Riverway Arts Centre, home of Pinnacles Art Gallery. Photo: Andrew Rankin.
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.
‘But being here for a few months, I now know how much I don’t know. It has been a career changing – and life changing – opportunity,’ Arden adds.
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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