After holding senior roles at the Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA, Perth International Arts Festival and PAC Australia, Rick Heath has been selected to lead Community Arts Network.
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.
Forty-nine arts organisations that previously received Australia Council for the Arts funding have missed out in the latest round, with the 95 recipients selected last Friday to share $31.7 million over four years.
Community Arts Network has announced a partnership with The City of Perth to bring ‘Djinda Djinda Kanangoor', a Noongar version of the lullaby ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star', to outdoor screens throughout Yagan Square, Perth Cultural Centre and Northbridge Piazza this summer.
Eleven Western Australian arts groups have secured four-year funding deals under a long-awaited announcement from the Australia Council for the Arts, leaving four WA arts groups that have been getting government funding with an uncertain future.