Western Australia’s arts playground
Western Australia’s arts playground
20 July 2026
At the State Library of WA, Kinjarling Djinnang Ngalak | Country Sees Us reimagines Albany’s bicentenary through Menang voices, oral histories and transformed archival images, asking visitors to see Kinjarling as a living landscape with memory, presence and story.
18 February 2023
Signing takes equal billing with singing in this unique production, delivering an enthralling and moving piece of theatre, writes Penny Shaw.
30 March 2022
Even the pandemic can’t keep West Australian kids from enjoying a smorgasbord of the arts. Lydia Edwards offers a taste of where to find the fun in the school holidays.
25 May 2021
An exhibition of photographs by one of Australia’s earliest known First Nations photographers, Mavis Phillips (nee Walley), provides a rare Noongar perspective on mid-century life in the Wheatbelt, reports Ara Jansen.
19 November 2020
Bringing together VR, film, dance, music and art, FourbyFour is a brave new project that not only provides much-needed employment opportunities for artists but has opened up the options for a much-loved film festival. Ara Jansen reports.
16 September 2020
National pride, colonialism and cuteness mingle in May Gibbs’ meticulous practice. Miranda Johnson and junior reviewer Saskia Haluszkiewicz review the AWESOME Festival exhibition.
20 July 2018
28 – 29 July 2018 @ the State Library of Western Australia · Presented by: The State Library of Western Australia · As we become more …
19 July 2018
From artist to parole officer to criminal justice activist, JR Brennan is an independent performance and music maker who’s not afraid to take risks. This fascinating …
12 October 2017
Review: The Life and Times of Scarface Claw ◆ Awesome Festival, State Library of WA ◆ Review by Phoebe Mulcahy ◆ The great popularity of Lynley …