Entrepreneurs and Public Art: Private Sponsorship for Public Art Begins to Bloom in WA

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Unfettered actions: Sportification, playgrounds and public art
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David Cross

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'The work that art does': Kandos School of Cultural Adaptation
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Abigail Moncrieff

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Yours truly, The Department of Homo Affairs
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Jessie Boylan

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City of Unley 2
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First Nations museum memorials: Daniel Boyd and Yhonnie Scarce
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Erin Vink

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Counter-monuments: Challenging distorted colonial histories through public art and memorials
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Transformative communities: Curation and care
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Rayleen Forester

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Sydney Contemporary
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Blue skies, blood moon
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Daniel Mudie Cunningham

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A close-up of Amazon Acres: Helen Grace
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Fiona Kelly McGregor

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Although the history of the west militated against private sponsorship, it began to blossom in the 1990s. This was assisted by the State Government sponsored Percent for Art Scheme. Looks at various examples of public art in Western Australia.

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