Cultural Industries

Minderoo Generation One director Shelley Cable has called it quits after nearly four years with the Forrest family's philanthropic foundation.

A small Rotary club in suburban Perth has had a big impact on an international medical charity.

Linde Ivimey's captivating sculptures and Susan Roux's striking large scale paper works make for a rich and rewarding experience at Art Collective WA, discovers Craig McKeough.

The operators of DOVA Collective say they have delivered a new business model for art galleries.

WA-based Good Sammy has opened its first hospitality venue Good Thanks cafe at the Kwinana Recquatic recreation centre.

Sitting with a $7.6 billion endowment following a mammoth donation of Fortescue Metals Group stock, Minderoo Foundation has sought to refine its areas of focus.

Will two successful short dance works stand up to being revived and extended for West Australian Ballet's 2023 STATE program? Kim Balfour finds out.

The donation, to the Forrests' Minderoo Foundation, came in the form of 220 million Fortescue Metals Group shares.

FORM collaborated with artist Stormie Mills to engage at-risk youth in the healing power of creativity.

WA has some very prominent philanthropists, detailed in our updated list of foundations, and there is a push to expand giving across the wider community.

Hall & Prior has received approval to demolish buildings on the corner of Stock Road and Canning Highway to construct a six-storey aged care facility in Palmyra.

The rising cost of living has flooded charitable organisations with those in need of a range of support services.

In a production worthy of the big stage, WAAPA's cast and crew make all the right moves. Julie Hosking prepares to cut loose – Footloose.

With powerful performances and impeccable staging, Kate Champion's direction of Andrew Bovell's Things I Know To Be True impresses David Zampatti, even if he has some doubts about the play.

The orchestra is huge and so is the music. Bourby Webster revels in the masterful direction of two of opera's greatest composers and welcomes the next generation to the stage.

The WA arts industry has celebrated change and embraced inclusivity over 30 years.

Fremantle Theatre Company's production of The Effect, by Succession writer Lucy Prebble, is as intelligent and engrossing as David Zampatti has come to expect from this local outfit.

A $150 million upgrade to the heritage-listed venue due in 2024 will involve rectifying a 'number of structural issues' with the car park underneath the venue to open once additional supports have been installed.

Come From Away celebrates the best of humanity in the worst of times. Ara Jansen is swept up in the story of a little town with a big heart.

From the elegance of classical ballet to the exhilaration of jazz-infused Balanchine, West Australian Ballet's new triple bill is a delightful dance across time, writes Kim Balfour.

Chorus, Anglicare WA and Lifeline Australia are utilising business philosophies to survive in the not-for-profit space.

The Community Arts Network, Theatre Kimberley and Warlayirti Artists Aboriginal Corporation are among the recipients of the state government's $900,000 regional arts funding.

Arts Impact WA has announced an opera production and a biotechnological artwork as the two winning projects of its 2023 art grants, valued at $100,000 each.

The east coast curator returns to WA with an unwavering commitment to champion local artists.

The New Town Toyota Walk for Women's Cancer 2023 has raised more than $1.5 million to fund cancer research at Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research.

Peruvian conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya leads a playful WASO through some Spanish flavours, with Penny Shaw particularly taken by a thrilling interpretation of Rodrigo's famous Adagio.

Three weeks after WA Ballet announced the surprise departure of its popular artistic director, the company's chair has revealed its board made the call to not renew his contract.

Dark and demonic, Sweeney Todd is also hugely entertaining. The musical rounds out the first season from WAAPA's graduating classes in terrific style, writes an enthralled David Zampatti.

The World Transplant Games are being hosted in Perth for the first time in its 24 year history, attracting 45 countries to Western Australia to participate in sporting events.

As Expression Australia chief executive, Rebecca Adam's mission includes increasing the use of Auslan.

Festival director and journalist Will Yeoman has been selected to lead Writing WA as chief executive, taking over from the former boss Sharon Flindell.

Former Australian Ballet artistic director David McAllister will return to Perth to lead West Australian Ballet Company after Aurelien Scannella announced his resignation.