W.A. Performing Arts Scholarship[interview, story - 7 minutes]Mining companies are either the backbone of the nation or the enemy of sustainable development, depending on your politics. Certainly, few have been prominent as corporate sponsors of the arts, though many have valuable collections of paintings hanging in their spacious board rooms. But in Western Australia, one major mining company has revealed its cultural side and committed itself to a three years, $60,000 sponsorship of a scholarship program for Indigenous artists and performers, at the WA Academy of Performing Arts. And the phone number for James Hamilton at the WA Academy of Performing Arts is 089 9370 6594. artsalive | current | a week ago | two weeks | three weeks | email
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