Shifting models – funding sculpture organisations

Finding new ways to fund sculpture organisations has become a blend of the for profit and not for profit space.
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Winner of this year’s $60,000 Aqualand Sculpture Award is David Ball’s Orb; installation view Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2017. Photo: Jessica Wyld

David Handley, Founding Director of Sculpture by the Sea (SXS), introduced last week’s Sydney Sculpture Conference with the statement that he started the now iconic Bondi event because there weren’t enough ‘free things’ out there. 

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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