Advice from business leaders on asking governments for money, embedding culture in the political agenda, and getting the language right when you come to the table.
Political journalist and facilitator Gabrielle Chan began a recent conversation at the Creative Regions National Summit in Canberra by quoting award-winning critic and writer Alison Croggon:
‘One of the ways we cope with the complexities of contemporary life is to silo issues, but it’s also how connections become invisible; we cease to see how the large patterns and the small reflect and influence one another.’ (The Monthly, 2019).
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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