Come and help us celebrate the launch of Max Palmer’s exhibition on Saturday May 20, 2pm. All welcome!
Max likes neurographics and learned to make them as a mindfulness exercise. They allow him to draw in a very playful way. He has started creating symmetrical drawings without using any measurement tools which reflects his interest in mathematics. For this exhibition he has enjoyed using watercolour pencils and sharpies the most and also, some poster paint and charcoal.
Most of the time, you will find Max playing music on the piano. To him, drawing is a bit like playing or creating music on paper. He spends lots of time in nature in the forest or at the beach. He loves drawing trees almost as much as he loves climbing them. Max is passionate about the environment and through this exhibition would like to bring awareness to the Gondwana Link program which works to reconnect natural habitats. Max would like to donate 50% of the profits from his exhibition to support the Gondwana Link program.
For more information about the Gondwana Link visit https://gondwanalink.org For more information about this exhibition contact Max at 0430 487 597
He hopes visitors to the library enjoy his art as much as he enjoys making it. The exhibition stays on display until June 30th.
The Margaret River Library welcomes the touring exhibition by Sydney artist, Martin Shaw. His painting titled ‘Three Well Known Australians’ is on display in the Library until Friday 21st April.
Martin painted the ‘Three Well Known Australians’ in 1982 and created a guessing game that has engaged generations ever since. The painting has been touring the country since 1983.
Visitors to the library are encouraged to view the painting and add their opinion on who each character in the painting represents. These lists of opinions become yearbooks that travel with the exhibition and past books are also on display.
Martin has asked a wide variety of Australians to send in letters over the years, with their suggestions of who might be represented in the painting and 36 of these letters are on display to the public. Mark McGowan and Cathy Freeman are examples of two famous people who have written letters that are currently on display.
Soleil Heimlich invites the community to join in an exhibition closing party in the Cocoon Gallery for Emerging Artists at the Margaret River Library.
Soleil is passionate about cleaning plastic debris from our beaches and upcycles her finds into beautiful works of art. She loves spending time in the outdoors and has captured the local landscape in her drawings. Soleil will give a brief talk about her art processes and approaches to working with recycled materials. Light refreshments will be provided. All welcome! Please RSVP to Soleil at email: heimlich.soleil@gmail.com or phone: 0414 548 542
The whole community is invited to celebrate the launch of our latest exhibition titled ‘Cue, Queen of the Murchison’ : an exhibition of mosaics created by Bevely Young
Bevely has collected an array of objects from the outback near Cue and presents stories in the form of mosaics. Each piece is named after someone who lived in the area in days gone by who may have used some of the shards and chips that make up these amazing artworks. Bevely will talk briefly about her exploring and the creative process of bringing personalities to each artistic piece. All works are for sale.
Please RSVP if you intend on coming to celebrate as refreshments will be provided. Text message to Bevely on Mobile: 0428 866 338 or Email: bevelyyoung@icloud.com
The exhibition will continue in the Cocoon Gallery for Emerging Artists into early 2023.
Annie’s intuitive work reflects a deep energetic connection with the colours, sounds, textures and movements of the forests, ocean and sky. She loves weaving art therapy through her work, blurring the lines between art and healing. It grounds her and brings a sense of fulfilment. For this exhibition, she has dipped into the world of mixed media inspired by the ATC (Artists Trading Cards) phenomenon. She has employed various techniques using acrylic paints, spray inks, Posca pens, stencils, gel press and collage. Annie also loves painting on anything that can be recycled.
The exhibition continues from September 1 – October 31 and can be viewed during library open hours. All welcome.
The exhibition will continue from September 1 – October 31. The Cocoon Gallery for Emerging Artists is in the entry to the Margaret River Library.
Annie’s intuitive work reflects a deep energetic connection with the colours, sounds, textures and movements of the forests, ocean and sky. She loves weaving art therapy through her work, blurring the lines between art and healing. For this exhibition, she has dipped into the world of mixed media inspired by the ATC (Artists Trading Cards) phenomenon. She has employed various techniques using acrylic paints, spray inks, Posca pens, stencils, gel press and collage. She also loves painting on anything that can be recycled.
Artist talk: Thursday 19th May, 6 – 7pm followed by light refreshments
Photo of Jacky Cheng by photographer: Nigel Gaunt
Jacky Cheng, a visual artist from Broome, WA and Soula Veyradier, Program Director from SPACED will be presenting an engaging artist talk about the thematic residency Rural Utopia along with Jacky’s practice and her presence in Margaret River.
Light refreshments will be provided after the talk with a chance to mingle with the presenters. All welcome. The library is an easily accessible venue. Please RSVP your attendance to amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au or Ph: 9780 5600.
Artist in Residence: Jacky Cheng
Jacky with Margaret River’s local host producer, Francesco Geronazzo from Margaret River Printmaking Studio has started engaging with some community members in local conversations through their workshop delivery on the making of Orizome, a Japanese fold and dye paper art. This collaborative effort between Jacky and the community not only enables skill-sharing but also evokes fascinating interrelationship of social connections between Broome and Margaret River. The Orizome is in the progress of becoming a community ‘Paper Patchwork Blanket’.
About SPACED
Spaced commissions context-responsive and socially engaged art projects across the whole of Western Australia and beyond. Our programs are grounded in artistic practices that explore everyday life issues and histories through a dialogue with diverse social groups. Through our programs, we create diverse and challenging experiences for artists and communities through contemporary visual art. For over 20 years, our organisation has been delivering programs that build connections between contemporary art and non‐specialist audiences, especially, but not exclusively, in regional and remote communities. The art projects we commission as part of these programs emerge from residencies that enable artists to engage with specific social, environmental, and historical contexts.
Rural Utopia
Rural Utopias is a program of residencies and exhibitions in rural and remote Western Australia. Artists are developing new works alongside their host communities, responding to new social, environmental, and historical contexts
Orizome workshop in Margaret River. Credit photographer: Francesco Geronazzo from @margaretriverprintmaking and @margaretrivermakers
Jacky Cheng’s work is fundamentally about identity and awareness through cultural activities and memories of home; country and relationships. Her significant concern and deep interests are about correlating and weaving narratives from her native experiences whilst mapping the esoteric and social relationships of her origins and her new found home, environment, and social surroundings. Her previous art residency in Awagami Factory, Japan taught her more in depth about the importance of relationships with heritage, culture and identity.
She is interested in the dynamics of community engagement through Orizome – the art of folding and dyeing papers revealing individualistic geometrical patterns. Her viewpoint on community is about acknowledging the diversities and unique qualities within the Margaret River community and the wider social fabric. The dip-dyed geometrical patterns will reveal individual expressions, as no one piece will be identical, much like a thumbprint is unique and personal. These pieces will hopefully be part of a community project outcome.
Jacky will be holding an information evening at the Margaret River Library on Thursday 19th May, 6 – 7pm followed by light refreshments. She will talk about her art journey and what she is trying to achieve by participating in an artist in residence program in Margaret River. All welcome.
Frequently Asked Questions What is Orizome?
Ori = Folding, Zome = dyeing
Orizome is an age-old Japanese papercraft that combines the art of ‘origami’ which is paper folding and coloured pigment dip-dyeing to create beautiful geometrical shapes.
Age group
All are welcome to attend. Children should always have their parent or guardian to accompany them. This activity requires some dexterity to folding dry paper and unfolding damp paper.
Booking
No bookings necessary. Just turn up and participate.
Accessibility
Workshop is for all various abilities.
Dye
The mediums used will stain clothing and hands if gloves are not worn. Disposable gloves will be provided.
Food
No food should be consume during this activity to avoid cross contamination of dye and food.
COVID precaution
Let’s look after each other. Please follow national health guidelines and stay home if you are not feeling well.
What’s Next?
Jacky will be holding an information evening at the Margaret River Library on Thursday 19th May, 6 – 7pm followed by light refreshments. She will talk about her art journey and what she is trying to achieve by participating in an artist in residence program in Margaret River. All welcome.
‘Art of Ealain’ : Original art and illustrations by Clare Hamilton
3rd May – 30th June
Clare’s love and intrigue of painting started as a young girl when she was introduced to the work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, a Scottish architect, designer and watercolourist. His artistic approach had much in common with European Symbolism and was influential in the European design movements such as Art Nouveau. His work is simple in design yet intricate and enthralling.
Watercolour is her medium of choice and a bit of an old favourite. She also goes through phases of using acrylics and ink line drawing. Her paintings take inspiration from nature melding familiar objects and organic patterns. She uses a combination of things seen, remembered or imagined. Her style is illustrative in nature whilst also evoking symbolism through her subject matter.
More recently Clare has been focusing on flora and fauna, however, she is equally inspired by a number of drawing subjects whether they are life drawing, landscapes, abstracts and more. Clare is one of the permanent artists at the Margaret River Artisan Store, where along with her original work, she sells other products with her unique artwork prints.
Clare’s business ‘Art of Ealain’ is a name honouring her Scottish roots. The word Ealain is Scottish Gaelic pronounced ‘ya-lain’ meaning to be creative, an acquired craft or skill.
The exhibition continues in the Cocoon Gallery for Emerging Artists until the end of June. Artworks are for sale so take your time when you enter the library and have a browse.
On display in The Cocoon from 1st March to 30th April
Rona has always been intrigued by insects and the phenomenal part they play in our existence. She is conscious of the materials she chooses to work with and the impact they may have on these small creatures both in the manufacturing, creative and disposal processes. Rona’s love of working with textiles, printmaking and encaustic painting come together in this exhibition to celebrate these tiny creatures and their habitat. This body of work encompasses framed ‘slow-stitch’ mixed media textiles and wax encaustic mixed media on board. The Cocoon Gallery smells wonderful.
All artworks are for sale through the artist with the price list on display in the gallery. The Cocoon Gallery for emerging artists is in the entrance to the Margaret River Library and is easily accessible during library hours.
Mon and Wed, 10 – 5.30pm
Tues and Thurs, 10 – 8pm
Fri and Sat, 10 – 3pm
Here is a taste of a few of the artworks on display in the Cocoon Gallery by Rona Mirtle
Wax encaustic mixed media on board. Bee lines: First light flightWax encaustic mixed media on board. Bee lines: Flight home at sunset
Framed mixed media featuring slow stitching.Bee lines: The sunflower
Framed mixed media featuring slow stitching.. Bee lines: Wildflower season
