Floods devastate Northern Rivers arts community

Floods associated with the aftermath of Cyclone Debbie have caused sector-wide destruction.

5 Apr 2017 12:00

Richard Watts

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Artists and arts organisations in northern NSW have been hard hit by recent flooding linked to tropical Cyclone Debbie.

The impact in Lismore has been especially devastating. Arts venues, studio spaces and arts company archives are among the resources that have been lost in the natural disaster.

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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