Artist runs for Lord Mayor

Independent candidate in the by-election for Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Katie Sfetkidis will use her campaign to promote the arts and intersectional feminism.
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Independent Mayoral candidate Katie Sfetkidis. Photo credit: Marcel Feillafe.

While Melbourne mayoral candidate Katie Sfetkidis hopes to use her election campaign to promote the arts, she also intends to demonstrate how the arts sector is at the vanguard of cultural change in this country.

‘The arts [are] a place where serious political issues around diversity, equality, Aboriginal sovereignty, affordability and sustainability are being discussed every day in our communities and institutions,’ she said.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts