PIAZZA founder, owner and director Bronwyn Owen (centre) welcoming local Fremantle/Walyalup audiences to a recent PIAZZA arts event. Photo: Luke Latty.
For anyone taking a first look at the burgeoning arts activity currently underway at the PIAZZA Fremantle precinct in the heart of Fremantle/Walyalup in Western Australia, they’ll likely read it as a fairytale story that happens only once in a lifetime (if you’re lucky).
Almost 12 months on from her epic purchase, PIAZZA is still, in many ways, a work in progress, with some of its 36 tenanted spaces yet to be leased, and various unrealised projects in the pipeline.
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).
