For Communities
Gascoyne Focus Region
Over the next four years (2010 - 2013) the Gascoyne region will receive focused funding and support to increase community capacity, resources and enthusiasm for arts and culture.
Country Arts WA will partner with Gascoyne Development Commission over the period of the Focus Region Initiative to deliver services and benefits to the region, such as a full-time Regional Arts Development Officer stationed in the region; the Out There youth arts development residency program; priority for performing arts touring initiatives; a dedicated arts funding program and the opportunity to host Country Arts WA's 2015 State Regional Arts Conference, which is expected to attract more than 300 people to the region.
The partnership follows on from a placement of a Gascoyne Arts Development Officer in the region by the Department of Culture and the Arts. Sarah Trant was based in the Gascoyne from 2004 until 2009 and worked with artists and arts organisations on a range of projects which developed arts practice in the region.
The Focus Region Initiative was developed in 2001 in response to the need for long-term strategic support to develop arts communities in regional Western Australia.
For more information contact:
Theaker von Ziarno
Gascoyne Regional Arts Development Officer
T: 08 9941 7016 or 0488 686 864
tvonziarno@countryartswa.asn.au
NEWS
Gascoyne Focus Region Survey Report
In April to May 2010 a survey was conducted asking people living and/or working in the Gascoyne region what they thought the state of arts, culture and community was like at present and what would be done to improve the arts, culture and community landsapce.
90 people responded to the survey, representing more than 3,000 people from the region.
A copy of the Survey Findings and Recommendations can be downloaded below.
If you would like a copy of the Report emailed to you please contact Megan Roberts at mroberts@countryartswa.asn.au, regional freecall 1800 811 883 or 08 9200 6200.