Christa Hughes, The How Do You Do Club, 2025. Photo: ArtsHub.
Covid taught us one thing – to value the intimate, in-person art experience. It is not surprising then that this has stuck (even when so many Covid lessons haven’t).
ArtsHub caught up with Fairley to better understand the challenges, the pleasures and the wins of house concerts.
He continues: ‘Knowing this, I was on the hunt in my rural town for such a venue to try out shows and add to the local theatre scene. It’s not easy. There are huge financial risks and building an audience with that kind of pressure is not heartwarming at all.
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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