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Culture and the Arts Minister speaking at the Outer Metro Arts launch

Arts program to build capacity of outer metro Perth

Jan 15, 2020

Perth's outer metropolitan communities will have more opportunities to participate in high-quality arts and cultural experiences thanks to a new pilot program opening next month.

Arts and Culture Monitor 2019

Jan 2, 2020

An independent survey into how Western Australians view the arts shows strong and increasing public support for the value of the State’s culture and arts activities.

Spectacular spaces revealed as New Museum build complete

Dec 19, 2019

Western Australia's new world-class museum has achieved a major milestone with the construction phase reaching practical completion, on time and within the allocated budget.

WA artists to benefit from exchange program with SE Asia

Dec 10, 2019

A new grant program will provide an opportunity for Western Australian artists to take part in an exchange program with artists in South East Asia.

Treasures of Western Australia digitised and accessible to all

Dec 5, 2019

A new, free digital platform that provides access to the extraordinary collections from Western Australia's main cultural institutions through a single, searchable portal, has gone live.

Close up photo of a microphone in a recording studio

Survey: Building capacities in the WA music sector

Nov 25, 2019

Music industry professionals, musicians and practitioners are invited to have their say on professional development and capacity building needs in the local contemporary music industry.

Contemporary Music Fund empowering local music industry

Nov 6, 2019

Western Australia’s premier contemporary music conference received $200,000 from the Contemporary Music Fund to support its continued success over three years.

A crowd cheering a band on stage with the Raffles Hotel in the background

Highway councils band together to stage AC/DC tribute

Oct 31, 2019

Three metropolitan councils are banding together to help create a family event that promises to be one of the highlights of the 2020 Festival of Perth.

Culture and the Arts Minister Templeman with members of the Barking Gecko Theatre Company

Significant investment into WA arts orgs

Oct 24, 2019

Thirty-seven Western Australian arts, cultural and creative sector organisations will share in more than $31 million in funding over three years as part of the Arts Organisations Investment Program (AOIP).

Local and international artists pay homage to AC/DC at Perth Festival

Oct 21, 2019

Western Australians and Perth Festival goers will be able to pay homage to AC/DC's Bon Scott and his Western Australian links on the world's longest stage at the 2020 Perth Festival free public finale event.

Culture and Arts Minister David Templeman with Ash and Timieka from Perth band Dulcie

Contemporary Music Fund nurtures aspiring musicians

Oct 9, 2019

Western Australia's aspiring young musicians will have more opportunities to take part in the contemporary music sector thanks to a $250,000 investment from the Contemporary Music Fund.

Grant programs to increase regional arts activity

Sep 19, 2019

Two new grant programs that opened this week will increase the number and variety of arts and culture activities presented in regional Western Australia, by supporting the costs of their delivery.

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