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Photo: Galup. Image by Poppy van Oorde-Grainger.
Recipients will receive funding of between $15,000 and $60,000 for a range of art forms such as literature, visual arts, theatre and circus in metropolitan and regional Western Australia.
The total Arts 15k-plus funding allocation in 2021-22 has now reached $3.2 million - the highest level of annual funding ever provided as part of the program.
This round of grants will support local actor Julia Hales to develop a new play based on the TV show, The Bachelorette, while artists Ian Wilkes and Poppy van Oorde-Grainger will further their virtual reality work, Galup, about the history of Galup (Lake Monger) in Perth.
Other funding recipients from regional WA include Sky River at Margaret River for its new puppet show and Theatre Kimberley's Broome performance of its new physical comedy experience.