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Scoop
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Scoop
$80,000 Grant Helps Put ECU On National Arts Map
Edith Cowan University (ECU) is one of three national galleries awarded a prestigious Copyright Agency Partnerships (CAP) grant, enabling a nationally recognised artist to showcase their work in the heart of Perth at the new ECU City campus public gallery. ECU City opens in semester one of 2026 as the centrepiece of the Perth City Deal, a collaboration between the Australian Government, Western Australian Government and ECU, to deliver a world-class university to the heart of Perth. The highly competitive Copyright Agency Partnerships grant supports mid-career and established visual artists to develop and present new work in partnership with leading art galleries and cultural organisations around Australia. The public gallery at ECU City will present a commissioned artist's work in 2027, with two other Copyright Agency Partnerships exhibitions at UNSW Galleries in Sydney (2026) and Gertrude Contemporary in Melbourne (2028). A bold cultural vision Clothilde Bullen OAM, Manager, Art, Culture and Collections at ECU, an acclaimed Wardandi and Badimaya curator, writer and arts advocate, said she was thrilled to see ECU selected as a CAP partner. 'This investment in the University's gallery program helps elevate the role ECU is playing in transforming Perth's cultural landscape, supporting bold, innovative artistic practice that resonates with diverse communities and speaks to contemporary life,' she said. 'As a university, we're deeply committed to access, equity and creativity and this CAP commission will provide vital opportunities for emerging artists and students to connect with the selected artist, research their practice, and to see first-hand what best practice in curatorial and exhibition programming can be,' she said. Creative industries at the heart of Perth The Copyright Agency Partnerships grant is supported by ECU's School of Arts and Humanities Creative Humanities program, which includes Visual Arts, Design and Screen Production. ECU Associate Dean Creative Humanities Professor Katya Johanson said the opportunity to bring a renowned artist to exhibit in ECU's public gallery and work alongside emerging artists in ECU's studio offered fantastic benefits to the arts world. 'It will help expand students' understanding of the arts ecology, the work that goes into exhibition, and what it takes to tour artwork,' she said.
Perth Now
30-05-2025
- Business
- Perth Now
Perth stadium to get waterslide, aquatic facility
The latest overseas imports for WA cricket have been revealed. More than 450 fibreglass and steel components imported from Turkey are being put in place at the WACA Ground to form its new waterslide. The red fibreglass sections will form the shape of a cricket ball, complete with white stitching along the loop. Your local paper, whenever you want it. Each piece will be meticulously craned-in and then secured by contractor ADCO in the four-week operation, with the arch alone weighing more than 800 kilograms. The waterslide will be tested once installed and is expected to open to the public in November. It is intended to be the centrepiece of the aquatic facility being developed as part of the WACA Ground Improvement Project. Other features will include a six-lane outdoor 50m pool overlooking the pitch, an indoor learn-to-swim pool, and a family-friendly splash pad. The WACA Ground Improvement Project is jointly funded by the Federal and State governments and the City of Perth in partnership with WA Cricket and Cricket Australia as part of the $1.7 billion Perth City Deal.
