Tamara Winikoff has been at the helm of NAVA, the national peak body for the visual arts, for 22 years. She shares the challenges, the wins, the wisdoms and tips garnered along the way.
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Tamara Winikoff in 2017 in the One Year Studio Artist Tom Polo’s Artspace studio. Photo by Maja Baska
Tamara Winikoff OAM has been the Executive Director of the National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) for 22 years. However, her involvement with the peak organisation started earlier than that.
She was among a small group of passionate arts professionals who lobbied for the organisation and witnessed its formation in 1983, with support from the Visual Arts and Craft Board (VACB) of the Australia Council.
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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