A total of 950 delegates will meet in the desert town of Alice Springs this week for Regional Arts Australia’s sixth biennial conference – art at the heart – which gets underway at sunset this Thursday evening (2 October).

“This conference has generated enormous excitement with 950 people meeting in Alice Springs this week for three days of art, talk and festival - it’s our largest conference ever,” says the President of Regional Arts Australia, Suzie Haslehurst.

“Alice Springs’ artistic and cultural traditions are recognised the world over so it’s a natural place for artists and arts workers to gather, discuss, perform and celebrate.”