We are thrilled to be working with writers from around Western Australia through Seesaw’s inaugural Regional Mentorship Program. This free program is designed to help arts writers in regional WA improve their skills and confidence to review and share stories of the amazing work being done by artists and organisations around the State.

With the program currently underway, we are very excited to welcome our six Regional Mentoring Program participants for 2024. They are Sarah-Jayne Eeles (Kalgoorlie-Boulder), Jennifer McRae (Albany), Daniela Palitos (Margaret River), Olivia Little (Bunbury), Davina Edwards (Northam) and Sarah Hinton (Geraldton).

This opportunity has been made possible thanks to the support of the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries. We also thank Regional Arts WA and CircuitWest for their guidance, advice and promotional support of this initiative to enhance the creative capacity of regional WA.

Over the next few weeks, our six participants are being mentored by Seesaw’s Stephen Bevis through a series of workshops and mentored reviews of regional arts events and shows. They will engage in post-show discussions and receive editing support, professional development advice and publishing opportunities.

The Seesaw Regional Mentorship Program is intended to develop arts reviewing and other writing opportunities, while increasing awareness of arts events outside Perth for the benefit of artists, venues, arts organisations and their many supporters.

Meanwhile Seesaw’s other publishing activities remain on pause for the time being. We thank all our stakeholders for their support and patience as we continue to work towards establishing a sustainable model for Seesaw’s re-start.

Seesaw, WA’s arts magazine, is offering writers from regional WA a free mentorship program to learn arts reviewing, create writing opportunities and promote arts events around WA.

About Seesaw Magazine

Seesaw – Western Australia’s award-winning arts magazine – was founded in 2017 in response to declining coverage of WA arts in mainstream media. 

Our vision is to ignite conversation about the arts among artists, audiences and the wider community.

As the only multi-arts platform of its kind in WA, Seesaw is committed to quality independent professional arts journalism in WA and mentoring diverse new voices, including First Nations, regional and emerging young writers.

Seesaw has temporarily paused normal publication but will be posting and promoting reviews from this initiative in the meantime. You can read more about the Seesaw pause here.

Photo: Sarah Hinton (Geraldton), Olivia Little (Bunbury), Daniela Palitos (Margaret River), Jennifer McRae (Albany), Davina Edwards (Northam) and Sarah-Jayne Eeles (Kalgoorlie-Boulder).