Creative industries
Vast natural beauty, the world’s oldest continuous culture and a thriving arts community.
A uniquely innovative creative ecosystem
Western Australia is an acclaimed cultural and tourist destination with an abundance of spectacular and versatile locations.
Western Australia’s creative industries draw on the State’s unique identity, producing new artistic, cultural, and aesthetic functional products and services.
Our creative talent is uniquely diverse, shaped by Australia’s first storytellers and enriched by a community of passionate, hardworking creative practitioners who are leaders in global markets and local communities.
Quick facts
The $233.5 million, fit-for-purpose Perth Film Studies now open!
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$54m in State Government funding for key priorities during 2024-27
$67.4b contributed by WA's creative industries to the national economy in 2023-24
Highlights
Perth Film Studioes
A key initiative of the Western Australian Screen Industry Strategy, the Perth Film Studios offers state-of-the-art infrastructure and services to support major film and TV productions.
Screenwest
Bring your project to Western Australia. Our competitive funding incentives make it even easier for you to bring your production here. Chat to Western Australia's screen funding organisation about location assistance options.
Western Australia's creative industries
The Western Australian Government is supporting Western Australia’s artistic and creative industries, for a sustainable and vibrant creative sector. Find out more about Western Australia’s creative industries.
Arts and Culture Trust
Western Australia’s specialist in cultural infrastructure responsible for programming, operating and maintaining some of the State’s most significant cultural venues. We host an array of talented and innovative artists and creative collaborators from interstate and around the world.
The Art Gallery of Western Australia
Situated in the Perth Cultural Centre, the Art Gallery of Western Australia houses the State Art Collection with works by renowned local and international artists from the 1800s to today.
State Library of Western Australia
A highly valued cultural institution, the State Library is the home of Western Australia's stories and reflects our State's rich heritage, diversity and history through the continuous building and preservation of their vast physical and digital collections for the public to discover.
Western Australian Museum Boola Bardip
The Western Australian Museum is central to the State’s tourism and cultural landscape, delivering internationally recognised exhibitions across seven locations, and sharing the stories of Western Australia. The Museum engages practitioners across design, screen, immersive media and First Nations leadership, supporting a thriving creative industries ecosystem.
Creative WA
Creative WA is a 10-year vision to grow and sustain thriving culture, arts and creative industries in Western Australia. It is the State Government’s roadmap guiding the priorities and support for Western Australia’s creative industries.
Western Australian Screen Industry Strategy
The Western Australian Screen Industry Strategy is guiding the activities of the State Government in supporting the growth of Western Australia’s screen industry.
Why Western Australia
In Western Australia you will find
incentives: with a range of competitive incentives it’s even easier to do business.
infrastructure: Western Australia offers a range of existing infrastructure and spaces to scale up, with rapid expansion planned over the next 10 years.
locations: inspiring and versatile locations provide endless creative opportunities.
workforce: highly skilled creative practitioners, developers and businesses with increasing capacity now and into the future.
jurisdictional support: we’ll work with you across all levels of government and industry to enable creative ventures in Western Australia.
innovation: cross-sector innovation in Western Australia is enabling a range of creative solutions that solve real-world problems.
Get in touch
If you are looking for opportunities in business, investment or trade, contact our experienced team at Invest and Trade WA.
Our in-house experts can support you directly and provide referrals or introductions across our network of overseas offices, industry bodies and government agencies.