Various Artists @ Treasury Building

Event Title: OCCUPY ART LAB (PERTH FRINGE).
Participating Artists: PVI Collective, Oron Catts (Tissue Culture & Art Project), Graffiti Research Lab, Unnamed Collective, Janet Jackson.

Venue:
Treasury Building,
Corner Hay and Barrack Street Perth City.

Description: ART+ACTIVISM+FRINGE

OCCUPY ART LAB - Workshops, performances, live art and more. Injecting more politics into the Fringe and more art into activism.

Dates: 11 February 2012 to 12 February 2012.
Opening Times: 1-5pm.

For more information, contact: Michelle Braunstein.

A Grimm Future @ The Moore's Building Contemporary Art Gallery

Event Title: A Grimm Future - Group Exhibition. 
Participating Artists: Nic Harding, Nyssa McAdie, Sherina Ng, Savannah Timpani, Phoebe Tran, Grace McKie, Travis Logue and 'GIRL'. 

Venue: 
The Moore's Building Contemporary Art Gallery, 
46 Henry St, Fremantle. 

Description: From the minds of The Brothers Grimm come such tales as Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Rapunsel and a seemingly endless list of classics. A group of young creative artists recreate the classic tales as if it were centuries ahead. Alongside the artwork watch live performances by keyboard player Travis Logue and local Freo guitarist Dylan McCoy! A bizarre yet intriguing experience not to be missed! Opening night 3rd Feb, 6pm onwards. Downstairs.. 

Dates: 3rd February 2012 to 19th February 2012. 
Opening Times: 10am - 4pm Daily. 

For more information, contact: www.facebook.com.au/agrimmfuture. 

Peter Ellis @ Moores Building

Event Title: Beautiful War.
Participating Artists: Peter Ellis.

Venue:
Moores Building,
46 Henry Street Fremantle.

Description: We go to war even as we hate it. It is a primordial force, an archetype.

Peter Ellis depicts military objects and events, which exist in a world adrift of real time. The colour and light of reality are refracted.

His works are signs. Images, words, colour and light are the signifier. The meaning (war) is the signified.

Dates: Friday 3rd February 2012 to Sunday 19 February 2012.
Opening Times: 10am to 4pm daily.

For more information, contact: Peter Ellis - 9470 4486.

Graeme Pages-Oliver @ Kidogo Art House

Event Title: My Inner Tree.
Participating Artists: Graeme Pages-Oliver.

Venue:
Kidogo Art House,
Bathers Beach, Mews Road Fremantle.

Description: An exhibition of drawings and limited edition prints by Graeme Pages-Oliver.

A weekly journal of thoughts, feelings, ideas and travels expressed as a tree.

Fifty two black and white drawings compiled in 2011 that reflect a roller coaster ride of feelings set in the west Australian landscape ranging from Albany in the south to the Kimberley region in the north.

While the delicate pen and ink line drawings become the centre piece of the exhibition many of them have been transformed into limited edition prints. Like the drawings, the prints are basically black and white with the introduction of some soft atmospheric colours, mostly in the sky.

The prints are created using a combination of digital, and screen printing techniques onto acid free water colour paper. The black line work in the prints is further enhanced with the use of a publishing technique to raise the ink above the surface of the paper, creating a three dimensional shiny black line.

A preview of the fifty two drawings can be seen on YouTube at http://youtu.be/MeilUfWome0
or on the artist web site at www.pajez.com.au

Dates: 15 March 2012 to 21 March 2012.

For more information, contact: graemepo@bigpond.com.

Noongar artists, Community Arts Network WA (CAN WA) @ Mezzanine Gallery, Western Australian Museum

Event Title: Yarns of the Heart exhibition: Noongar dolls from the Southern Wheatbelt.
Participating Artists: Noongar artists, Community Arts Network WA (CAN WA).

Venue:
Mezzanine Gallery, Western Australian Museum,
Perth Cultural Centre, Perth.

Description: Over seventy exquisite handmade dolls that represent the lives and stories of their Noongar creators.

Yarns of the Heart is an exhibition showcasing the dolls created by the Noongar community of the Southern Wheatbelt, made during workshops between 1994 and 2011. To find out more about the doll making workshops visit: www.canwa.com.au.

Dates: 16 September 2011 to 31 January 2012.
Opening Times: Mon-Fri, 9.30am-5pm.

For more information, contact: www.canwa.com.au.