When major galleries like NGV and MCA cast the net out to their young audiences in Melbourne and Sydney, it’s not hard for word of their teen events to spread and for registrations for their events to build (though both galleries have seen noticeable dips in interest since they had to shelve their teen parties during COVID, 2020/2021).
But what’s happening outside of the major cities? What about the nation’s much smaller regional towns, where numbers of young people are reduced and resources for these kinds of initiatives are fewer?