How many artists do you know who work in the mining sector? We tend to think of the arts and mining as mutually exclusive but regional West Australian performer and writer Yola Bakker is proving that it is possible to work across both sectors.
![Yola Bakker crouches in a bush setting. She wears a lime green, black and white dress in what looks like an Aboriginal design and holds a scarf out, in ochres, black and white, also featuring an Aboriginal design. Practising poetry and dance in the Pilbara](https://www.seesawmag.com.au/wp-content/uploads/fly-images/27036/IMG_9980-410x273-c.jpg)
Western Australia’s arts playground
Western Australia’s arts playground
16 September 2020
How many artists do you know who work in the mining sector? We tend to think of the arts and mining as mutually exclusive but regional West Australian performer and writer Yola Bakker is proving that it is possible to work across both sectors.