Broome

Broome Arts

Broome’s creative life moves between performance, visual art, community participation and First Nations-led media. In and around town, people can learn ballet or piano, join a drum rehearsal, try circus skills, make paintings and pottery, or encounter contemporary dance-theatre shaped by collaboration on Yawuru Country. Studios, galleries and arts organisations also create places for exhibitions, workshops, gatherings and locally made work.

Whether you are looking for a class, a creative group, an artist-led activity or practical support for an event, the following Broome organisations offer different ways to make, perform, learn and share.

🩰 Dance & Movement

Marrugeku

Marrugeku is a contemporary intercultural dance-theatre company creating work on Yawuru Country in Broome. Its productions bring contemporary dance together with traditional and contemporary music, circus, installation and video art. The company develops projects through collaboration with artists and Indigenous cultural custodians, offering audiences ambitious performance work rooted in local cultural and creative exchange.

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Broome Performing Arts Co-Op

This not-for-profit community dance studio offers tuition from beginner level through to emerging performers, with classical ballet among its classes. It is a useful place for people wanting regular dance training in Broome, whether they are taking first steps or building experience. Enrolment is handled through the organisation’s online system.

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🎪 Theatre, Circus & Performance

Theatre Kimberley – Sandfly Circus

Sandfly Circus provides term-time circus classes and training for children from age four through to adults. Depending on the programme, skills can include acro, juggling, aerials, clowning, unicycling and cyr wheel. Participants work with trainers and guest artists towards an annual circus show, while adult short courses are offered where possible.

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Wasamba Broome

Wasamba Broome is a community drumming and performance group rehearsing in Broome from April to November. Instruments and instruction are supplied, and people can join rehearsals during the season. The official page lists Tuesday evening rehearsals at Goolarri Media, making this a hands-on way to learn rhythms and contribute to a group performance.

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🎶 Music & Singing

Kimberley Piano

Kimberley Piano is a private piano school led by Hayden Kuhtze, offering piano tuition in Broome. Alongside lessons, the business provides piano tuning and maintenance for local instruments. That combination connects learning at the keyboard with the practical care needed to keep a piano ready for practice, rehearsals and performance.

Broome, WA

🎨 Visual Artists, Workshops & Making

Art by Tamara Jane

Art by Tamara Jane offers art workshops for creatives of all ages in regional Western Australia. Its activities include step-by-step classes for children at Broome Lotteries House, paint-and-sip sessions and private events. The programme suits people wanting a guided painting activity, with options for public workshops and privately arranged creative gatherings.

Broome, WA · ☎ 0447 573 504 for workshop and private-event enquiries

Broome Art Club

Broome Art Club, led by Chrissy Carter, runs mandala, mosaic and pottery workshops for individuals and groups. Pottery open-studio sessions are available to past or current Broome Art Club participants who understand clay, glaze and the studio space. Bookings are required, so the open studio is designed for people already familiar with the club’s processes rather than first-time drop-ins.

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Krim Benterrak Studio

Painter Krim Benterrak presents original works through his Broome studio gallery. His practice includes landscape, still life and nude subjects, using expressionist and colourist techniques. Current works can be viewed online and in person, giving audiences and potential buyers a way to encounter the paintings directly while discovering a local artist’s ongoing studio practice.

Broome, WA

📷 Media, Creative Development & Community Arts

Goolarri Media

Goolarri Media is a First Nations-owned and led arts and media organisation based in Broome and serving the Kimberley. Its work spans radio, television and film production, creative-industry training, writers’ development, artist support, cultural programmes and live events. The Gimme Club and Goolarri Amphitheatre are available for community performances and gatherings, bringing media, cultural activity and live presentation together.

3 Blackman Street, Broome WA 6725 · ☎ 08 9194 9999 for general enquiries

Kimberley Arts Network

Kimberley Arts Network supports artists and organisations across the region through community arts activities and networking at the KAN Shed in Broome. Its work includes exhibitions, regular creative activities, regional arts programmes and Broome Fringe Festival. It also collaborates on arts projects across the Kimberley, connecting local making and presentation with wider regional participation.

7 Orr Street, Broome WA 6725

🏛️ Creative Spaces & Exhibition Support

Redbill Studio Gallery

Redbill Studio Gallery is an independent artist-run space offering workshop, event and short-term studio hire. Artists and designers can submit proposals for exhibitions, pop-ups and workshops, with support available for curation and installation. Gregs’ Gallery can host workshops, intimate gigs and documentary or movie nights, providing a flexible setting for creative presentation and small gatherings.

Broome, WA

Across these organisations, creative participation can mean a regular class, a shared rehearsal, a workshop, a studio visit, a community performance or time spent with locally made work. Audiences can follow contemporary dance-theatre and media projects, while artists and organisers can connect through workshops, exhibition opportunities, creative spaces and regional networks.

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