The new Creative Organisations Two Year Program will be for activity commencing in 2027. It will replace the ‘Annual Program of Activity’ category of the Arts Projects for Organisations program. It will support, cultural and creative organisations that add dynamism and targeted support to the Western Australian creative organisations ecosystem.
This new program will provide a longer period of funding certainty.
Creative Organisations Two Year Program will open soon.
The last round of the Annual Program of Activity category in the Arts Project for Organisations program opened in December 2025 for activity commencing after 1 May 2026.
The Creative Organisations Four Year Program is the new name for the Arts Organisations Investment Program (AOIP). It supports longstanding, high achieving small-to-medium arts, cultural and creative organisations in Western Australia essential to the ecosystem for sustained impact.
Program guidelines will be available soon to support organisations that are interested in applying.
The department will conduct clinics and provide guidance and advice to organisations that are unsure which program to apply for when the guidelines are published.