Victoria Park Centre for the Arts in Perth, Western Australia | Art gallery

Victoria Park Centre for the Arts

Locality: Perth, Western Australia

Phone: +61 8 6454 1803

Address: 12 Kent Street, East Victoria Park 6101 Perth, WA, Australia

Website: http://vicparkarts.org.au

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25.01.2022 A short clip showing the Obvara firing process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp_ATlybdeM Book a place in the very special Obvara Firing Workshops with Sheryl Chant, where you will experience this process at a ceremonial firing event. We still have some spaces left in both the adults workshop and the kids workshop. Adult workshop | Mon 28 Sept, $75pp... https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/117620045723 Children's workshop | Tues 29 Sept, $75pp: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/117619618445 Firing event for both workshops | Sat 10 October

25.01.2022 It is that time of year again and we are calling out for Christmas Market stallholders... If you are interested in holding an arts and craft stall at our Christmas Market this year, you can find the details and EOI forms here: http://vicparkarts.org.au//it/202-christmas-market-callout

24.01.2022 We are on the lookout for Christmas Market stallholders for this year, the market will be held Sunday December 6. If you are interested in holding an arts and craft stall this year, you can find all of the details and EOI forms here: http://www.vicparkarts.org.au//EOI-Form-VPCA-Christmas-Mar

23.01.2022 Covid Cubbies is an exciting project happening here in the school holidays, a community workshop and collaboration around the idea of shelter and vulnerability in these times of covid. There will be a series of free cubby making workshops for children over 8, run by artist and architect Nicole Francois and children's author Nadia King. More information and bookings through https://covidcubbies.eventbrite.com.au... Free to attend, supported by Town of Victoria Park.

23.01.2022 Images of Jirdarup 2020 Photography Competition and Exhibition winners announced! A big thanks to Friends of Jirdarup Bushland for all their hard work bringing this together. It has all wrapped up now, but these are the winning photographs for each category: FAUNA... The Pets and Vets WA Fauna Award 1st prize = Teaching the Young One by Christine Chester The second prize (sponsored by BirdLife Western Australia) = The Sentinel by Emma Jones FLORA The Waldecks Garden Centre Bentley Flora Award 1st prize = Ain’t Life Grand(is) by Alison Higgins The second prize (sponsored by Connect Victoria Park Inc) = The Herd by Mark de Cruz LANDSCAPE/HABITAT The Perth NRM Landscape/Habitat 1st prize = Birth in the dying acres by Xinyang Zhao The second prize (sponsored by Hawaiian’s Park Centre) = Winter Morning by Jon Young JUNIOR The Beaver Tree Services Junior Award 1st prize = Foney Fungi by Sav Noble, Kent St SHS The second prize (sponsored by Hawaiian’s Park Centre) = Yellow Joy by Ching Yi Lu, Wesley College PEOPLE’S CHOICE The Victoria Park Rotary people’s Choice 1st prize = Winter Morning by Jon Young The second prize (sponsored by Connect Victoria Park Inc) Afternoon Yawn (tawny frogmouth juvenile with adult in daytime roost) by Kerry Whitworth PEOPLE’S CHOICE VOTER’S PRIZE Camera Electronic $100 gift voucher = Flora Johnston (grandmother of finalist Brittany Porter). Congratulations to all of the winners! Friends of Jirdarup thanks all of the sponsors for making these great prizes possible! Most of all, they thank everybody involved for helping to share with the wider community just how special the Jirdaup Bushland Precinct is for us all.

23.01.2022 Entries for the 2020 As We Are Art Award are now open! Entries due October 9. As We Are empowers artists with intellectual disability.

23.01.2022 Cultural Awareness Workshop with Lea Taylor and John Mogridge | Thursday 15 October 2020 | 6:00 9.00pm This workshop is designed to raise cultural awareness, increase sensitivity to our native culture and improve understanding of our local history. Delivered by Creative Cultures Lea Taylor, Aboriginal weaver, artist and workshop facilitator and John Mogridge, Aboriginal Artefact maker and Cultural Educator. Kambarang - the season of the wildflower and the season of birth. ...VPCAs cultural awareness workshop will introduce you to the land, its plants and trees and their uses in domestic and public life. Learn about the language and music, family relationships, the history, culture and achievements of our local Bibbulmun peoples. You can book tickets here ($60pp): https://www.trybooking.com/BLOQR (Pictured: Artwork by Lea Taylor)

21.01.2022 ARTIST TALK this Saturday: Come to see artist Sete Tele talk about his installation based exhibition 'Savor' and the residency he is undertaking alongside it. '...Savor is a body of participatory performance works about regret, grief and heartache. There will be a performance before the artist talk, and this will all happen this Saturday 19 September, 1:30 - 3.30pm. You must rsvp to attend, please rsvp here to come along: https://www.trybooking.com/BLOSW

