Artist in Focus | Betty McKeough

Showcasing a diversity of materials and sculptural techniques Betty will transform a collection of raw materials into new jewellery forms. Working with kiln fired vitreous enamels, fold-formed and anodised metals, fabrics, rubber and resin-set objects Betty’s approach will provide a visually engaging residency with much appeal to the public. Betty will conduct artist talks and demonstrations as part of her residency whilst exhibiting artists from the Main Gallery will conduct hands-on workshops with the public to reveal the endless possibilities of merging the mediums, textiles, jewellery and sculptural forms.

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Image: Betty McKeough, Remembering Ella, brooch of fine silver, sterling silver, rhodochrosite (image by Matt Reed)

In partnership with Fibre Arts Australia and Warwick Regional Gallery Queensland, seven international and six Australian artists come together to showcase the talent of fibre and textile artists from around the world. Each artist has been invited to create new works in response to a common object. Their response, created using the artists preferred medium, will be exhibited alongside the original object providing the audience with the opportunity to glimpse the artist’s journey as well as some of the finest contemporary textile techniques. Public Program will include contemporary and lost textile skills with exhibiting artists Christine Atkins and Pam Fisher.

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Image: Cas Holmes (UK), Dent du Lion (Detail), paper and textiles

Aritst in Focus | Cathy Rankin

During her Residency, Rankin will create sculptures and knitted figures from natural and found threads, offering an opportunity for visitors to learn about her techniques and her connection to nature and natural and recycled fibres. 

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Image: Cathy Rankin, Man Sitting (Detail), woven copper wire

Curated by Amanda Alderson & Leonie Matthews

Timed to coincide with Architecture Week and Open House Perth, the curators of this exhibition have invited local and national artists and architects to create original works that explore the ‘nature of the act of drawing’ and architecture. Participating artists include Jacqueline Ball, Bevan Honey, Shannon Lyons and Shannon Williamson, with architects Pia Ednie-Brown, Beth George, Simon Pendal and Stephen Neille (Pendal and Neille), Drew Penhale and Shane Winter (Penhale and Winter).

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Image: Beth George, Enderslea Barn House Plan (detail), digital model, conte crayon and charcoal on cartridge. 

Gallery 2 presents a collection of student works from all disciplines of the Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts at The University of Western Australia. The works include paper based, drawing devices and models, that explore what it means to make traces. 

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An Exploration of History and Place Through Linocut, Etching, Drawing and Mixed Media

Helen Clarke's printmaking career has spanned almost 30 years, earning her an envied reputation for exceptionally created print forms. Helen has mastered the mediums of linocut, etching and mixed media and here, she references her current home, a 100 year old former convent, and the natural environment. 

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Image: Helen Clarke, Bowl with Pods 2 (Detail), reduction linocut. 

Connections to Country

Hundreds of primary school children from across the Eastern region immerse themselves in a world of environmental discovery to create designs for the 2014 Mundaring Environmental Art Banners to be displayed in the Mundaring town centre. This year’s theme Connections to Country, invites students to investigate traditional Aboriginal stories and methods of working in harmony with the natural environment  in search of solutions for future environmentally sustainable practices.

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Image: Previous winning banners. 

Artist in Focus | Andrea Wood

Andrea Wood transforms the Gallery 2 space with installations of works in ink on paper including artist’s books containing drawings and poetry. Drawing on the writing of the late Elizabeth Jolley, Wood’s individual and collective works reflect her own experience as an artist living in the Hills environment, as well as an artist in residence in the Zoology Department at the University of Western Australia. This installation synthesises her experiences as an artist doing doctoral research with aspects of ordinary daily life.

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Image: Andrea Wood, Bee detail of ink blot from poster I Can't Tell You Now What I Could Have Told You Then, lithographic off set print. 

Curated by Ron Nyisztor

The only exhibition of its kind in Western Australia, Mine Own Executioner has established its reputation, fascinating Western Australian audiences with diverse interpretations and representations of the self since the inaugural exhibition in 1995. Presented by the Mundaring Arts Centre, this exhibition has challenged over 300 of some of Western Australia’s most significant artists to investigate the notion of self-portraiture.

