The State Government has announced it will provide $7.5 million towards the Art Gallery of Western Australia's rooftop activation project. An additional $2.5 million will go towards the acquisition of contemporary Western Australian, Australian and international art through the TomorrowFund. Investing in the cultural industries will help support the creation of new
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The WA Government is calling for public input into a new draft strategy to protect the Burrup Peninsula's invaluable rock art. Releasing the draft strategy today, Environment Minister Stephen Dawson said it would guide the development and implementation of a rigorous scientific monitoring program to help protect the rock art for
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Diversity will shine at this year's Telstra Perth Fashion Festival with the introduction of The Language of Fashion: Multicultural Runway, featuring models and clothing honouring the breadth of cultures in Western Australia. The new addition to the festival is part a suite of free events being held at Fashion Centre in
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In February 2018, the Art Gallery of Western Australia will become home to works from the private art collection of eminent Italian family, the Corsinis. In its only Australian showing, the Art Gallery will host the A Window on Italy - The Corsini Collection: Masterpieces from Florence exhibition. The exhibition features Renaissance
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Western Australia will host delegates from a number of African countries this week as part of the inaugural Australia Africa Week - a celebration of the economic and cultural ties between the two continents. Centred around the well-established Africa Down Under (Mining) Conference, Africa Week 2017 will bring together WA's diverse
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The Australian Major Performing Arts Group’s annual fundraising survey shows huge increase in support for its member companies. The survey found the largest percentage increase in philanthropic support from the corporate sector and private donors since 2011 Revenue from donations, corporate sponsorship and fundraising events in Australia’s major performing arts sector grew
Read MoreApplications are now open for the latest funding round of the Visions of Australia regional exhibitions touring program. The program aims to inspire, educate and entertain audiences and allow them to experience significant cultural collections and stories from across Australia. The program gives Australians the opportunity to access collection material that
Read MoreWestern Australia's Muslim community will come together this week to celebrate Eid ul-Adha - one of the most important festivals in the Islamic calendar. Eid ul-Adha is celebrated at the end of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, known as the Hajj. It is a reminder of the sacredness of life and
Read MoreIn July this year NAISDA Dance College became the first of Australia’s elite arts training organisations to employ an ArtsReady trainee when 19 year old Hannah Shearer joined their office for 12 months as an administrative assistant. Through this traineeship Australian Government support for both NAISDA and ArtsReady has come together
Read MoreThe Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC), National Native Title Tribunal (NNTT) and Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA) have formalised arrangements to better support registered native title bodies corporate (RNTBCs) in the Torres Strait. The Torres Strait has played an important role in the history of native title rights
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