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Sector shock as regional arts body closes

Regional and remote artists and companies will suffer with the closure of an organisation which has supported them for over 70 years.

13 Jan 2017 12:00

Richard Watts

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The Unconformity was a unique arts festival held in regional Tasmania in 2016. Image via www.discovertasmania.com.au

Tasmanian Regional Arts (TRA), a member of the Regional Arts Australia network which oversees the delivery of Federal funding to artists and organisations across the state, has announced its impending closure.

An unsuccessful Arts Tasmania application for $150,000 in core funding for the 2017 calendar year has been cited as the primary reason for TRA’s closure.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts