Percent for Art
The WA Percent for Art Scheme commissions visual artists to create contemporary works for schools, hospitals and major civic buildings. Unique in Australia, this State Government initiative has supported artists, designers, and fabricators since 1989—fostering careers, innovation, and creative exploration across public spaces.
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Pundulmurra Tafe, Port Hedland, 2024
Si Hummerston’s beautiful, weathered steel shade structure titled ‘Marlu’, was commissioned through the WA State Percent for Art Scheme. This sculpture was created for the new workshops for the Pundulmurra TAFE Expansion project in Port Hedland for the Pilbara Region.
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Victoria Park Primary School, 2021
The mural that welcomes visitors to Victoria Park Primary School was commissioned under the State Government’s Percent for Art Scheme and is by Whadjuk Ballardong artist Shane Hansen Yondee. The mural depicts the Noongar Six Seasons on a journey down the Derbarl Yerrigan (Swan River).
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Osborne Park Hospital, 2021
The artist team of Penny Bovell and Margaret Dillon have been inspired by the significant wetlands of nearby Herdsman Lake, also named Njookenbooro by the Whadjuk Noongar people, for the series of artworks that bring the healing powers of the natural world to the hospital.
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Mt Lawley Senior High School, 2021
The Dot is an integrated glass artwork created by artist George Howlett. The art work is a bold and simple statement that represents the school’s STEM curriculum as a series of dots that radiate outwards.
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The Northam Health Service Redevelopment, 2020
Perth based artist Lorenna Grant worked with seven local artists who came together in a series of ‘en plein air’ workshops to create the artworks. Over 60 original artworks were created.
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South Bunbury Primary School, 2020
Paula Hart’s new artwork is a simple fence, and the making of the fence is an amazing journey and involves some remarkable artists along the way. The project started in a classroom in Bunbury, Western Australia where Paula and the students looked at the local landmark Big Swamp, which is a home to many native birds.
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Eaton Community College, 2020
Capture the Winds is an integrated wall artwork applied to the exterior of the science building and was created by Margaret River based artist Elisa Markes-Young. The artwork design has also informed design approaches on the floor and walls in the interior of the building.
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Shenton College, 2019
Passage through a Portal is an installation of three large freestanding sculptures set into the landscape of The Hub, the new theatre and visual arts building at Shenton College, by artist Geoffrey Drake-Brockman. The surfaces of the sculptures are made up of reflective metallic areas alternating with brightly-coloured facets.
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Harvey Health Service Upgrade, 2018
Life Channels is an impressive handmade tile artwork applied to the walls of the refurbished entry of the Harvey Health Service to welcome visitors. The artist team were Ian Dowling, Carmel Warner and Matt Griffiths.
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Carnarvon Health Campus, 2016
Local artists Anton Blume, Bonni Ingram and art producer Sabrina Dowling Giudici created a series of artworks reflecting the rugged beauty and stories of the Gascoyne River.
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Central Regional Tafe, Geraldton Campus, 2016
Tim Macfarlane Reid, the commissioned artist for the Percent for Art Scheme project, is an acclaimed sculptor who works predominantly in large format steel. Welding and sculpting each artwork in his studio in Fremantle, the series of artworks for the Central Regional TAFE are inspired by the contours of the landscape.
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Central Regional Tafe, Technology Park Campus, 2016
Perth based artist Simon Gauntlett’s artwork for the new training institute titled SW2 is an impressive industrial design based on the head of a bolt, a simple fastener. Using the hexagon shape in an interlocking design, Gauntlett has created a self-supporting perimeter wall.
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North Regional Tafe, 2016
Paula Hart created a striking artwork for the main entry gate of the new North Regional TAFE based on the iconic native flower, the Mulla Mulla. The new TAFE is the largest training facility in the North West and provides training for mining and local industry.
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Butter College, 2015
Butler College embraces the philosophy of education as a dynamic science that is always on the move. With this in mind, artist team Phil and Dawn Gamblen used the mathematical structure of geometry to create a series of artworks based on movement; Mobius, Toroid and Ventus Lux.
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Mt Lawley Senior High School, 2015
Artists Anne Neil and Noeleen Hamlett present their individual artworks for the WA Percent for Art Scheme for Mount Lawley Senior High School. The artworks feature dynamic Chinese and Aboriginal designs executed in glazed bricks which are integrated into the walls of the new Middle School Building.
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Narrogin Senior High School, 2014
The aim of the Colour Collective by Alex Spremberg is to inspire a sense of curiosity, enquiry and discovery in students, while engaging them with the notion of personal identity embedded within the larger identity of the student body and the national identities of the world.
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Albert Facey House, 2013
Six artists; Paul Caporn, Ben Forster, Mike Gray, Sohan Ariel Hayes, Brad Rimmer and Joshua Webb were commissioned to develop work based on light, transparency, projection and photography. The idea evolved in response to the location. The walkway provided a shaded area within the inner city to support light based works throughout the day rather than only at night.