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WA at critical juncture to unlock creative sector potential

Employment opportunities, funding certainty and tapping regional WA may be key to secure the state’s cultural future.

24 Sep 2021 8:27

Celina Lei

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John Prince Siddon, All Mixed Up exhibition opening night at Fremantle Arts Centre. Feb 2020. Photo: Pixel Poetry

Building more stability and opportunities into the creative sector, alongside a focus on Indigenous culture, performing arts and emerging technologies, have been identified as crucial aspects to strengthen WA’s creative industries. They were the key findings in the latest Creative Industries 2021 report by the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre’s Focus on Industry series.

Co-author Professor Michael Dockery said: ‘The creative enterprises and creative workers represent a resource with great potential for diversifying and growing the WA economy, and simultaneously enhancing the quality of life of Western Australians.’

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Celina Lei

Celina Lei is the Diversity and Inclusion Editor at ArtsHub. She acquired her M.A in Art, Law and Business in New York with a B.A. in Art History and Philosophy from the University of Melbourne. 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. Most recently, Celina was one of three Australian participants in DFAT’s the Future of Leadership program. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram @lleizy_