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The Lighthouse Award and Australian Life photography competition open now, plus the winner of the Peter Porter Poetry Prize and finalists of Vanda and Young Global Song Competition, and more!

25 Feb 2025 9:00

Celina Lei

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Australian Life photography competition open for entries. Image by 2024 winner, Hank Paul, ‘Matildas Vs France Penalty Shootout’. Photo: Supplied.

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Celina Lei

Celina Lei is ArtsHub's former Content Manager. 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. Instagram: @lleizy_

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