20.01.2022 We have two Obvara firing workshops coming up with artist Sheryl Chant. Use the age old hand building skills of pinching and coiling to create your own paperclay 'Nest of Worries' to celebrate WA Mental Health Week 2020 and the release of your worries. The work will be honoured in a ceremonial Obvara firing at Victoria Park Centre for the Arts on Saturday 10 October. There is a children's workshop (ages 10-15) on Tuesday 29 September and an Adult's workshop (nearly sold out...!) on Monday 28 September. More details and tickets here: Head Space Obvara Firing Workshop for Children https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/117619618445 Head Space Obvara Firing Workshop for Adults https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/117620045723

20.01.2022 Our next exhibition is 'Enspirited' by Kevin McCabe, happening 27 November - 16 December 2020. The theme running through the exhibition is the mystery and symbo...logy of the Sacred and the Feminine. Kevin will be speaking about his work at a free artist talk on Saturday 5 December at 2.00pm. We invite you to attend - as spaces are limited, please register here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/128087664653

19.01.2022 VP Printmakers braved the weather at the Jirdarup Bushland event today. Loved discussing our techniques, sharing a range of our work and meeting many friendly faces, out between the showers to celebrate this unique spot in our community

19.01.2022 Meet the makers this Sunday! The Vic Park Printmakers are having an open studio printing session to coincide with the current Printmakers and Members exhibitio...n at the Vic Park Art Centre/Kent St Gallery. Come and see how the magic is made, take a peek at the exhibition and maybe pick up a print or a card (cash only) as the printers will have some smaller works for sale. Open printing session in the Garden studio from 9.30-12.30pm (side gate and up the ramp) Exhibition runs until the 12th August, gallery open Sun-Fri 10am-4pm (closed Saturdays)

19.01.2022 Meet the Curator: Paul Trinidad's thirteen year commitment embracing the development of an artistic dialogue and understanding of Kamasan art and the culture o...f the Kingdom of Toraja is the focus for the current exciting exhibition at Kent Street Gallery. Paul will discuss how he has developed his understanding of two long standing and vibrant cultures that have influenced his creative awareness. https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/meet-the-curator-bali-bali-

19.01.2022 Next Wednesday! We hope that our members, old and new, can make it along to our Annual General Meeting coming up on Wednesday 2nd December at 7pm. Light refreshments will be provided. Please rsvp by emailing [email protected] to attend the AGM.... We are also calling for VPCA Board nominations. Board nominations must be received by Friday 13th November, and you can find nomination forms and membership forms on our website under Events (AGM).

19.01.2022 We are now taking enrolments for new Create Connect classes for next term, these are music and visual art workshops offered to people living with a disability. The open music sessions on a Monday offer an opportunity for people to explore different instruments and play along to live music in a group environment. On Tuesday and Thursday we hold the visual art studio sessions exploring different visual art mediums and techniques, contributing to exhibitions or pursuing self-di...rected projects. There is no experience required for either, all abilities welcome. Enquiries: Call 6454 1803 or email [email protected] Enrolment forms available here: https://vicparkarts.org.au//CREATE-CONNECT-Enrolment-form-

18.01.2022 We hope that our members, old and new, can make it along to our Annual General Meeting coming up on Wednesday 2nd December at 7pm. Light refreshments will be pr...ovided. Please rsvp by emailing [email protected] to attend the AGM. We are also calling for VPCA Board nominations. Board nominations must be received by Friday 13th November, and you can find membership forms and nomination forms here: Membership: http://vicparkarts.org.au/images/PDFs/Membership-Form.pdf Board Nominations: http://vicparkarts.org.au//AGM-2020-_BOARD-MEMBER-Nominati

17.01.2022 We are on the lookout for exhibition applications for 2021. Find more details and the information you will need to apply here: http://vicparkarts.org.au/exhibit...io/kent-street-gallery-eoi We will be assessing and booking applications as they come in, so please get in touch if you intend to submit an application but cannot complete it soon so that we can take your proposal into account. (Pictured: Cherish Marrington, Lea Taylor, Greg Molloy, Rozanna Johnson)

17.01.2022 PERTH LAVERTON CLASSIC! Fundraising youth mentoring programs for the Laverton Community will run @ the Centre for the next few days. Thanks to Maree Laffan for organising and coordinating this event. The event was opened by our local Member for Parliament and WA Treasurer Hon. Ben Wyatt who announced the awards with a live ZOOM feed to Laverton. In attendance were Dr Carol Dowling a Badimaya/Yamatji woman with a Ph D in Social Sciences and members of the Veris Racing Pedal Mafia. After riding over 1,000km they made it to Laverton where they were greeted by Laverton children who escorted them into town. We are delighted to be hosting this important community initiative at the Centre. Come along and see the winning designs from students and a wonderful selection of artworks (for sale).

