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01 Jul 2009 - Perth Theatre Trust strategic plan 2009-14 launched
Culture and the Arts Minister John Day launched the Perth Theatre Trust (PTT) strategic plan at Subiaco Arts Centre today.
The plan, entitled ‘Showtime’, sets the PTT’s strategic direction for 2009-14.
Read the Minister's statement.
30 Jun 2009 - State Government helps young artist to study at prestigious design school
A Young People and the Arts International Scholarship of $30,000 from the Liberal-National Government will assist a Kalamunda artist to study for a Masters of Fine Arts in Sculpture at the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design in the USA.
Joshua Webb was one of 11 artists and arts organisations to receive a total of $159,286 through the latest funding round of the Young People and Arts Grants Program. Funding is awarded for new works or to bring established works to a wider audience.
19 Jun 2009 - WA interdisciplinary artists receive Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica
How will nerve cell activity in a Petri dish change when it is given an audience? This is just one of the questions posed by Phil Gamblen and Guy Ben-Ary, residents at SymbioticA, an artistic laboratory dedicated to the research, learning and critique of life sciences based at The University of Western Australia.
Their work entitled Silent Barrage, which involves 32 sculptural robotic objects connected to brain cells, has recently received an Honorary Mention in the Hybrid art category at the Prix Ars Electronica.
