Regional
Regional Western Australia will receive funding of $5.6million including:
- 30 per cent increase to devolved regional grants and touring programs (totalling $1,328,000 over four years)
- 50 per cent increase to Regional Writers Festivals in Kununurra, Geraldton and Albany (totalling $120,000 over four years)
- $3,672,000 Regional Partnerships Program to support community based partnerships for the delivery of arts and cultural projects and initiatives in regional communities, initiated and developed by and for regional communities
- $300,000 over four years for a Circuitwest Touring Initiative
- $180,000 for the Out There program managed by Country Arts WA with a focus on programs for remote indigenous youth
These initiatives will be managed in partnership with a number of organisations including:
- writing WA
- Circuitwest
- Art on the Move
- Country Arts WA
- Community Arts Network WA
- All Regional Development Commissions
- Kununurra, Geraldton and Albany writers festivals
- Western Australian Local Government Association
- Department of Local Government and Regional Development
For more information contact Manager, Programs
