Festivals are often touted for their ability to transform a city, bringing in tourists, stimulation economic activity, championing new art forms and building new audiences.
But as the number of festivals mushrooms, the tendency to stick the label ‘festival’ on everything from a summer in-house program to a massive international gathering has made the term amorphous, perhaps even meaningless.
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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