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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News

Vale Ann Newmarch

The Australian visual art world is mourning the loss of a politically progressive art activist, at the forefront of the…

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News

Remote Aboriginal art centres in Omicron limbo

Rapid antigen tests shortages and out of touch government advice are putting new pressures on remote Aboriginal Art Centres.

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Features

Safety first at festival time like no other

Insights from producers at Sydney Festival and Mona Foma reflect the fortitude required to stage works during Omicron.

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Career Advice

Creative work predictions for Year of Tiger

If 2022 has you spinning already, the upcoming Lunar New Year might have different things in store for your creative…

News

Omicron shortages create 'new precariousness' for performing arts

Short supplies of RATs and workers under pressure are part of the new normal for theatre and musical productions.

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News

Omicron hits the performing arts

As the Omicron variant spreads, major performing arts productions are struggling with cast outbreaks and hesitant audiences.

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News

On the move: Latest sector appointments

New Executive Director of QPAC starts this month, and several major arts organisations appoint new board chairs.

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Career Advice

Four ways to achieve your work goals

Back at work with fresh eyes for the year? Here's how to take your career to new places in 2022.

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Career Advice

Time to learn how to stop (working)

Timely reminders of why rest is vital to our best creative work.

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News

Theatres band together on no vax no entry

A group of Sydney theatres has decided on their own COVID policies in the interest of safety.

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