16.01.2022 Our children's school holiday program is now online! We have many different activities on offer for diferent age groups, take a look at all of the upcoming workshops on our website here: http://vicparkarts.org.au/workshops/school-holiday-program (Image: Creative Kids Art Club)

16.01.2022 A massive thankyou to our team of garden vounteers, the garden is looking so good!

16.01.2022 All of the artists that attend our Create Connect workshops have contributed works to this fundraising exhibition in collaboration with the students at All Saints College. The opening is this Friday, 18 September.

16.01.2022 Upcoming painting workshop with Michelle Gilks demonstrating layering techniques, happening on Sunday September 20.

15.01.2022 These free cubby making workshops (for children over 8) start next week and are filling up fast! There are still some spaces available on the Thursday and Friday. Covid Cubbies is a community workshop and collaboration around the idea of shelter and vulnerability in these times of covid, run by artist and architect Nicole Francois. More information and bookings through https://covidcubbies.eventbrite.com.au... Free to attend, supported by Town of Victoria Park.

15.01.2022 Images of Jirdarup 2020 Photo Competition & Exhibition Friends of Jirdarup Bushland are calling for entries to their Photography Competition and Exhibition. A wonderful project encouraging exploration of the stunning local Jirdarup Bushland. Entries are open until September 30.... Find more information here: http://www.fojb.org.au/

13.01.2022 Vic Park Printmaking Group are back in the studio this weekend! They also have an Open Studio and stall as part of our Christmas Market on the 6th December.

12.01.2022 Congratulations to Debi Long for winning the People's Choice Award at Connected 5! The All Saints Exhibition that happens each year in partnership with Nulsen Group.

11.01.2022 Some new buds and flowers emerging from native species that we planted in the garden of @victoriaparkcentreforthearts. The bees are also busy collecting nectar ...as the weather is starting to warm up . Cant wait to see the trees grow and then we can have a natural dyeing workshop out in the garden surrounded by plants that we can use for dyeing . . . . . #victoriapark #townofvictoriapark #victoriaparkcentreforthearts #kentstgallery #perthgarden #gardeningaustralia #gardenmakeover #nativegarden #westernaustraliangarden #artinthegarden See more

10.01.2022 Have you put the VPCA Christmas Market in your diary? These are a few of the stallholders that are getting ready to bring you the goods! The market is happening on Sunday 6 December from 9.00am-2.00pm. 1. Julie Kenny 2. Ria James 3. Janine Noonan (and all of the artists from our Create Connect program)... 4. Irene Perry See more

09.01.2022 We apologise to anybody who has been trying to find any workshop details on our website - we are currently having problems and the website is down for the moment. You can find a link to our school holiday and term one workshops here: https://drive.google.com//1J26p4Vr74FoA9O3YX_vxagOfb/view

09.01.2022 Not much time left to catch the earlybird offer for entries to Images of Jirdarup 2020 Photography Competition and Exhibition...

08.01.2022 Upcoming workshop covering KAMBARANG, the season of the wildflower and the season of birth. Delivered by Creative Cultures Lea Taylor, Aboriginal weaver, artist and workshop facilitator and John Mogridge, Aboriginal Artefact maker and Cultural Educator.

08.01.2022 Get in quick to book a place in the very special Obvara Firing Workshops with Sheryl Chant, where you will experience the obvara process at a ceremonial firing event. We still have some spaces left in both the adults workshop and the kids workshop. Adult workshop | Mon 28 Sept, $75pp https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/117620045723... Children's workshop | Tues 29 Sept, $75pp: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/117619618445 Firing event for both workshops | Sat 10 October

08.01.2022 Our Christmas market is already nearly here, come down to visit next weekend...

08.01.2022 Thankyou for the visit today Mayor Karen Vernon! Photographed here with our Wednesday morning Oil Painting Group and our director Jeremy.

