City of Wanneroo Art Awards - Call for Entries

The City of Wanneroo is excited to announce that the 2010 Art Awards are to be held at the brand new Wanneroo Library and Cultural Centre's Exhibition Centre. This purpose built facility boasts state of the art facilities including temperature and humidity controls in line with national museum standards. Located on the corner of Dundebar Road and Rocca Way (opposite the Wanneroo Civic Centre) the Exhibition Centre will host a range of exhibitions from local and interstate sources. 

Entry is now open for the 2010 awards in categories of Painting, Sculpture and Works on Paper. The entry form is available at http://www.wanneroo.wa.gov.au/3/225/1/art_awards.pm

Important Dates
Entries close on Friday 22 January at 4pm
Artworks are to be delivered on Monday 8 February between 12pm and 6pm
Exhibition open to the public Sunday 14 February - Sunday 7 March
Artwork collection Sunday 7 March 4.15pm - 5pm or Monday 8 March 10am-3pm

FotoFreo 2010 Programme Launch @ Kulcha

Venue:
Kulcha
1st Floor, 13 South Terrace, Fremantle

Description:
FotoFreo is very excited to announce our 2010 Programme at the
festival launch:
7.30pm on Wednesday 4th November 2009
KULCHA 1st Floor, 13 South Terrace, Fremantle (above Dome Café)

Our special guest speaker for the evening will be Graham Howe. Graham
is a writer, curator and CEO of Curatorial Assistance Inc. (Los
Angeles/Sydney). He was the inaugural director of the Australian
Centre of Photography, one of the first employees of the Photographers
‚ Gallery in London and a curator of the Graham Nash Photography
Collection (USA). Graham's international experience in photography
has also resulted in his publishing a number of authoritative books
on photography.
www.fotofreo.com

Start Date:
04 November 2009
Opening Times: 7.30pm

For more information, contact: Laura Beilby @ www.fotofreo.com

Michelle Simcock @ Corner Gallery (Denmark)

Event Title: Simply Nude
Participating Artists: Michelle Simcock

Venue:
Corner Gallery
Strickland Street Denmark WA

Description: feel the infusion of passion that rockets life through
the evocation of a duet...

Start Date: 14th Nov, 2009
End Date: 21st Nov, 2009
Opening Times: 10.30 - 3.00 daily

For more information, contact: michelle simcock on facebook

Jason Benjamin @ Greenhill Galleries

Show Title:
Standing in Her Light

Dates/Times:
October 31-November 21

Venue (NOTE NEW ADDRESS):
Greenhill Galleries
6 Gugeri St, Claremont

For more information:
www.greenhillgalleries.com

Caitlin Yardley @ Free Range

Show Title:
The Visit

Venue:
Free Range
339 Wellington St, Perth

Dates/Times:
October 31-November 8
Tues-Fri, 3-7pm; Sat & Sun, 1-5pm

Janine McAullay Bott & Kukula McDonald @ Artitja

Event Title: Baskets and Birds
Participating Artists: Janine McAullay Bott and Kukula McDonald

Venue:
Earlywork (Artitja Fine Art)
330 South Terrace, South Fremantle

From Papunya in the Northern Territory young artist Kukula McDonald paints the red tailed black cockatoo and the colourful hills of her country whilst local Nyoongah fibre textile artist and bush sculptor Janine McAullay Bott uses palm fronds and seed pods bring to life local species of birds.

Janine McAullay Bott is the winner of the 2009 Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art (NATSIA) Wandjuk Marika 3D Memorial Award announced in Darwin in August.

Start Date: 15 October 2009
End Date: 01 November 2009
Opening Times: Daily 10am - 6pm

For more information, contact: Anna 0418 900 954

Sketched @ Greenhill Galleries

Show Title: SKETCHED

Participating Artists:
Crispin Akerman, Jason Benjamin, Dean Bowen, Zhong Chen, Madeleine Clear,
Mark Douglass, Dieter Engler, Ian Greig, Juli Haas, Nigel Hewitt, Matthew
Johnson, Robert Juniper, Jasper Knight, Paul Lacey, David Larwill, Angus
McDonald, Alan Marshall, Keren Seelander, Jim Thalassoudis, Katarina
Vesterberg

Venue Info:
GREENHILL GALLERIES
105A Waratah Avenue, Dalkeith

Dates:
October 15-28, 2009

For more information: www.greenhillgalleries.com

Kimberley Aboriginal Artists @ Holmes à Court Gallery

KIMBERLEY ABORIGINAL ARTISTS:
sharing difference on common ground

Dates/Times:
23 October - 29 November 2009
Wed-Sun, 12-5pm or by appointment

Venue Details:
Holmes à Court Gallery
Level 1, 11 Brown Street
East Perth WA 6004

For more information: http://www.holmesacourtgallery.com.au

Paula Wiegmink @ Atwell Gallery

Event Title: Winds of Change
Participating Artists: Paula Wiegmink

Venue:
Atwell Gallery Alfred Cove
Corner of Canning Highway and North Lake Road

Description: A diverse collection of paintings with a strong African influence. Wildlife, portraiture, landscape in oil, pastel, acrylic, watercolour and mixed media.

Dates/Times: November 17-22,2009
Mon-Sun, 10am to 4pm

For more information, contact: Paula Wiegmink

PIP & POP @ Free Range

Show Title: Three Minutes Happiness

Dates/Times:
October 11-24
Tue-Fri, 11am-4pm; Sat-Sun, 1-5pm

Address:
339 Wellington Street
Perth

For more information: www.freerange.org.au

Day of Ideas 2009 @ Holmes à Court Gallery

DAY OF IDEAS
POWER WITH...
Ideas of peace, love & respect in a violent world

Dates/Times:
30 - 31 October 2008
Open Wednesday - Sunday 12-5pm or by appointment

Venue:
Holmes à Court Gallery
Level 1, 11 Brown Street
East Perth WA 6004

NOTE: This event is not free and requires booking.
For more information: http://www.holmesacourtgallery.com.au