Thinking outside the arts

Artists don't belong in the arts sector. There is important work for them in health, education, housing and business.
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A keynote speaker at The New Normal, the recent conference held in Melbourne by the Australian Performing Arts Centres Association (APACA) urged artists and arts workers to look outside their own area of expertise in order to strengthen their sector and the world around them.

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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