Ballarat, the new home to a National Centre for Photography
A win for the regions – $6.7 million investment by the Andrews Labor Government to develop the National Centre For Photography has been announced for Ballarat.
24 Nov 2020 12:00
Andrea Simpson
Visual Arts
Photo: Union Bank building. Photo: John Gollings.
A new National Centre For Photography (NCFP) has been given the greenlight by the Andrews Labor Government. It was announced last week (17 November) that a $6.7 million investment has been approved for the regional town of Ballarat, Victoria.
Three years into its Creative City Strategy, Ballarat has reason to celebrate. ‘This marked an incredible day for Ballarat,’ said Fiona Sweet, Artistic Director of the Ballarat International Foto Biennale (BIFB). ‘And one that we have been working towards for well over two years.’
Andrea Simpson is a freelance contributor and former Feature Writer and the Reviews Editor for ArtsHub. Andrea is a Filipina-Australian writer, editor, and content creator with a love for diverse Australian stories. She is curious about all forms of art, though she has an especially keen interest in Australia's publishing sector.
Her feature writing has appeared in Inside Small Business. Andrea is an Assoc. member of Editors Victoria (IPEd.). Her short stories have been published in Visible Ink Anthology 27: Petrichor (2015), and Frayed Anthology (2015). You can find Andrea’s poetry in What Emerges (2013) poetry selected by Ania Walwicz.