Jo Pickup

ArtsHub's Arts Feature Writer Jo Pickup is based in Perth. An arts writer and manager, she has worked as a journalist and broadcaster for media such as the ABC, RTRFM and The West Australian newspaper, contributing media content and commentary on art, culture and design. She has also worked for arts organisations such as Fremantle Arts Centre, STRUT dance, and the Aboriginal Arts Centre Hub of WA, as well as being a sessional arts lecturer at The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA).

Jo Pickup's Latest Articles

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Career Advice

5 essential skills all arts managers need

Experienced arts professionals reveal the management skills they rely on most to succeed in their jobs.

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News

New Asian arts institute aims for new networks

Contemporary Asian art is the focus of the Art Gallery of Western Australia's latest new initiative.

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Features

Meet MAGNT’s new Director

Strong experience with blockbuster exhibitions and a close eye on Indigenous art and culture inform Adam Worrall’s views.

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Features

Why new National Cultural Policy needs input from all Australians

It’s time to raise our voices as we move closer to a new National Cultural Policy.

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Features

The case for artists in hospital settings since COVID

COVID has pushed the health and arts sectors to new extremes. Could this be the moment they work closer together…

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Features

The true picture of visual arts sector incomes

What is current data on visual arts workers’ incomes telling us? And are there better ways to track what’s really…

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Features

Some practical steps to truth-telling in museums

Calls for First Nations truth-telling are growing louder in Australian politics. What does that look like within the museum sector?

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Features

Artswashing dilemma continues to plague festivals

Darwin Festival is the latest arts organisation to fall afoul of protestors demanding the festival divest itself from a sponsorship…

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Features

Making art heard for vision impaired audiences

Galleries and museums could be doing more through co-design and collaboration to expand access for blind and low vision audiences.

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Features

What every museum reveals about past, present and future

Museums have important roles across multiple timespans, according to futurist and museum director Kristin Alford.

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