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Five Aboriginal arts and culture groups from regional Western Australia will benefit from the first round of the Regional Aboriginal Arts Development grants.

Administered by the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries, the grants provide funding for projects that support the development of Aboriginal artists and the Aboriginal arts and cultural sector in regional Western Australia.

Funding can be awarded in 2categories. The creative development category awards up to $150,000 to support the development and production of new, large-scale Aboriginal artworks in regional WA. The business development and capacity building category awards up to $50,000 to develop the capacity and sustainability of Aboriginal arts and cultural organisations and creative businesses in regional WA.

The peer assessment panel was made up solely of Western Australian Aboriginal people. They recommended five applications for a total of $548,802. The recipients are:

• Marrugeku — $150,000 for research and first creative development of a new major work in the Kimberley;
• Goolarri Media Enterprises — $149,624 for the creation of Because We’re Blak, a new Aboriginal theatre work in Broome;
• Juluwarlu Group Aboriginal Corporation — $149,288 for the development of a major new, multi-media work out of Roebourne sharing the sacred Burndud stories and co-commissioned by Perth Festival;
• Warmun Art Aboriginal Corporation — $50,000 to develop organisational skills, systems, policies and planning documents to ensure Warmun Art in the East Kimberley thrives into the future; and
• Baiyungu Aboriginal Corporation — $49,890 to support cultural research, strategic sustainability planning and marketing activities to ensure the Jamba Nyinayi Festival in Coral Bay is more economically sustainable.
  

The Regional Aboriginal Arts Development is a competitive grants program delivered as part of the Regional Arts and Cultural Investment Program (RACIP).