Celina Lei

Celina Lei is ArtsHub's Content Manager. 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. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram @lleizy_

Celina Lei's Latest Articles

Lucy Heffernan's 'Dog People' as part of MERRIGONGX 2025. A photo of two figures lying on the grass, one is a woman with pale skin and red hair, wearing a green sweater, and another is a figure with a furry dog head and human body, wearing a yellow sweater.
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Local talent program supports alt-rock, interrogates conspiracies and opens up shared spaces

Merrigong Theatre Company announces the 2025 MERRIGONGX Artists' Program with an eccentric line-up.

Celina Lei

Feb 6, 2025
A large crowd gathers inside a gallery space with white walls, talking to each other.
News

COMA's new flagship home opens among buzzing crowd

With guests spilling out onto the streets at its opening, COMA is positioning itself for a new chapter.

Celina Lei

Feb 5, 2025
A photographic work depicting two Asian men with eyes closed and a leafy branch reading between them, rendered on grid paper.
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Opportunities and awards

Grants open for applications, plus winners of GradFoto award, finalists of National Designer Award and National Graduate Showcase, and more!

Celina Lei

Feb 5, 2025
2024 Urbach recipient Ellen Lee, photographed inside a softly lit space where she is kneeling on the ground and working watery brown colours into a flat canvas.
News

Opportunities and awards

ACT Book of the Year nominations open, plus recipients of Playing Australia fund and finalists of 2025 Asia Pacific Arts…

Celina Lei

Jan 29, 2025
A digital artwork by Chris Yee depicting a large red snake with its body twisted against a blue and red background with traditional Asian motifs.
Features

2025 Lunar New Year events guide

The Year of the Snake celebrations have now kicked off. Here is a go-to list of what's on offer across…

Celina Lei

Jan 23, 2025
A collage of APRA Professional Development Awards finalists, featuring cropped headshots. L to R: BARKAA (an Australian First Nations woman with dark skin, a high tight pony tail and a bold makeup look), Becca Hatch (a woman with light tan skin and curly brown hair, resting her head on her hand), Harvey Sutherland (a man with pale skin, blue eyes and brown short ahir, wearing a white top looking to the side), Gabriel Strum (a man with pale skin, wearing a cap and round glasses, smiling at the camera), Charlie Collins (a black and white photo of a woman with dark skin and dark hair, her hands resting face up and sitting in a cross legged position.
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Opportunities and awards

$130,000 portrait prize open for entries, plus winners of the Sydney Theatre Awards, finalists of the Novel Prize, and more!

Celina Lei

Jan 22, 2025
Competitions. A digitally rendered 3D competition showing surreal objects that appear to be a tabletop setting.
News

Prizes and competitions to enter in 2025

A go-to list of prizes and competitions across the visual arts, performing arts and writing, periodically updated.

Celina Lei

Jan 21, 2025
A black and white photo of Christian, a middle-aged Caucasian man with shortly cropped hair and trimmed beard, looking to the upper right hand side. It’s digitally rendered with a gradient blue purple background and the text ‘So you want my arts job?’
Career Advice

So you want my arts job: Mount Maker

Christian Bishop explains how mount making is not just about functionality, but crafting solutions that elevate a viewer’s experience.

Celina Lei

Jan 20, 2025
Model and crew backstage for the Melbourne Fashion Festival. A tall female model with pale skin and red lips is wearing a red satin dress with a large floral feature over her chest, while the crew adjusts something around her ear.
Features

Fashion, craft and design calendar 2025

What’s on in fashion, craft and design this year, including exhibitions, fashion festivals, design weeks and makers' markets.

Celina Lei

Jan 17, 2025
Second Echo Ensemble artists Bella Young, William Webster and Creative Director Kelly Drummond Cawthon. Young and Cawthon, two Caucasian woman, surround Webster, a man with his arms outstretched. Storytelling.
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20 years of storytelling – a bit differently

Tasmania’s Second Echo Ensemble celebrates its milestone, where a 20-year legacy of ‘every story counts’ is supported with creativity and…

Celina Lei

Jan 15, 2025
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