For three years, the author curated the Weekend of Words literary festival within Adelaide's OzAsia Festival, which concluded after its 20th anniversary. The festival provided a dedicated space for writers of Asian descent in Australia to discuss craft and creativity without their identity being the primary focus. The Adelaide Festival Centre's CEO, Kate Gould, announced the festival's cancellation, arguing that Asian voices should be integrated year-round rather than confined to a single event. The author contends that festivals create unique value through collective attention and community building, which individual events cannot replicate. They explain that when minority artists gather, their identity ceases to be the defining characteristic, allowing for more nuanced discussions about art, journalism, and culture. The author highlights how the festival enabled Asian-Australian writers to discuss literary techniques without first providing migration narratives, and how audiences gained access to diverse perspectives beyond 'migrant stories.' They reference Media Diversity Australia's 2022 study showing only 6.1% of TV presenters and reporters were non-European, compared to 25% of the population, and note that recent interviews with Asian-Australian artists reveal continued pigeonholing and limited influence over programming. The author argues that ending the festival without replacing it with meaningful opportunities undermines the progress made, and calls for sustained resources and decisions to maintain creative spaces for minority artists. The piece concludes with a reflection on the loss of a space where artists' right to participate was already accepted, rather than having to prove it through identity narratives.

For three years, the author curated the Weekend of Words literary festival within Adelaide's OzAsia Festival, which concluded after its 20th anniversary. The festival provided a dedicated space for writers of Asian descent in Australia to discuss craft and creativity without their identity being the primary focus. The Adelaide Festival Centre's CEO, Kate Gould, announced the festival's cancellation, arguing that Asian voices should be integrated year-round rather than confined to a single event. The author contends that festivals create unique value through collective attention and community building, which individual events cannot replicate. They explain that when minority artists gather, their identity ceases to be the defining characteristic, allowing for more nuanced discussions about art, journalism, and culture. The author highlights how the festival enabled Asian-Australian writers to discuss literary techniques without first providing migration narratives, and how audiences gained access to diverse perspectives beyond 'migrant stories.' They reference Media Diversity Australia's 2022 study showing only 6.1% of TV presenters and reporters were non-European, compared to 25% of the population, and note that recent interviews with Asian-Australian artists reveal continued pigeonholing and limited influence over programming. The author argues that ending the festival without replacing it with meaningful opportunities undermines the progress made, and calls for sustained resources and decisions to maintain creative spaces for minority artists. The piece concludes with a reflection on the loss of a space where artists' right to participate was already accepted, rather than having to prove it through identity narratives.

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