What do Asian Australian artists want to see in place of OzAsia?

As the nation’s most prominent Asian arts festival takes its final bow, Asian Australian artists share their views on what should come next.
OzAsia 2018: a photo of a purple neon-lit studio showing the shadowed face of female Asian person whose face is covered in strips of brightly coloured neon lighting effects.

OzAsia’s final festival opens next week, and after 20 years of annual programming supported by Adelaide Festival Centre, it has a lot to be proud of.

As Gould told SA’s InDaily in August, the Adelaide Festival Centre has concluded that, ‘having a dedicated OzAsia Festival that’s about Asian arts doesn’t really represent the fact that Asian voices also want to see a year-round presence at the centre’.

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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).