Peter Usher & Rick Cook @ Gunyulgup Galleries

Event Title: 'endless' and 'New Forms'.
Participating Artists: Peter Usher & Rick Cook.

Venue:
Gunyulgup Galleries,
Gunyulgup Valley Drive, Yallingup, WA.

Description: Peter Usher presents us with his 3rd solo show, 'endless' which is a reflection upon a journey to the Pilbara and the Ningaloo Reef. Endless refers to the endless blue skies, sways of spinifex, pindan plains, turquoise seas, and the potential endless compositions of them all.

Rick Cook, having his first solo with Gunyulgup, also works on the Pilbara/Ningaloo theme, to create beautiful glass forms reflecting the patterns found in an aerial view of these landscapes.

This talent of these two younger artist's is not to be missed.

Dates: 03 March 2012 to 18 March 2012.
Opening Times: 7 days, 10am - 5pm.

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

Various Artists @ Heathcote Museum & Gallery

Event Title: Waypoints. 
Participating Artists: Moira Fearby, Kate Koivisto-Wheeler, Richard Munsie & Heloise Roberts. 

Venue: 
Heathcote Museum & Gallery, 
58-60 Duncraig Road, Applecross. 

Description: Four artists will map their routine trails from their private spaces through public spaces to various destinations within the Perth area. The work will explore our daily paths and how as individuals the physical environment that surrounds us impacts upon us.

Dates: 3 March 2012 to 1 April 2012. 
Opening Times: Tues - Fri, 10-3pm; Sat-Sun, 12-4pm. 

For more information, contact: 9364 5666 or claire.bushby@melville.wa.gov.au. 

Ann Steer Studio Opening

Event Title: Home Studio Exhibition.
Participating Artists: Ann Steer.

Venue:
7 Davenport Circuit, Mindarie, WA 6030.

Description: Home Studio Opening by artist Ann Steer. Sunday 4th March 2012 10am to 4pm. All artwork is for sale and all welcome. www.annsteer.com.

Dates: 4 March 2012 to 4 March 2012.
Opening Times: Sunday, 10am to 4pm.

For more information, contact: Ann Steer 0418 921 701.

Mick Turner and Jo Darvall @ Showcase Gallery at Central Institute of Technology

Participating Artists: Mick Turner and Jo Darvall

Venue:
Showcase Gallery at Central Institute of Technology,
corner of Aberdeen & Beaufort St, Northbridge.

Description: An Exhibition by two friends from a creative period in a time that is now history...

To coincide with Australian instrumental group Dirty Three's upcoming Australian tour, guitarist Mick Turner's artwork will be on show with artist friend Jo Darvall in Perth at Central Institute of Technology for four days in March 2012.

This is an opportunity to see into the creative practice and inquiry of two friends who were a part of a unique time in Melbourne's fast paced underground music and art scene.

Mick Turner and Jo Darvall are former housemates from the 'St Kilda days' in the 80's.

'Beautiful, playful and colourful Turner/Darvall's art works will entertain and entrance the entomologist and music fans alike'. Thelma John Art Curator

On show will be a selection of Darvall's most interesting and ephemeral works; small sculptures and paintings from 2 years investigation and study into Western Australian themes such as: the epic journeys people undertake to create a better life for themselves and their families, leading them into the most arid and uninhabitable landscape imaginable.

Darvalls sculptures represent these people, they have taken on the form of a moth or insect incorporating detailed etchings which form the wings and little body's of the small creatures. Elaborately layered, dry, parched and wind blown by landscapes they journey in. The little 'Travellers' become reminiscent of images found in scientific treatises.

Internationally acclaimed musician and prolific artist Mick Turner will be exhibiting some of his most poetic work created to date including limited edition reproduction prints of cover art images from Dirty Three albums along with a selection of recent work. Mick has been exhibiting his visual art publicly since 2004. His art is held in private collections worldwide.

Darvall has been exhibiting since 1985 is now residing in Fremantle and teaching art at Claremont School of Art and Kidogo Art Institute.

Mick Turner will be present to meet visitors Saturday 10 March from 10.30 to 11.30am.

'The Dirty Three' perform at the Astor on Friday night.

With over 40 works on show, these works of art freeze a moment in time for a series of short-lived creatures.

Dates: 07/3/2012 to 10/3/2012.
Opening Times: Wednesday-Friday 2-5pm; Saturday 10-3pm.

For more information, contact: Jo Darvall.

Various Artists @ The Oats Factory

Event Title: Boom. 
Participating Artists: Jill Ansell, Clare Bestow, Vanessa Bradley, Louise Carre, Beba Hall, Georgina Moss, Diana Papenfus, Geraldine Pillinger, Sandra Perry, Gail Putz & Tineke Van der Eecken. 

Venue: 
The Oats Factory, 
69 Oats St Carlisle WA 6101. 

Description: Ten artists respond to the resources boom in Western Australia. Utilising sculpture, painting, jewellery and installation this showcases the work of a diverse and vibrant group of artists.

