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The program supports the development and growth of a vibrant sector that promotes the participation and active engagement of Western Australian communities in high quality arts and cultural experiences.

Organisations that deliver arts projects, a program of arts activity or arts services are welcome to apply to this program however:

• organisations must either be registered under law (for example incorporated association, company limited by guarantee) or created by law (for example university, school or government statutory authority)
• individuals, partnerships, or groups applying for funding must apply through the Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups program
• individuals being auspiced by an organisation must apply through this program
• if you are considering submitting an administered/auspiced grant you must contact the department before commencing your application
• WA educational institutions (kindergartens, primary and secondary schools, colleges and universities) cannot apply for curriculum-based arts activity. If you are in any doubt, contact us to discuss your activity
• if you are applying on behalf of Aboriginal people you must provide evidence of significant Aboriginal involvement in the conception, development of and participation in the activity. Please contact us to discuss how to demonstrate this
• although WA residency is not a requirement to apply for a grant, if you are applying from outside WA you will need to show the benefits to WA artists, creatives, arts or cultural workers in your application
• Arts Organisation Investment Program or National Performing Arts Partnership Framework funded organisations are not eligible to apply to this program, unless you are auspicing an application for an individual group.

• projects or activities that do not involve or benefit Western Australian practicing artists, creatives, or arts or cultural workers
• purchase of capital equipment including instruments, equipment, software, computers, tablets (iPads) and/or uniforms (with the exception of Annual Program of Activity applications with a cap of $20,000)
• capital works such as construction or purchasing of studios, work spaces or gallery spaces
• activities already funded by the department through any of our funding programs
• activity relating to radio broadcasting
• display, restoration or conservation of cultural and/or historical material
• costs of manufacturing and/or producing prototypes
• activities relating to podcasts and audiobooks that do not involve creative arts practitioners
• fundraising, competitions, prizes and trophies
• the work of State Government or Commonwealth Government departments
• activity that will be academically assessed or any school curriculum based activity
• facsimiles, genealogical works and histories of local governments, clubs, districts and organisations
• activities related to an individual’s membership in a national organisation
• ongoing staffing or operational costs, except for organisations applying under the Annual Program of Activity category
• digital games development activities
• film and television activities such as:
  • the development or production of narrative shorts or features, pilots for television series, web series, mainstream animation e.g. conventional character-based narrative cartoons
  • documentaries, including documentaries on the arts
  • screenwriting activities or script development for film and television
  • stand-alone documentation activities
  • education activities, or activities where members of the public take part, where the main or only art form being used is film or digital, unless it’s in support of an artist’s work
  • film festivals, unless they support works created by practicing artists.