From 1 July 2025, the Department of Creative Industries, Tourism and Sport (CITS) replaces the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries (DLGSC).
We are proud to promote participation and achievement in culture and arts by showcasing the creativity, skill and talent of WA artists and arts organisations who tell WA’s unique stories.
The department aims to grow and sustain thriving culture, arts and creative industries in Western Australia, contributing to the prosperity and diversity of the WA economy.
We support a sustainable arts and cultural sector that facilitates social and economic wellbeing by providing research, policy, information and support.
Erin takes aspects of the ecology of the Swan River (Derbarl Yerrigan) as her starting point.
“The transference of matter into and out of the river and subsequent impact on estuarine ecology informs my new artwork.
“A key component of this project has been my collaboration with composer Stuart James and percussionist Louise Devenish, who are using my sculptural works as musical instruments to devise a new song cycle.”
The solo exhibition by Erin is a part of her Tilt residency at Heathcote Cultural Precinct in late 2020.
Grant: Arts U-15k
Sensorium Theatre collaborated with Kenwick School to develop a new work for young people with access needs.
Artits held collaborative art workshops with people with lived experience of homelessness and housing insecurity to develop a 400 piece sculptural installation.
Art of Connection brought together older residents and younger children together through arts activities in Mandurah Performing Arts Centre.
Artists and Elders collaborated with students at Basssendean Primary School to create a live performance with, dance, puppetry, visual arts, song writing and story telling.
The Concrete Club and regional artists in Margaret River delivered workshops for young people in puppet making, costume design, song writing and filming.
Merredin Regional Arts engaged artists to work with the local community to create the public Merredin Community Art Trail.
Now Sounds is an intercultural dance, music, spoken word and video project created by artists and young people from First Nations and multicultural communities.
Artists ran collaborative weaving workshops with high schools and community in metro, regional, on Country and online to create a large scale artwork.
The Home: Sculptural Habitats project connected Southern Forrest Arts with 10 local schools to create a series of small sculptural installations that provide homes for forest creatures.
The Centre for Stories worked with students and teachers at Cecil Andrews College to produce, share and promote creative writing and oral storytelling works.
This program was a community based singing, storytelling and interdisciplinary project that explored identity and the concept of home inspired by the metaphor of the magpie's nest.