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The primary objective of the Regional Arts Venues Support program is to support the development of regional arts venues by enhancing their reach and engagement. 

Supporting objectives:

• Raise the quality, scale and profile of the arts in regional Western Australia
• Boost employment and tourism opportunities in regional Western Australia  
• Enable regional arts venues to better leverage investment and generate income
• Increase opportunities for regional communities to participate in arts and cultural activities and contribute to the liveability and vibrancy of regional communities.

• projects or activities that do not involve or benefit regional Western Australian artists, creatives, arts or cultural workers, or communities
• purchase of capital equipment including instruments, equipment, software, computers, tablets (iPads) and/or uniforms
• 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
• activities 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 costs that are not linked to the expanded program supported through this application
• digital games development activities
• film and television activities such as:
• the development or production of narrative shorts or features, pilots for television 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 artform being used is film or digital, unless it’s in support of an artist’s work.
• film festivals.