Skill up
Are you seeking to skill up for your career in the arts?
Want to earn a qualification, enhance your artistic skills, study something cultural or improve your arts-knowledge?
Whether you're seeking training for a career or just extra learning for fun, it's important to know what's out there and where to find the goods.
Propelarts is developing a arts comprehensive training and education resource for WA.
It will be posted right here when complete so come back soon.
In the mean time check out some of these options:
The Training Course Finder
The Federal Government's Training Course Finder is an online database that allows users to find information on Australian education and training programs for the cultural sector.
The database contains over 1,500 training courses from over 240 organisations.
These include organisations from TAFE institutes, private providers, enterprises and industry associations with qualifications ranging from certificate through to degree and post graduate level. It also includes annual workshops and short courses. Each course is categorised in one or more of the following areas:
- arts management
- film, television, video and radio
- music
- visual arts and crafts
- community arts
- libraries
- new media
- writing and publishing
- design
- museums, heritage
- theatre, dance
- indigenous
So go search for the course which is right for you!
TAFE
Check out your local TAFE college
They offer a wide range of arts courses.
In addition to the full time and part time certificate and diploma courses whcih repreent a formal qualification, there are a range of ACE Short Courses which anyone can try - usually without any prerequisites.
There are four colleges in metropolitan Perth:
Central TAFE
Challenger TAFE (South Metro)
Swan TAFE
West Coast TAFE
There are six colleges in regional WA:
Kimberley TAFE
Pilbara TAFE
Central West TAFE (midwest region)
C.Y. O’Connor TAFE
(Wheatbelt)
South West Regional TAFE
Great Southern TAFE www.gstafe.wa.gov.au
University
There are five universities in WA
Curtin University of Technology
ECU includes WA Academy of Performing Arts
Other courses
FILM AND TELEVISION
The Film and Television Institute runs courses in animation and multimedia, screenwriting, producing for the screen, and video production.
SAE runs accredited courses in sound mixing and engineering, multimedia, and video production.
The Perth Actor’s Collective (PAC) runs short courses for actors, script writers and directors.
Industryi provides training for people with disabilities in the areas of digital photography and video editing.
Institute for the Nations – Australia is a Christian training organisation that has courses in performing arts, video production, events management and multimedia with a strong Christian flavour.
VISUAL ARTS AND CRAFTS
Fremantle Arts Centre has an extremely wide range of visual arts workshops available.
Mundaring Arts Centre
UWA Extenion
Robertson Park Artist Studio
Creative Courses offers a wide range of children’s arts courses, visual arts short courses and accredited visual arts bridging courses.
Martin College offer courses in graphic art and design, and multimedia.
Industryi provides training for people with disabilities in the areas of digital photography and video editing.
The Vocational Training and Education Centre
at the Kalgoorlie and Esperance Curtin campuses run a range of both short and long arts courses. A TEE score is not required for admission.
The Blender Community Art Gallery in Joondalup runs a wide range of visual arts workshops.
The Northam Arts Centre has an annual programme of events and workshops across all art forms. They run short courses and accredited courses.
THEATRE AND DRAMA
Total Theatre
UWA Extenion
Barking Gecko Theatre (for kids, teenagers and schools)
WA Youth Theatre
The WA Academy of Performing Arts offers both professional degree / diploma courses and "Explore" short courses in every aspect of performing arts, including performance, lighting, sound, dance, staging and design.
Newnan Theatre Company click this link to find a list of all companies - many of whom run workshops or classes
The Perth Actor’s Collective runs short courses for actors, script writers and directors.
The WA Academy of Dance and Drama offers courses in dance, theatre, drama, modelling, singing and acrobatics.
Institute for the Nations – Australia is a Christian training organisation that has courses in performing arts, video production, events management and multimedia with a strong Christian flavour.
The Australian Centre for Advanced Studies is a Christian training organisation with traineeships/ courses in music, music production and drama.
The Mosman Park Arts Foundation, located at the Camelot Theatre, offers a range of community classes in areas such as acting and ballet, as well as hosting Total Theatre.
The Northam Arts Centre has an annual programme of events and workshops across all art forms. They run short courses and accredited courses.
DANCE, CREATIVE MOVEMENT AND CIRCUS
Total Theatre
WA Academy of Performing Arts both professional degree / diploma courses and "Explore" short courses
The The Enetrtainment Factory offers courses in dance, theatre, drama, modelling, singing and acrobatics.
The Mosman Park Arts Foundation, located at the Camelot Theatre, offers a range of community classes in areas such as acting and ballet, as well as hosting Total Theatre.
In Step Performance Academy in Kwinana offers fun classes in Jazz, Dance and Tap, as well as preparing students for competitions and accredited exams. Call Kathy on 9417 3712.
The Northam Arts Centre has an annual programme of events and workshops across all art forms. They run short courses and accredited courses.
MUSIC, SINGING, SONGWRITING
Mundaring Arts Centre
UWA Extenion
WA Academy of Performing Arts offers both professional degree / diploma courses and "Explore" short courses
Abmusic provides nationally accredited music courses for Indigenous Australians.
The Australian Centre for Advanced Studies is a Christian training organisation with traineeships/ courses in music, music production and drama.
The Australian Institute of Suzuki Music runs nationally accredited part time training programs in classical music (string instruments only). Call them on 9438 2774 or email aism@australia.edu
The Northam Arts Centre has an annual programme of events and workshops across all art forms. They run short courses and accredited courses.
PHOTOGRAPHY
UWA Extenion
The Northam Arts Centre has an annual programme of events and workshops across all art forms. They run short courses and accredited courses.
Industryi provides training for people with disabilities in the areas of digital photography and video editing.
FASHION DESIGN / WEARABLE ART
Mundaring Arts Centre
WRITING
KSP Writers Centre
Fellowship of Australian Writers WA Section
Peter Cowan Writers Centre
UWA Extenion
OTHER
Community Arts Network WA runs courses on how to develop, fund and manage community arts projects.
Watch this space: many more courses coming soon!
