ENCOUNTER

🔗link in bio! We want to build more creative, connected communities with ThisGen - and we need your help! Plus1 funding means right now donations are matched! Every little bit makes double impact: $10 becomes $20, $25 becomes $50. Help us reach out $50,000 goal to unlock $100,00 in funding for diverse cultural leadership! Thanks so much to our awesome Youth Ensemble for their help pulling this video off, including our incredible videographer Satchen (@highrollers.media ), thanks to the lovely folks at @subiacoartscentre for giving us space, to @creative.australia @whynottheatreto @cits_wa @artsimpactwa and spinifex for supporting us - and to our entire Encounter family and community for giving us the passion to keep making invisible stories visible!

Socialising Like a Senior is a FREE all ages community event, sharing what we have discovered about the history and future of socialising — dances, friendships, enemies and other crazy stories! The ENCOUNTER Youth Ensemble are hosting a community sharing on from 6pm - 7:30pm on Friday, 17 April at Karrinyup Community Centre. Then mix and mingle with us and Amana Living Seniors – we can’t wait to see you there! Visit the link in our bio to register now! Proudly a supported by the City of Stirling.

Huge congrats to @encounterencounter for receiving the Connect Award! 🎊 ENCOUNTER is an intercultural theatre company based on Noongar Boodjar. Guided by radical empathy, their bold international work pioneers new ways of creating, carving spaces for invisible stories to be seen. ENCOUNTER's This Gen Fellowship, a paid program, supports mid-career creatives from Asia-Pacific diasporas and First Nations communities, to foster diverse leadership in the arts. - The Asia Pacific Arts Awards celebrate Australia’s rich cultural exchange and creative connections in the Asia Pacific through arts and culture. Image credits: 1. Children Of The Sea - co - produced by Encounter and Performing Lines WA, presented at Perth Festival [2021] Photo: Dan Grant 2. Encounter Sunset Development with Performing Lines WA [2022] Photo: Dan Grant 3. Children Of The Sea - co - produced by Encounter and Performing Lines WA, presented at Perth Festival [2021] Photo: Dan Grant 4. Mahabharata - with Why Not Theatre (Toronto), presented at Perth Festival [2025] Photo: Apurva Gupta Learn more via link in bio👆 #AsiaPacificArtsAwards #CreativeAustralia

A warm welcome to the ThisGen Fellows of 2026! Six artistic and cultural leaders join this year’s ThisGen Fellowship cohort. Spanning regional, interstate and Asia-Pacific contexts, these artists bring practices grounded in place and exchange — responsive to the changing ecologies around us. ThisGen is proudly delivered in partnership with Why Not Theatre, Creative Climate, Regional Arts WA and the City of Melville. Back this program today — head to Encounter and donate now. Every contribution will be doubled until March 1 thanks to Plus1 from @creative.australia

If you’re a Mid-Career Artist looking to take the next step in your career, we want to hear from you! Head to the link in our bio to fill out an application for ThisGen Fellowship 2026 🔗

Take a look at the answers to a few frequently asked questions about ThisGen Fellowship 2026 ⬆️ To learn more about the program or to fill out an application, head over to our website! (link in bio)

Have you completed your application for ThisGen 2026, yet? Head over to our website (🔗link in bio) to apply now! ‼️Applications have been extended to January 15 2026, 11:59pm AWST.

Show your support for ThisGen Fellowship and make double the impact! All donations will be doubled up until March 2026, thanks to Plus1 from Creative Australia. 🔗Head over to the link in our bio to make a donation now.

Applications for ThisGen 2026 are now open! ThisGen Fellowship empowers a focused cohort of diverse mid-career IBPoC (Indigenous, Black, Person of Colour) creatives, to transform the cultural sector with bold, creative approaches to leadership. This year we are expanding this opportunity beyond just WA, and directors and cultural leaders from around Australia to apply. We will also be offering 4 places for Asia-Pacific and International fellows from our focus countries - Indonesia, India, Korea, and the UK. If you are an artist looking to take the next step in your career, head to the link in our bio to fill out an expression of interest form. We can’t wait to hear from you! Applications close January 15 2026, 11:59pm AWST.

We’re looking for a visionary Creative Producer to help lead our next chapter of bold, imaginative work! For the full details check out the link in our bio or head to . Applications close 18 December. The role will work closely with our Artistic Director, Jay to shape the delivery and evolution of our productions, development programs and community-driven projects.

Arts and creativity have the power to enrich communities across Australia, but that impact depends on ensuring people from all cultural backgrounds are included and represented. Through ThisGen 2026, we will empower diverse creative leaders to shape a more vibrant future for our cultural landscape. You can donate to ThisGen 2026 and each dollar will be matched until 5 December thanks to Plus1, creativeaustralia.

Our final Dramaturgy Development Group session is running tomorrow morning, with host Jules Orcullo, and guest presenter Amrita Ramanan. Tune in while these two industry-leading dramaturgs discuss how they use their practice as a tool for artistic exploration, cultural dialogue, and social change. This session is run online with a 60-minute keynote and 30-minute Q&A session, for only a $10 registration fee. So, if you haven’t locked in any Saturday morning plans yet, jump over to our website and sign yourself up! ☑️✨