Vessel Contemporary co-Executive Directors Nina Juniper and Will Ek Uvelius pictured in the new arts space. Photo: Ebony Vukelic, Cabin Creative.
Amid rising costs and diminishing arts funding, you might say it’s a brave time to launch a new not-for-profit contemporary arts space.
But that is exactly what the Board of Vessel Contemporary – a new, 840 square metre warehouse-style arts space in Fremantle/Walyalup, WA – is setting out to do.
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).
