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.
As Darwin Aboriginal Arts Fair (DAAF) Foundation Executive Director Claire Summers recalls the early weeks of the pandemic, when she and her team worked overtime to take their massive annual arts event online, the memories still spark a strong response.
‘I think we’ve only just stopped twitching from the experience,’ she laughs.
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).
