Felicity Breen and Amanda Lin @ Heathcote Museum & Gallery

Event Title: Artist Talk and Workshops.
Participating Artists: Felicity Breen and Amanda Lin.

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

Description: Felicity Breen will give a floor talk on her work and the etching process on Sunday, 17th February 2013 at 1pm. To RSVP please contact 9364 5666 or claire.bushby@melville.wa.gov.au

Throughout the duration of the exhibition you can come help build one of the large textile shelters. Amanda Lin will be available to demonstrate the weaving technique she uses on the following dates:

Saturday, 2 February 1 - 3 pm
Saturday, 9 February 1 - 3 pm
and before Felicity‚s talk on Sunday, 17th February

There will be fabrics provided but please feel free to bring your own to contribute.

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

Steve Makse @ PS Art Space

Event Title: Free and Uneasy.
Participating Artists: Steve Makse.

Venue:
PS Art Space,
22 Pakenham St, Fremantle.

Description: In his second solo exhibition, Steve Makse continues to experiment with paint, digital media and animation. Bound by an underlying tension, these diverse artworks deliver a critical and unique perspective on the everyday, the apocalyptic and the optimistic.

Free and Uneasy is part of the FRINGE WORLD Festival 2013, and features Steve's latest work from the past year, including two artist residencies completed in 2012 - one in the Gold Coast hinterland and another in Chengdu, China.

Dates: 08 February 2013 to 08 February 2013.
Opening Times: Fri 6-9pm, Sat - Wed 11-5pm.

For more information, contact: Steve Makse.

Lauren Wilhelm @ Margaret River Gallery

Event Title: ESTATE - new works by Lauren Wilhelm. Participating Artists: Lauren Wilhelm. Venue: Margaret River Gallery, 91 Bussell Highway , Margaret River. Description: Margaret River Gallery Exhibition ESTATE 2 –21 March 2013 exhibition opens Saturday 02 March 6-8 pm New works by Lauren Wilhelm Lauren Wilhelm is a Western Australian artist who has exhibited nationally, in New York and whose recent solo shows have been sold-out. Inspired by history and man's seeming inability to learn from it, Lauren's paintings offer a quirky look at hubris whilst still managing to evoke a stillness and sweet melancholia. Her latest work is inspired by the idea of land ownership and territory. Dismayed by urban sprawl and large tracts of bushland she remembered as a child being carved up into soulless expanses of identical rooftops, Lauren explores our preoccupation with owning a slice of earth. Dates: Saturday 02 March 2013 to Thursday 21 March 2013. Opening Times: open daily 10 am to 5pm. For more information, contact: margaret river gallery.

Rhys Lee @ Venn Gallery

Event Title: Cracked Pots. Participating Artists: Rhys Lee. Venue: Venn Gallery, 16 Queen Street, Perth 6000. Description: Venn Gallery presents Cracked Pots, a solo exhibition of new works by Melbourne-based artist Rhys Lee. The exhibition is Lee's first presentation of work in Western Australia and features a large 10m painting that has been developed in the gallery space, along with numerous works on paper displaying his distinctive style of free-form portraiture. Known for his skillful use of colour and haunting imagery, Lee's work exudes an ethereal quality that is expressed through heavy brushstrokes and textured visceral forms. In Cracked Pots, Lee explores fissures in the human condition and looks to uncover these lines of breakage to show the crazed or unhinged parts of the psyche. The resulting artworks are dark and elusive studies that reveal a disparate range of characters and strange beings. Dates: 8 February 2013 to 22 March 2013. Opening Times: Tues-Sat, 10-5pm; Fri, 10-7pm. For more information, contact: (08) 9321 8366.

David Collins @ Venn Gallery

Event Title: Plastic Eden. Participating Artists: David Collins. Venue: Venn Gallery, 16 Queen Street, Perth. Description: Plastic Eden is a solo exhibition of new photographic works by Perth-based artist David Collins portraying a series of contemporary characters in seductive surrounds. At first glance, the intricately arranged scenes present an opulent sphere where languid beings reign, but beneath are notions exploring a darker terrain. Collins suggests that technological advances, which aim to liberate the consumer from the hardships of the natural world, have also propelled an ecological awakening, encouraging reflection upon the environment and the damage inflicted on it. He conceives that inhabitants of urban centres often long for a nature that once was and desire an Arcadian existence beyond their realm. In these works, the artist observes that such longings are reflected in little gardens of Eden – tranquility pools in backyards, pot plants on desks, animal decoration – that are often created to allow some control and connection with nature, yet ultimately society is regularly left powerless by nature. The exhibition explores this tenuous relationship of self-delusion and control resulting from such behaviour, with the portrait subjects acting as conquerors of their own domains; positioned as prominent in their environments, but nevertheless with their control nowhere near absolute.. Dates: 8 February 2013 to 22 March 2013. Opening Times: Tues-Sat, 10-5pm; Fri, 10-7pm. For more information, contact: (08) 9321 8366.

