of the Arts in Western Sydney report was launched today (16 March 2023) with a call-out for the region to be ‘given a fair share of arts and cultural funding’.

It is not surprising, then, that the reports calls for ‘equitable per capita cultural funding’ across the three tiers of government.

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Gina Fairley

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