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A list of publications put out by the department's service areas.
The department commissions independent research consultants to undertake an annual survey of WA's value and attitudes towards culture and the arts.
How national and Western Australian audiences felt in July 2020 about attending arts and culture events in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The study explored the conditions and strategies needed for Australian musicians to sustain successful portfolio careers. The vast majority of Australian musicians’ careers encompass a variety of concurrent and often impermanent roles.
How national and Western Australian audiences felt in May 2020 about attending arts and culture events in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Culture Counts summary aggregates the data collected by organisations over a four year period and provides benchmark comparisons for organisations in WA.
Information on the current economic situation for creative industries in Western Australia. Includes data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics Census 2016 and Labour Force Survey.
Our vision for Western Australia is to be the best place it can be to live, work and play thanks to the contribution of its arts, culture and creative industries.
The former Minister for Arts, The Hon. Peter Foss QC MLC, initiated the State Living Treasures Awards to honour those artists whose lifetime work has enhanced the artistic and cultural life of Western Australia.
This is the second time the awards have been presented, the first being in 1998.
The Western Australian State Living Treasures Awards were inaugurated in 1998 to honour senior West Australian artists who have made a lifelong contribution to their art form and their community.
The Social Impacts of Culture and the Arts WA report and its application are part of the further development of the overall Public Value Measurement model.
A new approach to capturing, measuring and explaining the value of the arts.
Technical Report 2012.
Early conceptual scoping of the department’s new value framework.
The department commissions independent research consultants to undertake an annual survey of WA's value and attitudes towards culture and the arts
The Macquarie University study is part of a National Survey of Remote Indigenous Artists.