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Celebrate the end of Youth Week WA 2024 and the closing of this year's KickstART Festival with a party planned by a group of talented young creatives. Featuring local bands such as jazzy alt pop people Coco Elise, alternative rock and indie-pop group Sophian, and indie-rockstars Spici Water, this event will electrify and entertain.
The longest running youth-oriented makers market in WA, KicksART Market is back! In partnership with Plastic Jungle Art Markets. We’re transforming Forrest Place into a vibrant hub of creativity, featuring an array of stalls, unique handmade goods and live music.
Coordinated by the 2024 Youth Ambassadors, we will share the stories, work, and perspectives of young creatives, leaders, and organisations through an online publication - Catalyst. There will be lots of ways to contribute, so keep an eye out for opportunities to be featured in this exciting new project during Youth Week.
Join us for an inspiring panel discussion with musicians and alumni of the Western Australian Youth Jazz Orchestra (WAYJO) at The Moon Cafe, and hear from emerging artists active in the jazz scene.
Get ready for an electrifying Youth Week celebration, co-designed by the Town of Victoria Park, City of South Perth, and their Youth Advisory Groups. Enjoy live music, silent disco, neon-themed arts, connect with services, and indulge in food and drinks.
The Bop N Shop is a youth market in Midland which will feature local youth artists, performers, small businesses and services, as well as games, activities and giveaways for all ages, presented by headspace Midland, Youth Focus and the Crooked Spire Coffee & Arthouse.
Experience the collective creations of our Sustainable Art for a Sustainable Mind exhibition opening night! Immerse yourself in a variety of creative mediums, and don't miss the live poetry sharing, where unconventional writing methods and expressive movement take centre stage.
The Winter Wonderland Social brings high school aged students together on Friday 5 April to celebrate the talents of their fellow peers. Featuring local music, acrobats, and a photobooth, this event will be a highlight opening to the 2024 Youth Week festivities!
Project See & B aims to increase visibility for under-represented young people in the creative industries. Join us in celebrating and inspiring change for the next generations with an online publication, gallery exhibition and live performance by 12 talents of young WA creatives.
Enjoy nibbles, good company and creative spirit as we gather to celebrate the premiering collection of illustrated works at the Opening Night of Mineral Town – an intentionally non-curated exhibition of illustrated works by young artist and designer Charlotte Meagher.
Presented by talented queer people of colour (QPOC) artists Natalie de Rozario and Yasamin Khadembashi, this workshop invites you to join forces with fellow creatives as you co-create unique temporary tattoos.
Are you curious about the magic hidden within ancient myths? Eager to express your artistic voice but unsure where to begin? Dive into the world of ‘perhaps, a theatre company’ as they dissect their show, Prometheus, and discover the writing techniques that fueled its creation.
Are you passionate about statement earrings? Curious about the art of textile jewellery? Textile artist Amy Reid has you covered in this hands-on session, where she will guide you through the process of crafting exquisite gumnut earrings using leather offcuts and recycled beads.
Explore the interplay between movement and sound. Led by artist Julie Ziegenhardt, this experimental animation workshop demonstrates the magic behind 2D animation in an abstract and unconventional way. Intuitively blend sounds, prompts, and guides using a variety of materials. Julie will guide you through crafting animations step by step, breaking down the process into playful, bite-sized chunks.
Young creatives are invited to grab their spray cans and stencils, and learn the tricks of the trade from local mural hero FRANK the Artist. This is part 1 of a 3 workshop series, run in partnership with the Town of Victoria Park. This isn’t just about learning cool spray paint techniques - it’s about expressing yourself, collaborating with your community, and making a real difference.
Presented in partnership with Perth Festival, young people are invited to creatively reflect and respond to themes of climate emergency through witnessing the exhibition Polarity: Fire & Ice on display at Fremantle Arts Centre. Guided by contributing visual and sound artist Mei Swan Lim, participants will engage in truth-telling and advocacy while developing their own arts practice, ideas and stories.
Picture this: five artists, ten minutes each, and a world of experimentation. KISS club is a performance event for ideas in development, featuring emerging and established artists across live and experimental arts practice. It is an opportunity to trial a performative experiment that requires an audience to test it.
Project See & B aims to increase visibility for under-represented young people in the creative industries. Join us for the live performance alongside it’s online publication and gallery exhibition.
Picture this: five artists, ten minutes each, and a world of experimentation. KISS club is a performance event for ideas in development, featuring emerging and established artists across live and experimental arts practice. It is an opportunity to trial a performative experiment that requires an audience to test it.
Welcome to Doomscroll Dialogues, a multidisciplinary fusion of visual art and music improvisation that reflects our personal journeys navigating this condition. Eljo Agenbach and Jet Kye Chong - a.k.a. Duo Mimicri - respond to prompts from real-world doomscrolling experiences, and to each other, through digital painting, percussion and electronics, sharing their way of unravelling this emotional rollercoaster that we all know too well in 2024.
Sit fireside to behold a medley of poetry, music, and movement as three storytellers and one musician unite to reflect on their relationship to power and their body in this new production from ‘perhaps, a theatre company’.
Step into a world where art and nature converge. [RE]COMPOST is an immersive site-specific installation that activates the dystopian "public green space" using cutting-edge generative sound technology.
Sustainable Art for a Sustainable Mind is an exhibition of new artworks by young disabled and neurodivergent artists aged 12 to 26. Discover expressive paintings, mosaics, recycled materials, and poetry, linked through the therapeutic experiences of having an arts practice.
Mineral Town is a story-driven exhibition that explores the power imbalance between Country and the mining industry from a childlike perspective. This illustration series places a focus on FIFO families, absent fathers, imposed masculinity on young people, and the impact of these on society.
Experience the talents of 12 young WA creatives through a walk-through gallery of Project See & B during KickstART. Project See & B aims to increase visibility for under-represented young people in the creative industries. Join us in celebrating and inspiring change for the next generations.