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Vote Arts lobby delivers regional arts funding boost

Following successful pre-election lobbying , the WA Government has committed $24 million to five new programs in regional arts.

10 Jun 2015 12:00

Gina Fairley

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The newly formed Creative Regions Program will be rolled out over the next four years,providing $24 million to regional arts organisations, venues and touring programs.

WA Culture and Arts Minister John Day said this was one of the largest investments in regional culture made by a government in Australia. Grants will be made available annually to arts organisations through to 2018.

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Gina Fairley

Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina