About Friends of the Arts Inclusive Resource

Dedicated to making the arts accessible & inclusive since 2016.  
 
Our next  event offering is a Hip Hop Workshop for YOUth (12-25) with Alta & Just Kane from Different Initiative at North Freo Bowlo, Sunday 18 January.
More info here.  
 
We will be at the Community Christmas Market @ Bunnings O’Connor
Come and meet us, tell us which mediums you would like to explore in our 2026 art making workshops & go into the prize draw; a basket of goodies & gift vouchers from local businesses
Thursday 4th Dec
5.30pm-7.30pm
 
FAIR was founded in 2016 to deliver low-cost, high-quality art classes to the marginalized, particularly those living with mental health challenges. We achieved this by visiting each other’s studios and teaching what we knew, so that “Each student became the teacher and each teacher, the student.”
 
In the years since we have been bringing community together to experience & enjoy the benefits of engaging with the arts through hosting art making workshops, exhibitions and events that have become extravaganzas celebrating art & culture.
 
2020’s Kindness Emerging, 2021’s Reflections on Resilience and 2022’s Wild & Free showcased local emerging and established artists in fun and innovative ways.
 
On 2024’s World Mental Health Day, FAIR reclaimed our roots by launching Fair Art Fusion @ The Fib (FAT@TF), a year-long calendar of 18 accessible & inclusive art-making workshops.  
 
Closing Mental Health Week FAIR hosted Chrysalis @ Clancy’s with performances by Ben Catley, The Witchy Djypsies, and the FAIR Chrysalis Dancers to help fund these workshops.  
 
November 2025’s IN/ACCESS @ Mojos was a full day of art-making workshops, community, food & music from Benny Rowe & the Troika Band. We are very proud to have raised $1844.85 & are looking forward to hosting ACCESS/IN @Mojos to celebrate their improvements to accessibility once complete.
Watch this space & check out our socials @fair_wa to keep up to date on our upcoming events & workshops.