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Regional Venues - THE CIRCUITWEST NETWORK
Venues in Albany, Bunbury, Karratha, Geraldton, Kalgoorlie, Mandurah, Port Hedland, Carnarvon, Merredin, Esperance and Margaret River are all part of a network called CircuitWest because each has a sizeable performing arts venue. These facilities enable communities to access larger, more complex performances.
CircuitWest venues play host to a wide range of intrastate and interstate touring productions.
Albany - Town Hall Theatre
T: (08) 9841 1661
F: (08) 9841 7614
Bunbury Entertainment Centre
T: (08) 9792 3111
F: (08) 9792 3122
Carnarvon Civic Theatre
T: (08) 9941 4200
F: (08) 9941 4199
Esperance Showbizz
T: (08) 9071 5640
F: (08) 9071 5740
Esperance Civic Centre
T: (08) 9071 1866
F: (08) 9071 6359
Geraldton - Queens Park Theatre
T: (08) 9956 6661
F: (08) 9956 6672
Kalgoorlie - Goldfields Arts Centre
T: (08) 9088 6901
F: (08) 9088 6909
Karratha - The Walkington Theatre
T: (08) 9159 6860
F: (08) 9159 6864
Mandurah Performing Arts Centre
T: (08) 9550 3933
F: (08) 9550 3901
Margaret River Arts Council
T: (08) 9758 7316
F: (08) 9758 7316
Merredin - Cummins Theatre
T: (08) 9041 3295
F: (08) 9041 3294
Port Hedland - Matt Dann Cultural Centre
T: (08) 9140 1053
F: (08) 9172 2472
REGIONALLY BASED ARTS AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT BODIES
The following organisations are considered “peak bodies” for arts and cultural development through out regional Western Australia. While there are countless more organisations and collectives through out the state, the following organisations receive funding to assist them to develop an annual program of activities in their communities and surrounding region.
Each of these organisations offer regular programs and events that cover all artforms.
Northam - The Avon Valley Arts Society (AVAS)
T: (08) 9622 2245
F: (08) 9622 5504
Geraldton - The Arts and Cultural Development Council (ACDC)
T: (08) 9921 1844
F: (08) 9921 1844
Albany - The Vancouver Arts Centre
T: (08) 9841 9260
F: (08) 9841 9261
Denmark Arts Council
T: (08) 9848 3623
F: (08) 9848 3623
Esperance - The Cannery Arts Centre
T: (08) 9071 3599
F: (08) 9071 3599
Port Hedland - The Courthouse Arts Centre and Gallery
T: (08) 9173 1064
F: (08) 9173 1073
Bunbury Regional Art Galleries
T: (08) 9721 8616
F: (08) 9721 7423
Geraldton Regional Art Gallery
T: (08) 9964 7170 or (08) 9964 7180
F: (08) 9921 7453
National Contacts
Australia Council for the Arts
The Australia Council is currently focused on the potential of education and the arts in Australia from the national perspective.
http://www.ozco.gov.au/council_priorities/education/
ARTSsmart South Australia
ARTSsmart is a strategy for arts education in South Australian schools, 2003 to 2006. It is the first strategy for arts education in the state and is designed to cater for children and young people from birth to Year 12.
http://www.artssmart.sa.edu.au/
International Contacts
ARTSEDGE, Washington DC USA
ARTSEDGE aims to connect people to people, to connect people to resources, and to build a new base of knowledge in the area of arts education.
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/aboutus/
Lincoln Centre Institute
Working in partnership with pre-K through grade twelve educators and college teacher education programs, the Institute develops experiential studies focusing on works of art, including dance, music, theatre, visual arts, and architecture.
Reggio Emilia
‘‘All children have preparedness, potential, curiosity, and interest in engaging in social interaction, establishing relationships, constructing their learning, and negotiating with everything the environment brings to them.’’10 As children participate in their activities, it is important for them to make and correct their own errors. This approach provides the necessary opportunity to become practiced at creative problem solving.11 Teachers must have enough respect for children in order to permit these processes to occur.12 In other words, the children are considered to be competent.13 Reggio teachers neither provide solutions nor leave children to their own resources. The child-centered curriculum of Reggio Emilia Schools is based on this image of children as full of life, power, and confidence rather than full of need.
http://www.designshare.com/Research/Tarr/Aesthetic_Codes_1.htm
http://www.meerilinga.org.au/Training/Reggio%20Emilia/The%20Reggio%20Approach.aspx
http://www.milligan.edu/Profeducation/nmorrison/fpworkshop/dkgreggio200.htm
http://www.reggioemilia.org.nz/
The Arts Education Partnership USA
The AEP is a national coalition of arts, education, business, philanthropic and government organizations that demonstrate and promote the essential role of the arts in the learning and development of every child and in the improvement of America's schools.
Chicago Arts Partnership in Education USA
The Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE) aims to serve students by advancing the role of the arts in K-12 public education. CAPE supports school improvement through the creation of partnerships that integrate the arts into the overall educational program of Chicago public schools
Minnesota State Arts Board Grants for Schools Arts in Education USA
The Minnesota State Arts Board Arts in Education (AIE) program is designed to encourage and expand young people’s natural interest and abilities in arts activities.
http://www.arts.state.mn.us/grants/schools.htm
LEAP in the USA
Learning through Expanded Arts Programs in New York City.
Creative Partnerships United Kingdom
Creative Partnerships provides school children across England with the opportunity to develop creativity in learning and to take part in cultural activities of the highest quality.
It is not a funding body but aims to establish genuine collaborative partnerships to enable the development of projects that reflect the interests, specialisms and shared vision of those involved.
http://www.creative-partnerships.com/
Artsmark United Kingdom
Artsmark UK is a recognition and reward for schools dedicated to the arts. It is a national award scheme and is managed by Arts Council England.
http://www.artsmark.org.uk/
