One year on: Lismore Gallery Director on recovery

How pop-up programming is reshaping Lismore, a year after the floods.

Lismore Regional Gallery (LRG) recently faced a milestone in its recovery.

Ashleigh Ralph, Director, Lismore Regional Gallery, says, ‘I guess, over the past 12 months, we have been recovering personally as well as with the gallery. Lismore itself has been really slow to recover. There are maybe only 20 businesses in the CBD that have come back.’

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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. Instagram: fairleygina