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Last week, presenters, producers and performers from across Australia gathered in Garramilla Darwin for the 2025 Australian Performing Arts Exchange (APAX).
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New exhibitions, residencies and art workshops coming to Mandurah and Narrogin.
Western Australia’s creative talent is on display on the global stage.
Young people across Western Australia are set to benefit from a new round of creative programs aimed at supporting mental, social and emotional wellbeing, as well as strengthening community connections.
WA theatre makers THEATRE 180 recently took their popular show 21 Hearts: Vivian Bullwinkel and the Nurses of the Vyner Brooke on the road to regional towns across WA.
Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Pinnacle Awards, which celebrates excellence in WA’s performing arts industry.
Western Australian creative workers are now able to find clear information about their rights and obligations thanks to a new national platform from Creative Australia.
With the WA Government’s Screen Industry Strategy guiding growth of our state’s screen sector over the next ten years, WA’s screen industry is bustling with positive activity.
Music Australia has released a new report, providing the first comprehensive measure of the economic contribution of Australia’s music industry.
Two of Fremantle's iconic arts organisations — CircusWA and the Fremantle Press —have secured a new home, thanks to support from the Western Australian Government.
The WA Government extended its initial 2018 commitment of $3 million for a Contemporary Music Fund in 2021 with an additional $3 million over 4 years through to 2025.
Two new grant programs will soon open to support the next generation of Western Australian artists and arts workers, as part of the WA Government's plan to grow our creative industries
Project update
Find out what’s happening and what’s to come in the rejuvenation project
Culture and the Arts renamed Creative Industries highlighting importance in WA’s economic diversification.
National Volunteer Week (19 to 25 May 2025) begins today with thousands of events and activities taking place across the country to celebrate.
Creative Australia and Service and Creative Skills Australia (SaCSA) recently released the Creative Workforce Scoping Study.
We know WA’s creatives punch well above their weight. This is your chance to be recognised. Two awards programs opened in early May recognising local achievements.
Western Australia's largest annual regional literary festival, the Margaret River Readers and Writers Festival (MRRWF), aims to foster a love of literature and the arts for the WA community.
Implementation commences with sector information sessions.
Aboriginal cultural understanding is coming to more classrooms across WA schools, with cultural initiatives receiving support through the WA Government’s Partnership Acceptance Learning Sharing (PALS) program.
The department provides funding to promote participation and achievement in creative and artistic endeavours.
Creative WA is a 10 year vision to grow and sustain thriving culture, arts and creative industries in Western Australia.
The department recognises and values the talents of Aboriginal artists and acknowledges the depth and diversity of Aboriginal cultures.
We are committed to improving access to arts and culture and acknowledge the importance of finding new ways to support those who are producing world class work in regional, rural and remote locations.
The Cultural Infrastructure Toolkit supports the implementation of the WA Cultural Infrastructure Framework 2030+.
The Western Australian Cultural Infrastructure Map displays the State’s existing cultural infrastructure and can be used to search for a cultural facility, or for future planning to grow WA’s cultural engagement and creative economy.
The research hub contains research projects, statistics and links to summary reports and publications about arts, culture and creative industries in Western Australia.
The Major Performing Arts companies play a vital role in the development of artists and audiences, as well as being a large employer of artists and arts professionals in Western Australia.
The department recognises the universal value of culture and the arts to the wider community.
Public art can transform a place, mark an event, stimulate debate and generate cultural tourism.
Acknowledging the outstanding contributions of individual philanthropists and businesses who partner with arts and cultural organisations across WA.
Acknowledging the ability of artists to engage, move, involve and entertain audiences.
Presenting an exciting new future for Perth’s ‘epicentre of culture’.