Former child actor becomes producer of a $1.7b show
Katrina Sedgwick played the first HIV-positive character on Australian TV. Now she’s running the $1.7 billion Melbourne Arts Precinct Transformation Project.
Katrina Sedgwick says the Melbourne Arts Precinct Transformation Project is about “the identity of the city”. Elke Meitzel
Chocolate Buddha is a convenient place to meet Katrina Sedgwick. The Japanese restaurant is in Federation Square, part of her artsy bailiwick and about 100 metres from her desk.
Handy? Yes. Good food? Definitely. But for Sedgwick, who leads the Melbourne Arts Precinct Corporation, there’s another connection. She’s still inspired by a visit to two Japanese islands that forcefully demonstrated the power of art to economically transform a place.
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