Mine Own Executioner in 2014 presents an intriguing collection of new works by seminal Western Australian artists, with the aim of reflecting the depth and range of creative arts practice currently at work in our artistic community. Curated by Ron Nyisztor, these 18 West Australian artists have manifested an image of themselves free from the constraints of an overarching exhibition theme.

‘Executioners’ Amanda Alderson, Tané Andrews, Robert Cleworth, Brad Coleman, Moira de la Hunty, Michael Doherty, Abraham Dunovits, Lee Harrop, Matthew Hunt, Beth Kirkland, André Lipscombe, Andy Quilty, Max Richards, Nien Schwarz, Monique Tippett, Daniel Webster, Gera Woltjer and Jurek Wybraniec go beyond commercial representation of likeness, compelling the audience toward something more complex and meaningful.

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Image: Andy Quilty, Standstill - diptych (Detail) 2014, assisted motorbike burnout, oil and enamel on coated aluminium. 

Artist in Focus

Shelley’s work speaks of environmental and ethical issues through sculptural forms and installations. Her mixed media works are placed in stark environments to elicit an emotional and intellectual response from her audience.

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Image: Shelley Piang-Nee.

Into the Forest

Curated by Peggy Lyon and Ashley Yihsin Chang

Timed to complement WA’s Heritage Festival, this exhibition reflects on the natural and cultural heritage of forests in south west WA. Works by artists Peter Dailey, Mel Dare, Joanne Duffy, Bec Juniper, Norma MacDonald, Clare McFarlane, Alan Muller, Perdita Phillips, Gregory Pryor, Nien Schwarz, Nalda Searles, David Small, Holly Story, Paul Uhlmann, Linda van der Merwe and Philip Ward-Dickson stimulate consideration around the contradictory attitudes towards this natural resource.

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Image: Gregory Pryor, Nanuk 2 (Detail) 2014, oil on linen. 

Curated by Kate Parker and Ella McDonald

Featuring recent graduates from WA’s tertiary institutions Watch This Space presents work from the latest crop of emergent artists. This annual youth exhibition presents new artists to new audiences, continuing to provide important exposure for up and coming creatives. Exhibiting artists include David Brophy, Sharleen King, Karen Millar, Tanya van Irsen, Nathan Brooker, Thomas Dudley, Karen Shirley, Ian Williams, Kirsten Hocking, Nina McKay, Phoebe Tran, Holly Yoshida and Tracey Hart. 

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Image: Nathan Brooker, Experiments with Scraping 216 – 1 (Detail) 2013, Oil and spray paint on MDF. 

Artist in Focus | Oliver McDonald

Oli launched his designs on Instagram in 2013 and was instantly picked up by hundreds of followers. This residency provides visitors with an opportunity to travel the journey from inspiration, to design development, to the marketing of a new, successful commercial product.

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Image: Oliver McDonald of Oli Clothing in his studio.

Artist in Focus

Swan Valley artist Bethamy Linton is a fourth generation West Australian silversmith. Bethamy’s interest in jewellery and metal object design began as a child during hours spent in the Linton family workshops with her grandfather, father and uncle. At 16 Bethamy started formally working with her father making silver flatware and restoring antiques, later seeking an apprenticeship in fine jewellery. More recently Bethamy has participated in exhibitions in Perth, Adelaide and Sydney.

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Image: Bethamy Linton, Heel to Throat Necklace, hand pierced anodised titanium. 

Shire of Mundaring Art Acquisition 

Curated by Emma Mahanay and Bitmead

In partnership with the Shire of Mundaring, the Mundaring Arts Centre is proud to launch its 2014 exhibition program with this survey of influential West Australian artists: Elizabeth Blair Barber (1909-2001), Helen Grey-Smith (1916-2009), Betsey Linton (1905-2004), Madeleine Clear, Philippa O'Brien and Margaret Woodward. This exhibition showcases significant artworks on loan from Public Collections alongside rarely seen works and ephemera from private collections.

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Image: Philippa O'Brien, Hovea (Detail) 1986, acrylic on canvas.