We are proud to Showcase the creativity, skill and talent of WA artists and arts organisations.
The department supports the culture and the arts sector in Western Australia — creating a vibrant, inclusive and connected WA community.
Our services focus on industry sustainability through the provision of funds, industry partnerships, regional programs and research for policy development and planning.
Our work enables the sector to increase public participation in the arts, which strengthens community connection across the State.
Artist-in-residence George Domahidy worked with Esperance youth and their families to create a large-scale mural on the exterior of the Esperance Indoor Stadium.
Resident artist Kaitlyn Elsegood worked with the North Parmelia Primary School community, in celebration of 50th anniversary, to examine and identify significant aspects and people of Kwinana.
Artists Lewis Horne and Chloe Flockart worked with the Merredin community to explore angle grinding, welding and plasma cutting.
This performance project was led by children aged 4 to 7 years old with a significant adult in their life.
Sisonke Msimang was ‘in residence’ with the Bridgepro Foundation at the Balga Recreation Centre.
Perth Festival gifted Bassendean Primary School the Kaarak (Red Tailed Black Cockatoo) and Marri tree as totems to care for in 2017.
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) musicians collaborated with local students to compose, arrange and perform original music at the Broome Civic Centre in August 2021.
Students from Fremantle Primary School, White Gum Valley Primary School and Hilton Primary School worked with artist-in-residence and WA Wildlife Native Arc to create imagery and sounds representing their ideas for the future.
Recycled rag-rugs are being created by community participants during on Country camping trips and school workshops for Reclaim the Void.
'We Must Get Together Sometime' is an artists’ collective committed to slow art making, through active long-term creative engagements with non-urban spaces.
'Grow' is a creative community engagement residency program consisting of cultural sharing, artmaking and up-skilling of regional migrant artists.
Sarah Elson’s exhibition 'Jewels of the Crown Land' is a showcase Indian Ocean Craft Triennial event at the Fremantle Arts Centre.
'Juukan Tears' is local artist Melissa Cameron’s response to the shameful destruction of sacred sites and continued silencing of our First Nations People.
'Toy Stories' brings together artists, hobbyists, regional museums, and community groups in a showcase of contemporary and historic handmade toys from Western Australia, from the early 1920s to today.
As part of the Indian Ocean Craft Triennial, Elisa Markes-Young, Katharina Meister and Ruth Halbert will present Oblivion at the Bunbury Regional Art Gallery.
Amy Perejuan-Capone’s ambitious solo exhibition 'Sky Cave' will be staged in the cavernous central galleries of the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts and is part of the inaugural Indian Ocean Craft Triennial.
Nalda Searles’ solo exhibition, 'Finders Keepers', is showing at the Mundaring Arts Centre as part of the Indian Ocean Craft Triennial.
The Indian Ocean Triennial 2021 (IOTA21) is a festival celebrating craft in Perth and various regional WA venues.
'The Curious Five go Surfing' is a collaborative installation inspired by historical research, craft and fantasy by Susie Vickery at the Fremantle Arts Centre as part of the Indian Ocean Craft Triennial.
Jay Emmanuel’s ‘Children of the Sea’ was developed after a two-year research project exploring children’s stories of escaping war, living in refugee camps and arriving in Australia.
Choreographer Emma Fishwick’s ‘Slow Burn, Together’ challenges the audience’s expectation of a dance presentation.
‘Galup’ is an interactive walking performance on-Country that brings to life largely unknown histories of Lake Monger.
‘Black Brass’ is a new theatre work celebrating stories of resilience and strength from Perth’s African communities.
The work explores the structure of choreography, and how its elements – movement, space, sound and the viewer — depend on one another.
‘Whale Fall’ by Ian Sinclair, recently presented at Perth Festival 2021, charts transition across generations, family dynamics, the human body and our ecological future.
‘Mama Stitch’ brings the stories of local community members and their mums to life through performance and music.
Rachael Dease is an award-winning composer, musician, writer and director based in Perth.
With support from an Arts 15k-plus grant and publisher Allen & Unwin, WA novelist and screenwriter Craig Silvey has published his third novel ‘Honeybee’.
Reign the Label is a vibrant Perth-based fashion label known for its unique designs and impeccable craftsmanship.
WA dancer and choreographer Laura Boynes worked with a stellar creative ensemble in the development of a new dance work ‘Equations of a Falling Body’.
With the vital support of an Arts U-15k grant, WA artist Abdul-Rahman Abdullah is producing a significant body of new sculptural works, entitled ‘Peripheries’.
The innovative creative team at Breaksea collaborate with community participants to co-create community singing and story-telling performance works.
Penhale & Winter have a strong interest in exploring the intersection of architecture and art and regularly participate in competitions.
Merrick Belyea recently received funding to present a new body of work at the WA Art Collective gallery in Perth. Certain works from this collection can still be viewed and purchased at the gallery.
Australian Baroque presented an imaginative and captivating program of instrumental and vocal works by Handel, Vivaldi, Bach and Telemann at the Government House Ballroom in November 2020.
The dynamic team at Audioplay create immersive digital experiences that allow kids to step into a story and physically play as a character.
Yabu Band’s Delson (Delly) and Boyd Stokes return to the studio after 8 years to record their latest five-song EP with the working title ‘Campfires’.
'Alluvial Gold’ is an extraordinary multi-media project currently being developed by well-known visual artist Erin Coates.
Planned to be launched in Perth in September 2021, the inaugural Indian Ocean Craft Triennial is a multi-venue contemporary craft event across Western Australia.
Prominent trumpeter and composer, Adrian Kelly, has been in the studio recording with his e-Quartet, AK4.
WA dancer and choreographer, Scott Elstermann continues to excite and inspire us with the development of a new contemporary dance work.
Ian de Souza is developing new online instructional video content.
Felicity Peters, renown Western Australian jeweller, artist and craftsperson was awarded funding to continue the research, development and exploration of designing and producing a collection of works utilising new processes and materials.
Dr Kelsey Ashe, curator and artist was awarded funding to nurture and support the creative development of new artworks for an upcoming exhibition, 'Imaginary Territories'.
Producer/singer-songwriter, Angus Dawson is currently in the studio working on his debut album ‘Looking Over The Red Lights’, due out January 2021.
Sport and Recreation Events Funding Program: Utilising sport to bring cultures together where people can meet, connect and empower one another.
Sport and Recreation Inclusive Participation Program: Growing youth engagement in sport and recreation while promoting healthier lifestyles and community connections.
Sport and Recreation Inclusive Participation Program: Utilising sport and recreation to support vulnerable and at-risk groups in rebuilding their lives.
Sport and Recreation Inclusive Participation Program: Helping cricket clubs nurture cultural connections to create welcoming and inclusive environments.
Sport and Recreation Inclusive Participation Program: Creating supportive and inclusive environments to provide vulnerable young people opportunities to engage in physical activity.
WA Hiking Participation Grants Program
Outdoor Active Recreation Participation Program
Creative Communities COVID-19 Recovery Program
Regional and Remote Festivals Fund
Arts U-15k
Arts 15k-plus
Western Australian Theatre Development Initiative
Contemporary Music Fund