City of Belmont · 2024
About us
About Artistic Disorder
Artistic Disorder creates workshops that are thoughtful, hands-on and a little unexpected.
Based in the Perth Hills and delivering programs across Perth, regional Western Australia, and beyond, we work with libraries, councils, schools, festivals, community organisations and private groups to deliver creative and educational experiences.
Our workshops combine making, learning, critical thinking, and connection. Depending on the program, that might mean art, history, sustainability, STEAM, mindfulness, organisational skills, practical craft, or playful experimentation. Sometimes all at once.
We design workshops that feel welcoming, well-run and genuinely engaging, whether audiences are children, teens, adults, seniors, or all of the above.
Every workshop we run is inclusive, accessible, and welcoming to LGBTQIA+ and disability communities.
Our approach and methodology
We believe the workshops should never be about just filling time.
They help people experiment with something new, learn a skill, connect with others, make a mess, solve a problem, laugh unexpectedly and leave with a renewed sense of confidence.
We strive to create community connections as we deliver creative workshops across Perth and regional WA.
Meet the founder
Artistic Disorder was founded by Shayde Douglas.
Shayde brings experience across libraries, community development, youth work, disability advocacy, parenting support, health promotion and social inclusion, alongside a long-standing creative practice.
This combination of community sector and information services experience means the workshops are designed with lifelong learning, creativity and people in mind. She has a special love for library programming and has decades of experience designing and facilitating library and museum programs across Australia.
The people making the strange things happen
Team Artistic Disorder
What we do
We deliver creative workshops in Perth and across WA for organisations looking for quality programming that is interesting, inclusive and easy to organise.
Programs can be booked as one-off events or as part of a larger calendar, festival, or community engagement strategy.
We regularly run:
- Library workshops and public library programs for children, teens and adults
- Council community programs and school holiday activities
- School incursions and enrichment workshops
- Sustainability and upcycling workshops
- Adult creative workshops, craft and making sessions
- Heritage, history and themed learning experiences for all ages
- STEM and creative problem-solving activities
One-off boutique experiences are also available on request. If you need something tailored, we can collaborate and design around your audience, budget or theme.
Previous programs
Artistic Disorder on Film
1 of 16: Brain Games
Good programming shouldn’t mean extra work for your team
We understand what libraries, councils and community organisations need from an external provider: clear communication, reliability, inclusive delivery and participants who leave feeling it was worth attending.
Artistic Disorder provides:
- Professional workshop facilitation
- Public liability insurance
- Working with Children compliant facilitators
- Risk assessments and required documentation
- Flexible delivery for different venues and group sizes
- Accessible, adaptable programming
- Responsive communication from enquiry to delivery
We aim to make the process straightforward from first contact to pack-up.
Need something bespoke? We adore a strange brief.
Let’s plan something amazing ↓Have a room full of humans and a desire to make it interesting?
Great. We can help.
Whether you need a one-off event, a rolling program, or something incredibly specific, we’d love to hear from you.