07.01.2022 The All Saints' College Fundraising Art Exhibition is currently on show. The artists that attend our Create Connect workshops were invited to create artworks for this exhibition. You can scroll through this link to see the artworks for sale: https://hothousecompany.com.au/connected-6-auction/ Make a bid to support a good cause! This is the sixth annual fundraising art exhibition, with proceeds donated to Nulsen Group. The exhibition features 160 artworks created by well-est...ablished and emerging artists, art students and Nulsen residents, plus the College’s wider community, which respond to the theme ‘Connected’ in the Year of the Ox. - Location: Centre for Performing Arts Foyer, All Saints’ College | Ewing Avenue, Bull Creek Exhibition Opening Times: Monday, 14 June Friday, 30 July 2021 During Wanju café opening hours: 7.30am 12.00pm - Artwork pictured: Angela Polsen (Nulsen/Create Connect)

07.01.2022 Look at these beauties painted by Janine Noonan for Connected 5, the All Saints' College's fifth annual fundraising art exhibition in Partnership with Nulsen Disability Services. There are plenty more colourful canvases where that came from, all of the Create Connect workshop participants have been working towards the exhibition for the past few weeks.

06.01.2022 We have some beautiful artworks displayed in the meeting spot from the Perth to Laverton Day event on the weekend. These works are for sale today and tomorrow if you want to come down to see them. Image shared from Veris Racing: NAIDOC Perth to Laverton Day: Artist: Noreen Dawson Title: The Seven Sisters... Size: 93 x 96 See more

06.01.2022 Some photographs from Sete Tele's exhibition 'Savor'. The exhibition will be running until September 23, and Sete is undertaking a residency in the front studio during this time, so you may catch him in the gallery.

05.01.2022 There are still some subsidised spaces available in these workshops! John Curtin Gallery and The Victoria Park Centre for the Arts, supported by The Town of Victoria Park, will host four workshops across two days, allowing visual artists and makers of all ages and stages to spearhead their practice, adopt skills and self-sufficiency, and grow local communities. Please find more details in the link below.

05.01.2022 Meet the Makers Open Printmakers’ Studio: Champagne breakfast alongside a viewing of the Member’s and Printmakers’ Exhibition. This free event is happening this Sunday 20 June, from 9.00am to 12.00pm, all welcome! Print demonstrations (10.00am), technique talks (11.00am), an opportunity to meet local artists and works available for purchase. Vic Park Printmaking Group

05.01.2022 A huge thank you to our friends at Roots_tv for their support and promotion of VPCA. Thank you Elmi & the Roots_tv team https://lnkd.in/gWjtUjr #communityvideo #communityarts #nonprofit #thankyou #RootsTv #victoriaparkcentreforthearts

04.01.2022 Artists Paul and Kristie Rowe have very generously offered to run a one-off Theatrical Life Drawing class for As We Are and our artists! Some of you may remembe...r singing-sensation Paul and costume-designer extraordinaire Kristie from our Bird-Making Workshop last year, which was AMAZING! In short, this Theatrical Life Drawing class is not to be missed!! This unique event welcomes artists to draw the rich textures of stage ensembles, practice drawing the human form, and laugh along with the costumed and in-character Paul! WHEN: 10am - 12pm Thursday 17th June 2021 WHERE: Artsource, Old Customs House, 8 Phillimore Street, Fremantle. COST: Free! RSVP essential: [email protected] See more

04.01.2022 Spring has arrived at the VPCA garden. Many thanks to our team of volunteers (Roberta, Cielo & Annette) who have prepared the garden over the winter with a great haircut, lots of weeding and many new plants. Thanks to our federal member Steve Irons MP for his support of our 2020 volunteer program, making this spring very special. Please come along and enjoy the space when you can. #spring #springtime #blossom #wysteria #wysteriahysteria #vicpark #vicparkcentreforthearts

04.01.2022 Ros Notmans pencil work at our Friday morning open session. Come along and join us if you would like a space to create your art work and share your experiences and ideas #drawing #victoriaparkcentreforthearts #socialartgroups #communityarts #communityartstudio contact [email protected]

04.01.2022 Leon Grey and his son Jonah Grey, both finalists with photographs in the Images of Jirdarup Competition and Exhibition, pictured here with Jonah's sister in a photo sent to us by Friends of Jirdarup. There are two other families with more than one finalist also! The Heppells and the Abels. We have some talented people in our midst. Judging happens this weekend, and the exhibition is open until 25 November.

04.01.2022 If you have missed the opening to 'Birds Sing Out of Tune', the VPCA Members' Exhibition, you can now get your tickets for another open night on 7 August here: ...https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/vpca-members-exhibition-202 For the health and safety of all visitors and staff, visitors will have to produce their tickets and the completed COVID-19 Self Screening Form before entering the centre on the open night. The exhibition is open until 12 August.

03.01.2022 Kent Street Gallery in the Jawa Pos! Paul Trinidad's Bali, Bali, Toraja exhibition review promoting Australian/Indonesian cultural links.

01.01.2022 Very limited seats available to Life on Hold's 'Love Letters' production, but they will be offering $10 standing room tickets at the door Two performances left, dont miss it! Tickets available here: https://www.ticketthis.com.au/ticketing