Government funding flows to artists, like Musonga Mbogo, left in coronavirus limbo

Jasper Lindell
May 3 2020 - 5:30am
Homefront arts funding recipient Musonga Mbogo with his painting "Black Boy Fly" on the fence at his home in Rivett. Picture: Elesa Kurtz
Homefront arts funding recipient Musonga Mbogo with his painting "Black Boy Fly" on the fence at his home in Rivett. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Painter Musonga Mbogo is not very precious about his work, which he hangs on the back fence with clothing pegs while he paints on a new canvas, stripped from its frame and spread out on the ground in front of him.

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Jasper Lindell

Jasper Lindell

Assembly Reporter

Jasper Lindell joined The Canberra Times in 2018. He is a Legislative Assembly reporter, covering ACT politics and government. He also writes about development, transport, heritage, local history, literature and the arts, as well as contributing to the Times' Panorama magazine. He was previously a Sunday Canberra Times reporter.

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