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ACTober vital trans-Tasman campaign for performing arts workers

A month-long campaign throughout October will give back to the artists who are lifting our spirits during tough times.

29 Sep 2021

Celina Lei

Performing Arts

Industry celebrities and leading nonprofits come together for ACTober. Image supplied.

Throughout the month of October, the Alliance of Australasian Performing Arts Benevolent Funds (AAPABF) are again calling for people across Australia to make a donation in support of those who have continued to bring magic into our lives through performance and entertainment during COVID.

Launched in October 2020 with star-studded support from Cate Blanchett as its inaugural patron, ACTober is a combined effort of six different actors and entertainers’ funds from around the country to raise money for live performance sector workers badly hit by the pandemic.

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Celina Lei

Celina Lei is an arts writer and editor at ArtsHub. She acquired her M.A in Art, Law and Business in New York with a B.A. in Art History and Philosophy from the University of Melbourne. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne.