National Roundtable sets some boundaries for acceptance
Steps to repair a loss of trust and respect from the arts sector were put into play at a National Roundtable, along with some terms of acceptance for moving forward.
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While Arts Minister Mitch Fifield stepped into a firestorm lit by Senator Brandis, he took the first actions to extinguish those tensions when he met with #Freethearts sector advocates in a national roundtable in Sydney last week.
Over sixty delegates gathered at Carriageworks on Friday at a timely moment, as the three-month long Senate hearings into arts funding and the formation of the National Program for Excellence in the Arts (NPEA) were wrapped up.
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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