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13 projects score $3M Australia Council touring investment

Latest Playing Australia round backs touring productions across the nation, especially for regional and remote areas.

16 Sep 2021 13:41

Celina Lei

Performing Arts

Image: Dance Makers Collective’s immersive performance Rivoli to tour in 2022.

The performing arts sector receives another raft to weather the COVID-storm with Australian Council’s nearly $3M injection through Playing Australia to support touring acts in 2022.

Preparing for a revitalisation of performances across the nation including regional and remote areas, Hon Paul Fletcher said: ‘As the vaccine rollout continues at a strong pace, it’s important that our arts touring sector is primed to restart when permitted to do so.’

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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_