As the date for handing down Western Australia’s 2026-27 budget draws near, there are at least 37 small-to-medium WA arts companies already working hard on their all-important WA Government funding applications, which will largely determine their financial viability over the next three-to-five years.
While this particular detail was not headlined in WA Arts Minister Simone McGurk’s pre-budget arts funding announcement made last weekend (18 April), it’s a point worth noting – especially in light of the wider national arts landscape where so many small-to-medium arts organisations are facing unprecedented levels of funding precarity.
