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The following recipients successfully received funding through the Next Gen Arts grant program. The program offers support for employing regional artists to deliver arts activities for regional young people aged between 12 and 18.
Next Gen Arts is part of the Regional Arts and Culture Investment Program, delivered by the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries, with funding from the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development.
Recipients – 2024
Pemberton Community Resource Centre | South West | $5,000
The Pemberton Community Resource Centre will deliver an accessible youth arts program for teens, offering workshops and mentorships with local artists. By removing cost and transportation barriers, the project fosters creativity, skill-building, and community connections through inclusive cultural activities.
Avon Valley Arts Inc. | Wheatbelt | $5,000
Sketchbook Club offers an after-school creative space for youth to explore personal art projects in a relaxed setting. Providing professional materials, it encourages self-expression, peer connections, and wellbeing through unstructured experimentation with drawing, painting, collage, and crafts.
Xanthe Turner | Peel | $4,089.45
This project offers four plein air painting workshops for youth (12-18), building skills from sketching basics to outdoor composition and light studies. Participants receive take-home materials and a pathway to the Plein Air Down Under festival, while fostering youth leadership through peer-led sessions.
Jillian Crisp | Goldfields-Esperance | $5,000
Studio Rookie offers youth (Years 7–12) a 3-part music production workshop series covering studio setup, recording, and mixing. Using industry-standard equipment, it builds technical skills, fosters collaboration, and inspires creative expression
Bailingup Arts and Culture Hub | South West | $5,000
The BACH Winter School offers a 3-day intensive for 15 young singer-songwriters (13-18) in Balingup, mentored by three professional musicians. Participants learn songwriting, recording, and music industry skills, followed by five monthly workshops and a December showcase.
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.