Dates: 25 Feb 2012 to 18 March 2012. 
Opening Times: Wed- Sun 12-5pm. 

For more information, contact: Melody Smith.

Artist Call @ Perth Waldorf School

Event Title: Would you like to get involved with your community and be a part of art, craft and music?
Participating Artists: Danica Wichtermann, Nis Wichtermann, Kelly Darragh, Andrea Day, Maxine Clarke, Ashlea Reale, Michael O'Shaughnessy, Bernadette Aitken.

Venue:
Perth Waldorf School,
14 Gwilliam Drive, Bibra Lake, 6163 WA.

Description: We are looking for creative individuals who would like to be a part of our next RECONNECTING Event on the 10-11th March at the Perth Waldorf School, Bibra Lake. There will be market stalls, live music, art and craft demonstrations and more. If you would like to share your skills and knowledge, hold your own interactive demonstration, perform as a musician, or have a market stall at our Reconnecting event, please let us know ASAP.

Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th March 2012.

Visit www.pulseartstudio.com/_studio/open.htm
or contact Danica Wichtermann for more information Danica@rediscovering.com.au

Dates: 10 March 2012 to 11 March 2012.
Opening Times: Sat-Sun, 10-4pm.

For more information, contact: 0422986129.

Various Artists @ Perth Waldorf School

Event Title: RECONNECTING Art and Community Event.
Participating Artists: Danica Wichtermann, Nis Wichtermann, Kelly Darragh, Andrea Day, Maxine Clarke, Ashlea Reale, Michael O'Shaughnessy, Bernadette Aitken, Teresa Kileff, and many more.

Venue:
Perth Waldorf School,
14 Gwilliam Drive, Bibra Lake, 6163 WA.

Description: This event focuses on handmade products, bringing the community together and getting them involved with arts, craft and music. There will be market stalls, live music, and art and craft demonstrations; including clay work on the pottery wheel, stone- and wood-carving, jewellery, a community mural and more. The public is invited to come along, browse, ask questions and simply engage.

The markets are held on the Saturday and Sunday 10-11th March (10-4pm)
www.pulseartstudio.com/_studio/open.htm or become a fan on facebook: ReconnectingArtsAndCommunity.

Dates: 10 March 2012 to 11 March 2012.
Opening Times: Sat-Sun, 10-4pm.

For more information, contact: 0422986129.

Various Artists @ Perth Galleries

Event Title: Selections from the Studio.
Participating Artists: Penny Bovell, Eveline Kotai, Joanna Lamb, Helen Smith, Angela Stewart, Trevor Richards, Trevor Vickers.

Venue:
Perth Galleries,
92 Stirling Highway, North Fremantle.

Description: Works from seven important artists who have for over many years worked in close proximity within the relatively small artistic community of Perth have been selected by fellow artist in celebrating the work of artists working in 21st Century Perth at Perth Galleries, Fremantle, WA. Opens 10 Feb 2012.

In this forthcoming exhibition, 'Selections from the Studio, an Artist's choice' at Perth Galleries (February 10 - March 4, 2012) Penny Coss visits the studios of seven significant Perth artists, Penny Bovell, Joanna Lamb, Eveline Kotai, Trevor Richards, Helen Smith, Angela Stewart, and Trevor Vickers to select new paintings and a window installation at Perth Galleries gives the viewer a rare glimpse into the concerns of these artists from an artist's perspective.
Individuating their own presence within a national and international context, many of these artists have shared a history of involvement in important national exhibitions, public art commissions within Perth, publications and related projects.

Dates: 10 Feb 2012 to 4 March 2012.
Opening Times: Tuesday-Friday 10-5pm, Saturday 11-5pm, Sunday 2-5pm.

For more information, contact: Alison Barrett.

Carolyn Griffiths @ David Giles Art Gallery

Event Title: In The Spirit- Exhibition.
Participating Artists: Carolyn Griffiths.

Venue:
David Giles Art Gallery,
49B High Street, Fremantle.

Description: Carolyn has had five solo exhibitions (and numerous group exhibitionts) over the last five years. Her current solo exhibition In the Spirit, will feature vibrant paintings, which are primarily experimental and constantly take the artist to new and interesting ground. The new works show a development of Griffith's organic style towards more defined outlines, suggestive of novel, spirited beings or organic natural forms. The abstract works are stunning compositions of complex colour palettes and bold mark making, soft blending, engaging pattern making that show an intense maturity of intuitive purpose. Griffith's works are painted with great gusto and profound intuition - paint is dripped, poured, splashed and applied in a variety of ways and in this sense her work is experimental..

Dates: Thursday 9 February, opening 6.30pm-8.30pm to Thursday 16 February.
Opening Times: Tues-Fri 1-6pm, Sat/Sun 11-5pm.

For more information, contact: Carolyn 0433 284 529/cdans14@hotmail.com or davidgilesartist@hotmail.com.