Moving from a capital city to a regional centre sounds like a green change, but Holly Arden – who took up the role of Director of Townsville City Galleries (Perc Tucker Regional Gallery and Pinnacles Gallery) late last year – is excited by the possibilities. ‘It’s very beautiful, but it’s also very unusual,’ she says.
In tourism terms Townsville can be described as a gateway to North Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef. It is also a big military town, and has one of Australia’s largest First Nations communities. So how does one step into that dynamic, and grow it forward?
