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ISSUE 1125 FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2019
Bolder and brighter than ever before THE official program for this year’s Bendigo Writers Festival is here. One of our beloved success stories, the Bendigo Writers Festival continues to grow in strength each year. Distributed throughout Bendigo in today’s Weekly, the packed program for the 2019 All That Glitters event includes international guests as well as more than 150 writers and speakers. More details - Page 6.
HOME GROWN
By PETER KENNEDY
A GLOBAL search for a new Bendigo Art Gallery director has resulted in local curator Jessica Bridgfoot being appointed to the key role. The City of Greater Bendigo yesterday announced Ms Bridgfoot, who has worked at the gallery since 2016, to the leadership position of Australia’s most acclaimed regional gallery. Ms Bridgfoot said she was thrilled to take on the new challenge and looked forward to building on the successes of the past,
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including delivering blockbuster exhibitions focusing on fashion, celebrity and design, while growing the gallery’s fantastic contemporary and historic shows. “I am beyond excited to step into the role of director. “After almost three years as a curator at Bendigo Art Gallery, I am so looking forward to leading one of Australia’s most loved and successful regional galleries and
maintaining its important role in supporting the regional tourism and creative economies,” Ms Bridgfoot said. “I’m from a contemporary background and I would like to see more diversity and interactive experiences in the gallery. We have great exhibition spaces and the team will be working with new artists, artists from Australia and beyond to ramp up our program of curated contem-
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fantastic board, the City of Greater Bendigo and the arts community to chart this exciting future together and deliver contemporary experiences for our community and audiences.” City of Greater Bendigo Director Strategy and Growth Bernie O’Sullivan congratulated Ms Bridgfoot and said the city was pleased to appoint her to such an important position within the organisation, the Greater Bendigo community and the Australian arts industry.
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porary exhibitions.” Ms Bridgfoot said the gallery will need further long-term development to house its growing collection, exhibition and learning spaces, deliver dedicated First Nations programs and provide new interactive spaces. “I am very much looking forward to building on the legacy of Karen Quinlan and Tony Elwood before me and working with our
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