Art fair defies household budget crunch

By Liz Hobday
Updated September 5 2022 - 2:33pm, first published 2:29pm
Toowoomba Gallery co-owners Niki Hall and Bec Statton at the Affordable Art Fair in Melbourne. (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS)
Toowoomba Gallery co-owners Niki Hall and Bec Statton at the Affordable Art Fair in Melbourne. (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS)

When former PE teacher Bec Statton and a friend put up $5000 to start an art gallery in the Queensland town of Toowoomba, they didn't know if they'd ever get their cash back.

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