With the 22 federal elections to be held on 21 May 2022, arts voters might like to consider future support for the arts, when making their mind up about candidates and political parties and groups.

Arts Thursday, with Maisy Stapleton spoke to Penelope Benton, the Executive Director of NAVA – the National Association for the Visual Arts – about their campaign for the 2022 federal elections. Vote for Art aims to increase government support for the visual arts to unlock their great social and economic potential for the community.

The interview was played on 28 April 2022 and is produced in full here.

For further information:

NAVA: https://visualarts.net.au/

If you would like to listen to the whole program, go to /arts/artsthursday/ and clicking on the date 28 April 2022.

Tune into Arts Thursday with Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers every fortnight from 10:30 to noon for insights into our arts and cultural life