Robert Juniper AM & 30 other respected WA artists @ The Niche

Event Title: Deloitte Spring Rose Art Show 2012. 

Participating Artists: Robert Juniper AM & 30 other respected WA artists.

Venue:
The Niche,
11 Aberdare Rd (Crn Hospital Ave), Nelands, WA.

Description: This year's Spring Rose Art Show will feature works of art by one of Australia's most famous contemporary artists, Robert Juniper AM and 30 other respected WA artists. This is a wonderful exhibition showcasing a broad range of different styles and talents and all are welcome to come and take a look. Artworks are available for purchase and include painting, photography & sculpture.

Profits from the sale of the art will go directly towards improving the lives of Western Australians living with cystic fibrosis.

Want More Info? www.facebook.com/SpringRoseArtShow

Dates: 14 September 2012 to 23 September 2012.
Opening Times: 9am-4pm weekdays, 10am-4pm weekends.

For more information, contact: Sarah.

Judy Rogers @ Perth Galleries

Event Title: It's a Girl Exhibition. Participating Artists: Judy Rogers. Venue: Perth Galleries, 92 Stirling Hwy North Fremantle. Description: Multi-award winning artist, Judy Rogers, will exhibit a new series of studies revolving around her memories, issues of passing time and mortality, in her fourth solo exhibition. Known for her classical treatment and meticulous technical execution of contemporary portraits and figurative work, these works are insightful, tender and personal. In these sensitive and compelling portraits of friends and family members, she portrays a range of emotions in an honest, inspiring and refreshing manner. Dates: 24 August 2012 to 16 September 2012. Opening Times:  Tue – Fri 10am – 5pm, Sat 11am – 5pm & Sun 2 – 5pm.. For more information, contact: 08 9433 4414.

Zhong Chen @ Greenhill Galleries

Event Title: 32 Strokes of Kung Fu.
Participating Artists: Zhong Chen.

Venue:
Greenhill Galleries,
6 Gugeri Street Claremont WA 6010.

Description: This much-awaited exhibition of striking works by Zhong Chen is the artist's first show in Perth since 2006. In that period of time, both change and continuity are evident in Chen's paintings - whilst his brushwork has evolved to bold, expressive movements (a progression from his popular pixelated images), his work continues to explore historical and contemporary cultural identity as well as Chen's own transcultural psyche and feelings of belonging.

Dates: 09 August 2012 to 25 August 2012.
Opening Times: Tue-Fri, 10-5pm; Sat, 10-4pm.

For more information, contact: Emily Lynch.

stitched & bound 2012 @ Heathcote Museum & Gallery

Event Title: stitched & bound 2012. Participating Artists: Jannette Campbell, Marjorie Coleman, Meg Cowley, Julie Devereux, Ruth De Vos, Ruth Halbert, Judith Harvey, Cherry Johnston, Stephanie Knudsen, Jocelyne Leath, Trish Little, Peggy Lyon, Marian Magee, Adrienne Marshall, Margie McIntosh, Lyn Nixon, Marianne Penberthy, Annette Seeman, Susan Walsh, Louise Wells. Venue: Heathcote Museum & Gallery, 58-60 Duncraig Road, Applecross. Description: A juried exhibition of contemporary quilts, presented by the Western Australian Quilters' Association. A diverse range of contemporary quilts will be exhibited in stitched and bound 2012. The juried selection of twenty works from WA textile artists shows a range of innovation that extends the definition of a quilt. This biennial exhibition shows selected works from the leaders in textile art in Western Australia. stitched and bound 2012 showcases the range and talents of these artists and introduces contemporary quilts as an art medium to the wider audience. Floor talks will take place at the gallery during stitched & bound 2012 on the following dates: Saturday 18th August 2012 at 1:30pm Wednesday 22nd August at 1:30pm to attend please call 9364 5666. Group tours can be arranged by appointment for Thursdays. Please call Stephanie Knudsen, WAQA stitched & bound Coordinator on 9330 1005. Dates: 18 August 2012 to 23 September 2012. Opening Times: Tues - Fri, 10-3pm; Sat-Sun, 11-4pm. For more information, contact: 9364 5666 or claire.bushby@melville.wa.gov.au.

Christine Atkins @ MUNDARING ARTS CENTRE

Event Title: Searching For Home.
Participating Artists: Christine Atkins.

Venue:
MUNDARING ARTS CENTRE,
7190 Great Eastern Hwy MUNDARING WA 6073.

Description: Christine Atkins presents an exhibition of sculptural fibre works embodying the human experience of finding a place to call home; a place of safety and acceptance. Her intricate sculptural forms are constructed from Guildford grass, thread, stitch, reclaimed timber and found objects.

The accompanying catalogue includes critical essays by Kate Campbell-Pope, Judith McGrath and Meagan Shand to present a dialogue regarding the notion of shelter, both physical and metaphorical.

Christine will also hold fibre and jewellery workshops at the Mundaring Arts Centre during her exhibition.

