Next Gen Arts Grant Recipients

Boyup Brook Community Mental Health Action Team | South West | $3,000

The Boyup Brook Youth Mural project will engage local artist Meri Beatty with up to 30 rural youth, aged 12-18, to design and install a mural on a storage container at the Youth Zone. Participants will enhance their art skills, foster community pride, and contribute to local aesthetics. 

Hopetoun Community Resource Centre | Goldfields-Esperance | $3,000

Hopetoun CRC’s Youth Space program for ages 12-18 offers a safe environment for arts, gardening, and socializing. They will host a 3-day Make-A-Movie workshop with Filmbites during the summer holidays, where participants will learn filmmaking skills and create a short film, culminating in a community screening.

Kellerberrin Community Resource Centre | Wheatbelt | $1,599

The Kellerberrin Community Resource Centre will host a terrarium building workshop with Paint the Town during the January 2025 school holidays. This engaging activity will encourage youth to socialize, explore a new art form, and create something to take home, promoting creativity and appreciation for nature across all ages.

Regional Sounds Inc | Mid West | $3,000

The Perpetual Youth Arts Challenge in Jambinu, Geraldton, invites creative youth (12-18) the opportunity to express themselves through various art forms over nine months. Inspired by the Randolph Stow young writers award, participants will engage in workshops led by talented local artists, culminating in a public celebration and exhibition of their original artworks.

Shire of Coolgardie | Goldfields-Esperance | $3,000 
Local Kalgoorlie artist Em Anders will conduct a series of painting and resin art workshops for youth in Kambalda and Coolgardie, providing invaluable artistic opportunities. 

Cunderdin Community Resource Centre | Wheatbelt | $2,715 
Merredin artist Sheree Lowe will lead four workshops in August called the ‘Regional Renaissance: Cultivating Creativity Cunderdin’, including Special Effects, Paint and Sip (non-alcoholic), Pot Decorating, and Resin Cheeseboard Making, aimed at engaging young residents of Cunderdin. 

Wagin Community Resource Centre | Wheatbelt | $2,661 
In collaboration with local artist Anita Longmuir and the Wagin Youth Art Collective, Wagin CRC will offer art classes for local youth from July to December, culminating in a collaborative artwork to publically be displayed. 

Shire of Morawa | Mid-West | $3,000 
Geraldton street artist Shah Jackey will facilitate a two-day workshop in July called ‘Galactic Dreamtime Workshop’ where participants, primarily First Nations youth, will have their artworks displayed at the Mid-West NAIDOC event. 

Wheatbelt Arts & Events Inc. | Wheatbelt | $3,000 
A collaboration between local community radio station Voice of Avon 101.3 FM, the Ballardong Noongar community, and the wider Wheatbelt/Avon Valley community. This program, ‘York Yarns’ will train 12-18-year-olds in broadcast media, helping them create new radio content and develop their own program slots on the station.