Industry Development
Western Australian Business and the Arts Partnership Awards
Awards Celebrate Support for Culture and the Arts
The Western Australian Business and the Arts Partnership Awards (WABAPA) have celebrated 15 years of innovation, honouring businesses and organisations that set the benchmark for successful partnerships.
The 2008 awards program attracted 209 nominations and partnership endorsements. These partnerships represent an investment in WA arts and culture worth more than $8.6million, an increase of $1million on those recognised in the 2007 awards.
Read the Minister’s Statement about the 2008 winning partnerships
Award Recipients
The Department of Culture and the Arts congratulates the 2008 award recipients:
Minister's Award for the Most Outstanding Partnership
Disability in the Arts, Disadvantage in the Arts, Australia (DADAA WA) and City of Swan
Arts Development
Disability in the Arts, Disadvantage in the Arts (DADAA WA) and the City of Swan
Best First-Time or Returning Partnership
Museums Australia WA and the Heritage Council WA
Best Small or Medium-Sized Partnership
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and 303 Group PTY Ltd
Community Investment Award
State Library of Western Australia and Rio Tinto
Outstanding Commitment to Regional Arts and Culture
Martumili Artists and the Shire of East Pilbara
Outstanding Long-term Partnership
Black Swan Theatre Company and Rio Tinto
Leadership Award – Arts
David Doyle, Executive Director, Disability in the Arts, Disadvantage in the Arts (DADAA WA)
Leadership Award – Business
Helen Carroll-Fairhall, Wesfarmers Arts
About the Awards
The Awards seek to promote the benefits business-arts partnerships can offer and to encourage new partnership initiatives.
There are six Prestige Partnership Award categories and each of the winning partners receives a trophy created by a Western Australian artist. One partnership is then selected from the category winners to be presented with the Minister’s Award for the Most Outstanding Partnership.
The Awards also recognise individuals from both the arts and private sectors who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and made an invaluable contribution to the life of arts and culture in Western Australia.
Read the Minister's Statement declaring the 2008 Western Australian Business and the Arts Partnership Awards open
2008 Downloads
2008 nomination booklet
All documents are available as PDF or RTF documents in the resources section. If you need an alternative version that is not available on this website please email wabapa@dca.wa.gov.au
2007 Awards Information
Read the Minister's Statement about the 2007 Western Australian Business and the Arts Partnership Award recipients
For Awards enquiries, contact:
Anita Walker – Corporate Affairs Officer Tel: (08) 9224 7448 Fax: (08) 9224 7301 Email: wabapa@dca.wa.gov.au Address: PO Box 8349 Perth Business Centre WA 6849Level 7, Law Chambers Building 573 Hay Street, Perth
