The pandemic’s early days forced arts events online, but what’s happening to those platforms now we’re back in-person? Image: Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF) 2022 featuring artist Samuel Miller’s work ‘Ngayuku Ngura’, 2022. Courtesy DAAF.
COVID-19 saw a huge shift as in-person events were forced to pivot to become online arts events.
But that process of transforming one of the nation’s most prominent Aboriginal art fairs into a completely online event has since reaped huge rewards for both artists and the Aboriginal art market as a whole.
‘So, as part of DAAF’s move online, we knew we had to invest heavily in mentoring support to ready Art Centres for the new formats,’ she continues.
ArtsHub's Arts Feature Writer Jo Pickup is based in Perth. An arts writer and manager, she has worked as a journalist and broadcaster for media such as the ABC, RTRFM and The West Australian newspaper, contributing media content and commentary on art, culture and design. She has also worked for arts organisations such as Fremantle Arts Centre, STRUT dance, and the Aboriginal Arts Centre Hub of WA, as well as being a sessional arts lecturer at The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA).
