From 1 July 2025, the Department of Creative Industries, Tourism and Sport (CITS) replaces the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries (DLGSC).
Creative Communities COVID-19 Recovery Program.
In 2021, AWESOME Arts partnered with the State Library of WA to run an artist in residence program in regional public libraries and community resource centres. This program saw 4 WA artists take up residence in the host communities of Merredin, Dandaragan, Katanning and Kalgoorlie.
Each residency travelled to libraries around these regions to present a series of arts workshops engaging and delighting the community. The final event of each residency was a professional development session tun by the State Library of WA for the participating regional staff. This session focused on breaking down the intricacies of running community focused workshops and creating an intra-regional network for these public libraries and community resource centres. Each residency was designed in partnership with the staff at the local libraries and community resource centres to reflect the challenges and interests of their unique community.
The project saw artists in 36 libraries across the State, and resulted in significantly increased visitation, including from people who had never visited their community library before.