Less than than half of Australians surveyed think Australia is an imaginative nation, and only two in five believe that imagination is valued in Australian society.
Respondents cited government policy, cultural norms and political decisions as evidence Australia does not value the arts and saw working in the arts as a job that is not valued in Australia.
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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