Laura Swale invites key cultural figures to reflect on COVID-19

Art matters
Written by Laura Swale

With the overwhelming majority of Malta’s events and live entertainment being cancelled or postponed, and galleries, theatres and museums closing their doors, Malta’s cultural provision has all but shut down due to the COVID-19 virus. As the fallout from the unprecedented disruption begins to be felt, Laura Swale invites artists and key figures within the creative and entertainment industries to give Times of Malta an insider perspective on the impact of the near-total interruption to the cultural calendar.

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Andreas Stadler, ambassador of Austria to Malta

Andreas Stadler, ambassador of Austria to Malta

Laura Swale

Laura is a visual artist, writer and entrepreneur from the UK, with a background in arts education, cultural event-planning and curatorial work. She is the founder of Allura, a multi-award-winning arts organisation based in Malta, established to showcase creative talent and bring it to a global audience. Laura writes visual Arts and cultural content for the Times of Malta and the Malta Independent, she is a judge on the panels of several art prizes and a regular guest speaker at the University of Malta. Formerly a secondary school art teacher and head of department of fifteen years, she is also a practising artist, regularly exhibiting and selling her work.

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