By Deniz Agraz
The coronavirus pandemic has been somewhat kinder to Australia’s Top End than the rest of the country, with snap lockdowns in the Northern Territory lasting less than a week at a time. But according to Darwin-based musician and community arts worker Christian ‘Bong’ Ramilo, COVID-19 has still negatively impacted the city’s thriving community arts sector.
Bong, the Filipino-Australian winner of the Australia Council’s prestigious Ros Bower Award For Community Arts and Cultural Development in 2018, says the creative industry largely depends on public gatherings and workshopping in enclosed spaces.“At Darwin Community Arts, we started working from home […]
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