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A total of $381,612 in grants from the Creativity for Schools - Collaboration and Creativity for Schools - Residency programs will help connect the skills and talents of Western Australian artists to children and young people.

A total of seven new initiatives will share $362,411 in grants from the 2025-26 Collaboration program, alongside $19,201 awarded to a new Residency project.

The two program categories, Collaboration and Residency, support activities using arts-based practice to engage students in their learning beyond arts curriculum areas.

Residency grants of up to $20,000 are awarded for projects involving artists-in-residence in school environments, with the activity including approximately 25 days of engagement per school.

Grants of up to $60,000 for Collaboration projects and/or programs are designed to connect WA arts organisations and creative practitioners with schools.

These projects will embed creativity across curriculum areas, increase access to the arts, and allow students, teachers and school communities the opportunity to enrich their learning in a fun and engaging way.

The recipients for this round of Creativity for Schools funding include:

• Morawa District High School - $19,201 for a creative residency with Geraldton's Karloo Rockers where students will create a school song with Wajarri language, undertake music workshops and performances (Residency)
• Australian Baroque - $60,000 for The Sounds of Esperance (Collaboration)
• Sensorium Theatre - $60,000 for A Creative Learning collaboration to develop a new sensory story (Collaboration)
• Angela Rossen - $60,000 for Living Wetland - a school biodiversity survey of the ecosystem (Collaboration)
• A Stitch in Time - $59,884 for Rhyme & reflect: unleash your story through song (Collaboration)
• Breaksea - $60,000 for Shoal - a creative learning collaboration (Collaboration)
• Fleur Schell - $32,664 for BioSPHERE BOODJA in-school cross-curriculum art project (Collaboration)
• Fremantle Biennale - $29,863 for Secret Shores (Collaboration)