Western Australian regional galleries receive funding to improve cultural experiences

The Western Australian Government has announced funding of $270,000 to be shared among 10 regional public galleries for upgrades and support.

The program is delivered as part of the Regional Exhibition Touring Boost (RETB). It offers $25,000 for minor upgrades or procurement of equipment with minimal technical requirements, and up to $100,000 for projects which require major changes to existing venue infrastructure or systems.

Installation of new equipment and infrastructure, including lighting, visual interfaces such as graphic displays and other state-of-the-art gallery features, will help ensure regional audiences can enjoy high-quality art facilities.

This funding will also improve the capacity of the funded galleries to receive touring exhibitions, ensuring a better equality of access to cultural experiences across WA.

WA Culture and the Arts Minister David Templeman noted "Having state-of-the-art facilities is so important to people's enjoyment of, and ability to access, public art galleries right around WA.

"Regional communities provide so much to our cultural landscape - it's only fair that they should expect a high standard of public art experiences."

Projects funded include:

• Arts Narrogin Inc. - Arts Space Gallery Upgrades ($38,714);         

• Shire of Broome - Exhibition Infrastructure for Kimberley artwork ($69,788);

• Goldfields Arts Centre - City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder - Enlighten: Illuminating the Artistic Excellence ($50,005);

• Mandurah Performing Arts Inc. - ManPAC Gallery Lighting, Audio, Signage and Display Upgrade ($14,573);

• Southern Forest Arts Inc. - 2024 Painted Tree Gallery upgrade ($8,532);

• Shire of Morawa - Morawa Art Space - Gallery Fit Out ($24,836);  

• Shire of Manjimup - All About the Art ($18,389);     

• Collie Gallery Group Inc. - Major Equipment Upgrade ($20,663);   

• Contemporary Art Spaces Mandurah - City of Mandurah - CASM Signage Upgrade and Gallery Facade Improvement ($18,730); and

• Shire of Katanning - second stage of upgrade of lighting system in gallery ($13,710).      

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Image. Credit: Mandurah Performing Arts