Bec MacĀ is an innovative, creative and enigmatic arts reporter. She started her broadcast media career with the live art show, LOVE TV, where she invited guests to talk about their love stories.Ā Bec describes the show as the most private conversation in a public place.

Bec now writes for theĀ AU Review, presentsĀ 4ZZZradioā€™s art show, Friday Neon, and has her ownĀ weekly web-seriesĀ called POPSART.Ā ā€œIā€™ve always been passionate about being an advocate for the arts. I did a lot of performance work, burlesque, fan dancing, trapeze. Iā€™ve kind of done everything. Iā€™ve been a painter. Iā€™ve been a performer. Iā€™ve been a broadcast journalist and I think that helps me in what I do because Iā€™ve worked in all these art forms. I understand the process,ā€ Bec says.Ā ā€œI think that the arts are so vital on so many levels. Beyond being entertainment, art also allows us to explore the non-binary aspects of life and helps us consider the unfathomable.ā€

Bec says she considers herself an animateur, that is ā€œsomeone who works to enliven the space between an audience and the artform. You bring energy and enthusiasm to help the artist communicate with an audienceā€. POPSART was created when Bec recognised there was a gap between the audience and the artist.Ā POPSART is a series of live-to-Facebook interviews with artists and curators to reveal insight into the work and life of leading Australian artists.Ā “The media is in such a transition and itā€™s such a dynamic space to be working in because it is led by the audience.ā€

Bec predicts that POPSART will diversify across several social media platforms in the future. She has a busy schedule as she juggles all her different shows and as well as being a mother. ā€œI think as you get more experienced you realise how to do things more effectively, and they all [her work] feed each other anyway.

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