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WA opts for a fresh strategy to help the arts and culture sector build on its post-pandemic recovery.

The WA arts industry has celebrated change and embraced inclusivity over 30 years.

A former artistic director of the Perth Festival is returning to Western Australia to become executive director of the Chamber of Arts and Culture WA

Perth's creative industries were challenged by diverse ideas in this year's Remix Academy.

Boston leaves arts chamber:

Former Rio Tinto chief executive Sam Walsh will take up the position of Australia Council of the Arts (ACA) chair, as of July, after almost two years on the board.

WA arts organisations are aiming to broaden their revenue streams amid falling income for Lotterywest.

SPECIAL REPORT: A focus on creating and sustaining a liveable, connected and internationally appealing city is driving arts and culture development and construction projects across Perth.

Startup founders, business leaders, policy makers, artists and creative institutions are joining forces to shape the future of WA's economy.

The local arts sector has struggled to capture attention for a move it thinks is key to the sustainability and future development of the industry, with no political parties committing to the Chamber of Arts and Culture's proposed pledge of $100 million of increased funding over the next four years.

SPECIAL REPORT: Arts and cultural organisations are pursuing innovation and collaboration to help manage the tougher financial conditions in WA.

Eleven Western Australian arts groups have secured four-year funding deals under a long-awaited announcement from the Australia Council for the Arts, leaving four WA arts groups that have been getting government funding with an uncertain future.

WA's arts sector is fighting uncertainty over changes to federal funding with a united approach.

WA's arts sector needs an ambitious, united vision if it is to realise its creative and cultural dreams.

Country Arts WA has welcomed a $24 million state funding program announced today in Bunbury as the biggest and most significant investment in arts and culture in regional Australia.

WA needs more artistic and cultural attractions that are unique to the state, and less bureaucracy, to achieve its potential as a tourism destination, industry players have told Business News.

Given its vast size, selling the state as a holiday destination is a complex business; but energising those who live in WA to tell the story might be the key.

The peak body representing WA's art sector renews bid for an annual $20 million funding boost.

The culture and arts sector has not emerged unscathed from last week's state budget as the government seeks to keep the accounts in the black.

Western Australia's voice for multicultural arts has announced it can no longer survive after having funding withdrawn by the state government - a claim which Minister for Planning, Culture and the

The Chamber of Arts and Culture WA has appointed its inaugural executive director, with the recruitment of experienced arts administrator Henry Boston.

The Chamber of Arts and Culture WA has appointed its inaugural executive director, with the recruitment of experienced arts administrator Henry Boston.

THE celebration of Western Australia's top business-arts partnerships this week revealed the increasingly important contribution small and medium-sized businesses are making to the state's creative

Another prominent resource sector executive has joined the Black Swan Theatre Company board with Alcoa Australia managing director Alan Cransberg joining chairman Sam Walsh.

Mining engineers, scientists and technology entrepreneurs should collaborate with innovators in the arts sector to produce outcomes that benefit all sectors, the WA Business News boardroom forum was told.