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Writing and Publishing
10% Pending Guerrilla Gallery taken at the 2009 This Is Not Art (TINA) Festival in Newcastle. Photograph Amy Griffiths; Source arina.org
With applications closing 3 February for Artist Run Initiatives (ARIs) to try their luck under the Australia Council’s Artist Run Initiatives New Work grant, the cash on the table precipitates a few questions: “What defines an ARI today?” and “Are ARIs changing under the influence of box-tick funding, have they become merely landlords, or are they moonlighting in the commercial sector to sustain their viability?
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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