Dates: 24 August 2012 to 30 September 2012.
Opening Times: Weekdays 10-5pm; Weekends 11-3pm.

For more information, contact: 9295 3991.

Dégustation @ MUNDARING ARTS CENTRE

Event Title: Dégustation.
Participating Artists: Ceramics by Georgie Boddington, Greg Crowe, Eleanor Frith, Bernard Kerr and Dianne Sigel with paintings by Crispin Ackerman, Una Bell, Elwyn Marren, Lyn Mazzilli and Drusilla Williams.

Venue:
MUNDARING ARTS CENTRE,
7190 Great Eastern Hwy MUNDARING WA 6073.

Description: This exhibition presents a world of culinary taste, temptation and ritual as seen through the eyes of the artist. Dégustation features a variety of contemporary ceramics inspired by cultures and cuisine from around the globe, against a backdrop of still life paintings celebrating the aesthetic and epicurean delights of food, cuisine and the kitchen.

Dates: 13 July 2012 to 19 August 2012.
Opening Times: Weekdays 10-5pm; Weekends 11-3pm.

For more information, contact: 9295 3991.

Aurum @ MUNDARING ARTS CENTRE

Event Title: Aurum.
Participating Artists: Invited artists: Shelley Cowper, Alan Muller, Willem Heyneker, David Small, Maggie Baxter, Rita Winkler, Wendy Lugg and Helen Seiver.

Venue:
MUNDARING ARTS CENTRE,
7190 Great Eastern Hwy MUNDARING WA 6073.

Description: Inspired by the notion of 'Black Gold', Aurum aims to take visitors on a journey into the mysterious, the alluring and the extravagant. West Australian painters, jewellers and textile artists explore how visual imagery can capture our imagination and take hold of our emotions though landscapes that are at one subjective and physical, and objects that speak of narrative as well as beauty.

Dates: 12 July 2012 to 19 August 2012.
Opening Times: Weekday 10-5pm; Weekends 11-3pm.

For more information, contact: 9295 3991.

Cynthia Ellis @ Centre Gallery at Victoria Park Centre for the Arts

Event Title: Vermillion: embracing the physical.
Participating Artists: Cynthia Ellis.

Venue:
Centre Gallery at Victoria Park Centre for the Arts,
12 Kent St. Victoria Park WA.

Description: A revisited project where the application of oil paint material creates its own painting through its weight and viscosity of matter. Ceramic piece presents itself of its own body through the weight and form by allowing the rolled out mass a hand in its final state.

Opening hours are 10am to 4pm daily.
http://www.cynthiaellis.com.au.

Dates: opening 27 july 2012 to 12 august 2012 4pm.
Opening Times: daily 10 - 4 pm.

For more information, contact: Cynthia Ellis 0488 073 416.

Pop-up Gallery @ The Colonnade

Event Title: Pop-up gallery.

Venue:
The Colonnade,
388 Hay Street, Subiaco.

Description: In August, Pro Subi are bringing locals and art together in another creative pop-up space.

Inspired by previous community paste-up exhibitions around the metro area, artists are encouraged to make the most of the pop-up gallery in Subiaco which will be a free exhibition space for visual artists of any medium to exhibit their work every Saturday and Sunday during August between noon and 4pm.

Located at the Colonnade, 388 Hay St in Subiaco (in the old Xile, shop number 20) will be over 30 metres of partitioning for the artists to hang their work for public display.

During the exhibition there will also be special performances from either the Beehives GoGo dance troupe, vocalist Karin Page, accordionist Nikki Dagostino or harpist Michelle Smith.

Dates: 4 August 2012 to 26 August 2012.
Opening Times: Every Saturday and Sunday throughout August from 12pm to 4pm.

For more information, contact: naomi.fuller@prosubi.com.au.

Jessica McCallum & Kim Evans @ Smart Space

Event Title: Anthropomoflora.
Participating Artists: Jessica McCallum & Kim Evans.

Venue:
Smart Space,
464 William Street, Northbridge WA.

Description: An exhibition exploring our reflections in the world of flowers by mixed media artist, Jessica McCallum and photographer, Kim Evans officially opens Friday 14th September 2012 at Smart space Gallery, 464 William Street Northbridge Western Australia.
Finding the familiar in flowers.
Jessica McCallum is a local emerging artist, specialising in mixed media, large-scale portraiture. Anthropomoflora is her fourth exhibition, and she is excited to be collaborating this year with upcoming Perth photographer Kim Evans in his first show. Featuring exotic flowers and carnivorous plants depicted in original watercolours & inks with a dark twist, large mixed media pieces and ready to hang stunning macro photography, Anthropromoflora will be showing for one week only. This Spring, venture out to the aptly named, vivid green Smart space on Northbridge's cultural strip, and take home something pretty.

Visit www.jessicamccallum.com or find us on Facebook.

Dates: 15 September 2012 to 23 September 2012.
Opening Times: Mon - Sun, 10am - 2pm.

For more information, contact: jessica.mccallum@yahoo.com.au