Wednesday 29 September 2010

Various Artists @ The Studio Gallery

Event Title: Australian artists and studio crafts.
Participating Artists: Various Artists.

Venue:
The Studio Gallery,
7 Marrinup Drive, Yallingup.

Description: The Studio Gallery launches in Yallingup with the works of twenty-eight artists from across Australia. The range of work includes painting, ceramics, jewellery, photography and wood art.

Dates: 02 October 2010 to 17 October 2010.
Opening Times: Wednesday to Sunday: 10 am - 5.00 pm.

For more information, contact: 08 9756 6731, http://thestudiogallery.com.au/

Thursday 23 September 2010

Tracy Mortimer @ Alliance Francaise de Perth

Event Title: Precious Metal.
Participating Artists: Tracy Mortimer.

Venue:
Alliance Francaise de Perth,
75 Broadway, Nedlands 6009.

Description: This body of work illustrates the rich tonal range of traditional palladium printing on fine art paper using the latest digital negative techniques. Different developers were used to render different effects. PRECIOUS METAL is a beautiful collection of images that evokes the 'old world' feel of this fine art process.

Info about Palladium Printing: Palladium is a rare and lustrous, silvery-white metal that resembles platinum and is part of the platinum group metals. Simply put, it is a precious metal.

Palladium prints are contact prints. This is where the negative is in direct contact with the UV light sensitive paper, with the image produced being the same size as the negative.

This historical process dates back to the mid 1800's. However, its popularity declined in the 1930's with the mass production of silver gelatin papers and rising prices of the rare metal. The 1970's saw a resurgence in the medium as the stability of palladium provided superior permanence and archival quality over silver based papers.

Nowadays palladium is used as an alternative process, producing beautiful fine art images.

All my palladium prints are unique and handcrafted, using high quality materials. Palladium printing allows me to combine the old and the new. Traditional darkroom printing with digital techniques to create the negatives.

In the printing process, I use different developers to render different results. Palladium produces a slightly warmer tone than platinum. I use potassium oxalate developer to print out the traditional warmer toned images. The ammonium citrate developer is used to produce a cooler, black toned image. I use this to give my palladium prints a platinum like effect.

Discover the timeless beauty of this photographic process that is highly regarded as a prince of the photographic medium..

Dates: 11 October 2010 - Opening Night, 6.30pm-8.30pm. to 29 October 2010.
Opening Times: Mon-Fri, 9am-7.30pm; Sat, 9am-1pm.

For more information, contact: To attend the launch, please RSVP by Fri 8th Oct on 9386 7921 or rsvp@afperth.com.au.

Wednesday 15 September 2010

Anna Nazzari, Thea Costantino, Tanya Lee, Lee Mansbridge & Angela Stewart @ John Curtin Gallery

Event Title: Postgraduate Exhibition 2010.
Participating Artists: Anna Nazzari, Thea Costantino, Tanya Lee, Lee Mansbridge & Angela Stewart.

Venue:
John Curtin Gallery,
Building 200, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley.

Description:
In partnership with Curtin University‚s School of Design and Art, the John Curtin Gallery is proud to present solo exhibitions by five of the most exciting up and coming female artists practicing in Perth today.

Anna Nazzari, Thea Costantino, Tanya Lee, Lee Mansbridge and Angela Stewart work in various mediums including drawing, installation, sculpture, painting and kinetic sculpture.

Dates: 17 September 2010 to 10 December 2010.
Opening Times: Mon - Fri 12 - 5pm, Sun 26 Sept, 31 Oct, 28 Nov 1 - 4pm.

For more information, contact: 9266 4155.

Rosalind Bonser, Virginia Walsh, Vicky Small, Nancy Lanario @ John Curtin Gallery

Event Title: Postcards from Australia: Mapping Climates of Change.
Participating Artists: Rosalind Bonser, Virginia Walsh, Vicky Small, Nancy Lanario.

Venue:
John Curtin Gallery,
Building 200, Curtin University, Kent St, Bentley.

Description: A group of Curtin University distance art students, separated by some 4000km across three Australian states, have collaborated to present their first exhibition at the John Curtin Gallery.
The exhibition features four artists from WA, ACT and NSW who met online and obtained a Curtin Guild on Show grant to bring the project to Perth audiences.
The artists, Nancy Lanario (Warwick, WA) and Vicky Small (Dunsborough, WA) Virginia Walsh (Barton, ACT) and Rosalind Bonser (Avoca Beach, NSW) explored unique aspects of their local environments in their artwork, resulting in the creation of four large scale textile-based wall hangings, and smaller vessels made from fibres, free-machine embroidery and ceramics.

