10% Pending Guerrilla Gallery taken at the 2009 This Is Not Art (TINA) Festival in Newcastle. Photograph Amy Griffiths; Source arina.org
With applications closing 3 February for Artist Run Initiatives (ARIs) to try their luck under the Australia Council’s Artist Run Initiatives New Work grant, the cash on the table precipitates a few questions: “What defines an ARI today?” and “Are ARIs changing under the influence of box-tick funding, have they become merely landlords, or are they moonlighting in the commercial sector to sustain their viability?
