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Creatives fundraise for flood recovery

With Instagram fundraisers and charity auctions, the arts community are joining forces to help those in need.

23 Mar 2022 12:31

Celina Lei

Visual Arts

Nerida Woolley’s painting Tucki Tucki, which depicts one of the areas of the Northern Rivers that was inundated by recent flood waters will available for purchase for #ArtForFloods fundraiser. Image supplied.

The 2022 Lismore floods has hit the local arts community hard and artists around the nation are gathering their efforts to support this critical phase of recovery.

Apart from local creatives who have put on charity concerts, helped deliver essential supplies and running on the ground to help, many are utilising the reach of the digital sphere to fundraise across state borders.

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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_