Dates: 17 September 2010 to 15 October 2010.
Opening Times: Mon-Fri 12-5pm & Sunday 26 September 1-4pm.

For more information, contact: 9266 4155.

Friday 10 September 2010

Katie Martin, Mandy Harwood & Roderick Sprigg @ Heathcote Museum & Gallery

Event Title: The Now Recent Past.
Participating Artists: Katie Martin, Mandy Harwood & Roderick Sprigg.

Venue:
Heathcote Museum & Gallery,
Swan House, Heathcote Cultural Centre,
58-60 Duncraig Road, Applecross.

Description: Three WA artists take an open-minded approach to traditional views of rural Australia. Exploring the cultural tapestry woven from the fibres of an Agri-lifestyle. With a subjective inquiry into farm ideology, contemporary manhood and fantasy of the land, these artists respond intuitively with sensory awareness and diversity of materials.

Opening Friday 8th October at 6pm. RSVP to claire.bushby@melville.wa.gov.au or 9364 5666 .

Dates: 9 October 2010 to 14 November 2010.
Opening Times: Tuesday - Friday 10-3pm; Saturday - Sunday 11-3pm.

For more information, contact: claire.bushby@melville.wa.gov.au.

Wednesday 8 September 2010

PCP - Uncover: New Photography - Call for Entries

CALL FOR ENTRIES - UNCOVER: NEW PHOTOGRAPHY.

The Perth Centre for Photography (PCP) has teamed up with Team Digital to introduce, UNCOVER. A juried projection showcase that aims to UNCOVER new photography. This initiative is set to encourage and nuture the growth of photomedia artists whilst bringing them together in an easily accessible exhibition space. In addition to this, one artist will be selected out of the finalists by judges and be provided with the opportunity to exhibit at PCP for the second half of the 2011 exhibition program. The invited artist will also be provided with assistance towards the realisation if required, and the presentation of their exhibition. This opportunity is open to all photographers, people who work with photography as a medium using any photographic themes and processes.

Closing date for entries: 8am Friday, 17th September 2010
Cost to enter: $25

Visit www.pcp.org.au for more details and an entry form.

Tuesday 7 September 2010

Sue Codee @ Mark Blyth Fine Jewellery

Event Title: "Paper, Scissors, Frock".
Participating Artists: Sue Codee.

Venue:
Mark Blyth Fine Jewellery,
Lower York St, Albany WA.

Description: An exhibition of contemporary papercuts by artist Sue Codee. This exhibition is a part of the Great Southern Art and Craft Trail.

Dates: 10 Sep 2010 to 30 Oct 2010.
Opening Times: Mon - Fri 9am- 5pm, Sat 9am - 12pm.

For more information, contact: 98425164.

Rachel Coad @ Gunyulgup Galleries

Event Title: Recent Paintings by Rachel Coad.
Participating Artists: Rachel Coad.

Venue:
Gunyulgup Galleries
Gunyulgup Valley Drive
Yallingup, WA.

Description: This upcoming exhibition by Rachel Coad is an ecclectic mix of her instantly recognisable painting styles, she continues to explore portraiture and figurative works.

They evoke a mysterious atmosphere that harks back to the 16th century but are composed in a more contemporary manner.

Dates: 26/09/10 to 10/10/10.
Opening Times: 7 days, 10am - 5pm.

For more information, contact: enquiries@gunyulgupgalleries.com.au.

Monday 6 September 2010

Various Artists @ the oats factory

Event Title: Porridge.
Participating Artists: Serena Aristei, Zoe Barry, Rizzy Buckley, Claire Bushby, Claire Canham, Melanie Diss, Donovan Fisher, Amber Harries, Beba Hall, Johl Dwyer, Cherish Marrington, Benjamin Mitchell, Mandy Harwood, Melody Smith, Laura Williams & Ian Williams.

Venue:
the oats factory,
69 Oats Street
Carlisle WA 6101.

Dates: 9th October 2010 to 10th November 2010.
Opening Times: Wed -Sun 12 -5pm or other times by appointment only.

For more information, contact: info@theoatsfactory.com.au.