Jennifer Sadler @ Alcoa Mandurah Art Gallery

Event Title: CONTINUUM. Participating Artists: Jennifer Sadler. Venue: Alcoa Mandurah Art Gallery, Ormsby Terrace, Mandurah WA. Description: This exhibition of new works features drawings, paintings and a number of reclaimed furniture pieces which incorporate printed fabric based on the paintings. CONTINUUM focuses on the coastal plain of south-west WA, and these works embed the landscape where tree lines, water and wetlands merge into an atmospheric abstraction. Official Opening on Friday 15 February at 6.30pm. Dates: 15 February 2013 to 10 March 2013. Opening Times: Mon-Fri 10am - 4.30pm; Sat 10am - 4pm; Sun noon - 4pm. For more information, contact: gallery@manpac.com.au.

MIX Artists Inc Albany @ Western Australian Museum - Albany

Event Title: Light-House.
Participating Artists: MIX Artists Inc Albany.

Venue:
Western Australian Museum - Albany,
Residency Road Albany.

Description: Light-House
MIX Artists
February 9th - March 4th 2013
Western Australian Museum, Albany
Situated on a rocky outcrop, battered by waves, wind and rain, a lighthouse represents strength amidst adversity. Beaming light out into the darkness it warns mariners of danger nearby.

MIX contemporary artists of the Great Southern respond to and interpret the concept Light-House.

Dates: 9th February 2013 to 4th March 2013.
Opening Times: daily 10-4.30pm.

For more information, contact: Serena 0427 086 942.

Funding Round @ Art on the Move

Event Title: LIKE TO GET YOUR EXHIBITION ON THE ROAD?

Description: ATTENTION ARTISTS, GALLERIES, CURATORS AND CREATIVE COLLECTIVES!

Do you know of a great exhibition that deserves a longer life and a larger audience? Could your community collaborate in a creative way to tell your stories to other communities? Perhaps you can organise an artists retrospective exhibition or have an art collection you would like to share?
ART ON THE MOVE has an annual funding round, with applications due 6 MAY 2013, giving you the opportunity to apply to have an exhibition tour through out Western Australia under the management and expertise of our staff.

For more information visit www.artonthemove.com.au

An information session will be given in March, date tbc. Sign up to the ART ON THE NEWS e-newsletter to be kept up to date..

Dates: 4PM, MONDAY 6 MAY.

For more information, contact: artmoves@artonthemove.com.au.

Local Artists @ Sima Gallery Claremont

Event Title: Artist Gathering in Sima Gallery Claremont. Participating Artists: Local Artists. Venue: Sima Gallery Claremont, Shop 11 Avion way, Claremont, Perth. Description: To Artist It is an invitation from Sima Gallery Claremont. We are a new art gallery located in Times Square in the heart of Claremont. We house a comprehensive collection of various art works including embroideries, paintings, photographs, porcelains and handicrafts. On every Tuesday night, Sima gallery will have a special function for artists. This week will be our first function. With different artworks each week, more and more artists will get promoted in the local community. The aim of this is providing a gathering place for people who love art and talk about art. We want to distribute what we have and create something different for Perth Culture. We hope you would be part of us. We would like to welcome you come someday and experience Sima Gallery. Dates: 22 January 2013 to 22 January 2014. Opening Times: Every Tuesday, 6:30 pm-8:30 pm. For more information, contact: Ronny.

Danica Wichtermann, Natalie Acton and Sarah Hannah @ Zig Zag Cultural Centre Art Gallery

Event Title: A Porcelain Perspective: From the Land to the Sea .
Participating Artists: Danica Wichtermann, Natalie Acton and Sarah Hannah.

Venue:
Zig Zag Cultural Centre Art Gallery,
50 Railway Rd, Kalamunda WA.

Description: Emerging WA ceramic artists Danica Wichtermann, Natalie Acton and Sarah Hannah present new works in porcelain inspired by the alluring land, sea and botanical life of Western Australia. This collection of works will be particularly exploring WA's hidden beauty, things which are often overlooked, forgotten or taken for granted.

Each piece will reflect its own journey of our environment, exploring colour, form, texture and feeling. The intent is not to replicate objects, but to simply translate something seen, or experienced in a unique and interesting way.

Come and experience a Porcelain Perspective for yourself!
Official Opening on Saturday 16th February at 2pm.

Dates: 16/2/2013 to 3/3/2013.
Opening Times: Mon-Fri, 9-4pm; Sat-Sun, 10-4pm.

For more information, contact: Zig Zag Cultural Centre. http://www.zzcc.com.au/art-gallery, 9257 9953, or Danica Wichtermann.