What was the state of ArtState? Gauging the health of our regional conversations.

On the ground in Bathurst, ArtsHub takes the pulse on this regional arts conference and asks just how robust our regions really are?

3 Nov 2018 12:00

Gina Fairley

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Opening ceremony for Artstate Bathurst, November 2018; photo ArtsHub

Over 250 delegates have made the trip to Bathurst for the regional arts conference ArtState – about a three hour drive west from Sydney in NSW’s Central Tablelands.

It is the second edition of the state initiative – and barely three weeks after the national regional conference Artlands, which was hosted by Victoria this year.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina