News and events for our library community
It’s easy to use, just like a pen!
It’s got a hardened steel engraving bit so it will work on metal, plastic and wood.
Do the dyed panels hanging on display in the library inspire you to share a few words? Feel free to leave a comment on a post it, create a drawing, write a poem or a short story to share with the library community.
A notice board is set up near the artwork to display your contributions for others to see.
NOTE: if you would like your contribution returned to you leave your contact details on the back
Jacky Cheng. As part her artist residency, Jacky presented the work created from the community Orizome workshops at the Margaret River HEART in May 2022 in the form of a huge blanket. Dyed and stitched together by the community of Margaret River.
This wraps up her stage 1 residency and reveals some thoughts for stage two when Jacky returns in early 2023.
The banners hanging in the library were on display while the Orizome workshops took place and helped to inform participants of what to expect from the technique.
Image: Blanket hanging at Margaret River Heart by Jacky Cheng.
Jacky is keen to learn more from the public. Hopefully people will head over to the HEART to see the entire artwork. She’s included a didactic next to the artwork there for everyone to read. Feel free to leave your comment about the blanket in the comments book provided nearby.
Rural Utopias is a multi-year program of residencies and socially engaged art projects in regional and remote Western Australian communities. The program focuses on the idea of “Rural Utopias” and includes 12 artists from across Australia. This project has been made possible through the generous support of the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries, the RISE: Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund – an Australian Government initiative, the Margaret River Makers, Margaret River Print making, Margaret Riverside Accommodation and the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River.
Spaced (International Art Space International Art Space Pty. Ltd.) is a leading arts organisation specialising in socially engaged art. Spaced was established in 1998 by a team of farmers and art professionals interested in bringing leading national and international artists into rural and remote communities.
Image details: Orizome workshop banners in the Margaret River Library. Created by Jacky Cheng, May 2022.
Image details: Orizome workshop pieces, May 2022, Jacky Cheng.
Toddler Tales is on again at Augusta Library Thursday 9th June at 10.30am. Caregivers with Toddlers aged 18 to 36 months are welcome to attend for a storytime session with books, rhymes, songs, craft and morning tea.
Please reserve your place by phoning Claire on 9780 5602.
We hope to see you at Augusta Library soon!
RSVP using Eventbrite here, call the library 9780 5600, or email: amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au
For many years, Ros wrote a weekly column for The West Australian which garnered her a wide, devoted readership. A collection of her columns ‘Was it Something I Said?’ was a best seller by UWA Publishing in 2014. In 2021, Ros’s 300-word flash fiction piece How To Leave Your Childhood Behind was awarded winner of Britain’s annual STAUNCH prize against a prominent UK and US shortlist.
Since 2017 Ros has been heavily involved in Aged Care Advocacy and has been an ambassador for Alzheimer’s WA. She has been the sole carer for her mother who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease and has written this fiction novel ‘How to shame the devil’, while spending time in and around nursing homes.
‘Clever, entertaining, beautifully crafted, disturbing and full of humanity. An original take on the #MeToo phenomenon, with the wonderful Ros Thomas at her most witty and compelling.’ – Will Yeoman, The West Australian
All welcome to this free event.
The Margaret River Bookshop will be on hand with copies of ‘How to shame the Devil’ and light refreshments will be provided after the talk.
Kids aged 10 years old are invited to join us at Margaret River Library for Book Chat Club on Monday 30th May at 4.15pm.
At our monthly Book Chat Club meetings we talk about the books we have read and give reviews and recommendations to other club members.
Book Chat Club is free with snacks provided. Please phone Claire on 9780 5602 to book a place.
Each year kids all around Australia read the same book at the the same time and in 2022 it is the beautiful Family Tree written by Josh Pyke and illustrated by Ronojoy Ghosh.
Visit www.alia.org.au/nss for more information on how you can join in the fun. You can also place a hold on the book from the library catalogue.
Did you know the State Library runs an online book club and we are a participant library?
The Online Book Club is similar to traditional in-person book clubs that might meet at a library or other informal setting, but rather brings this into an online platform creating alternative and complementary opportunities for library members to virtually engage with book clubs across WA.
How it works:
As a member of our library you will have access to an eBook through Freading website or the Freading app for each book selection. If you prefer a different format – like audio or print – you can search for a copy of the book through our library catalogue. Alternatively have a look at our eResources pages for other options.
Below are the books for March, April and May
Click here for more information and to join the WA Public Library Online Book Club.
The barcode scanners at the library have gone 3D!
Now you can use your library card saved on your phone.
It will work to check out items, place holds and use our PCs 🙂
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
Toddler Tales is on again at Augusta Library Thursday 12th May at 10.30am. Caregivers with Toddlers aged 18 to 36 months are welcome to attend for a storytime session with books, rhymes, songs, craft and morning tea.
Please reserve your place by phoning Claire on 9780 5602.
We hope to see you at Augusta Library soon!
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Phone: (08) 9780 5600
Email: amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au