Art n About Market Waneroo - extended deadline

Stallholder applications for the City of Wanneroo's Art n About markets have been extended until next week Wednesday 8 April.

The market will take place on Mothers' Day, Sunday 3 May 2009 at the Jacaranda amphitheatre & Banksia room, City of Wanneroo Civic Centre.

Interested stallholders should contact City of Wanneroo Cultural Development for further information:

City of Wanneroo
Cultural Development
9405 5000 (phone)
events@wanneroo.wa.gov.au

Upcoming Exhibition : in dreams i

Perth based artist Campbell Whyte is getting ready to hold his first Perth exhibition since returning from two international residencies.

His latest exhibition, “in dreams i”, continues the unique visual language first displayed in his graduate installation “the floating world” which was met with praise by Judith McGrath.

Campbell has exhibited in over sixteen shows since 2005 with highlights being his inclusion in the 2007 Adultshop Erotic Art Competition, a solo exhibition at FreeRange Gallery and a collaborative exhibitions with partner Elizabeth Marruffo in San Francisco and Oaxaca, Mexico.

His arts' practice seeks to capture the fleeting images of the waking and dreaming mind. By applying layers of washes to raw canvas, he slowly builds up areas of colour which are then worked back in to using acrylic, oils, pencils, biros, markers, stitching, and glitter.

There’s a push and a pull evident in the work which Campbell believes is important.

“In trying to capture a dream, you can’t be too surgical. Working with loose, organic accidents, like the unpredictible way that the washes run, that’s like the dream working its way through the painting. The unconcious mind. Then the conscious mind comes and pulls out literal images.”

Campbell’s arts practice rides a line between high art and illustration. Since returning to Perth from residencies in San Francisco, USA and Oaxaca, Mexico with partner and fellow artist Elizabeth Marruffo, Campbell has been a regular at markets such including Made on the Left with his small business of art prints, comics and apparel based on his pink unicorn, Corazon. He has begun an acclaimed and innovative online comic series called “Home Time”.

Head along to the opening of 'in dreams i' from 2-4pm on Saturday April 4, at the Leederville YMCA Youth Headquarters (HQ Skate Park) at 60a Frame Street. The exhibition continues until May 1.

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Bushfire Appeal - Retail Therapy

This Etsy shop - OzBushfireAppeal - has been set up in response to the Australian Bushfire Tragedy.

Australian and other Etsians have donated items for sale.

All items have free International Shipping.

NEW ITEMS listed almost around the clock right now, thanks to the generosity of Etsians from around the globe.

Please visit us often.

Sales from all items will be donated to the Australian Red Cross every Friday.

Art n About at Wanneroo

The City of Wanneroo is calling for artists, designers, toy makers, photographers,
art and craft enthusiasts or preserve chefs to be part of our annual, 'Art 'n' About' market!

This year's Art and Craft market is scheduled for Sunday 3 May 09... just in time for Mother's Day!

Attached you will find further information and an application form.

Any further queries, don't hesitate to buzz the friendly Cultural Development team on 9405 5000.

Joondalup Festival / Fairbridge Festival

Here are a couple of upcoming events you may be interested in -

Joondalup Festival

The Joondalup Festival is the largest two day community festival in Perth’s northern corridor and attracts 50,000 patrons to the Joondalup Central Business District over two days of entertainment, rides, activities, music, parades, street theatre, fireworks, children’s activities and much more.

The Festival is taking place on Saturday and Sunday the 28^th and 29^th of March 2009 and the markets will be in operation from 1.00pm-9.00pm each day.

Red Tent Events will be managing the markets on behalf of the City of Joondalup and applications to be part of the 2009 Festival can be made directly to Red Tent Events. Stallholder fees are also directly payable to Red Tent Events. You can pick up an application form here - http://www.redtentevents.com.au/index.htm

Fairbridge Festival
An annual family-friendly celebration of folk, roots, blues, acoustic, celtic, a capella and world music in a traffic-free, self-contained bushland site at Fairbridge Village, South West Highway, 5 km north of Pinjarra, Western Australia.

http://www.fairbridgefestival.com.au

Orientation Festival Day - craft stall/exhibit opportunity

The Orientation Festival day is organised by the Guild of Students at Murdoch University South St Campus and is an opportunity for new and returning students to celebrate the start of a new academic year.

The festival draws large crowds including many international students and is the perfect opportunity for local designers and artist to showcase their work. The Guild is very keen to promote the work of local artists at Murdoch University at both the Festival day and other events throughout the year.

The cost of a stall for a local designer without power is $77

For more information or to book a stall please email Basha Stasak on president@guild.murdoch.edu.au

Markets @ Perth Cultural Centre

The Markets @ Perth Cultural Centre will be operating every weekend from 8:30am-5pm and can be found opposite the entrance to the WA Museum in the Perth Cultural Centre.

Launch day is Saturday 24th January.

$66/day incl gst gets you a 3mx3m marquee (BYO trestle and all other required equipment) -double the price for double size ie $132 = 6m x 3m

$55/day 3m x3m incl gst BYO everything double the price for double size ie $110 = 6m x3m incl gst BYO everything

$44/day for small space byo shade and table etc (<3 sqm)

Although we are still working on individual insurance as a day rate we can't offer it yet so stallholders have to have public liability insurance of their own.

Jean McGarry is the Markets Manager and she can be contacted on jean [!at] global.net.au Her mobile number is 0417 544 326.

Venturing South - Made on the Left Three announced!

Our 'grand plan' with Made on the Left was to promote Western Australian creativity, not just Perth creative life, which is why we are very excited to annouce our very first Made on the Left market to take place outside the metropolitan area.

We are not sure how much our collective chocolate obsession influenced the decision, but our first regional market will be held on Easter Saturday, at the Highway Hotel, Bunbury. Find it on Google map - http://tinyurl.com/7o69dl

At the gateway to the Southwest, the Bunbury Made on the Left Market is expected to showcase a host of new and unique designers from regional areas together with popular Perth-based artisans who will use the event as an excuse to visit the wine region! The Easter Saturday Market is also expected to attract holiday makers and locals who want to experience the best of Western Australian original art and design.

Continuing our theme of heritage pub venues by hosting the Easter Satruday Made on the Left Market at the historic Highway Hotel should ensure that the buzz and atmosphere of our previous successful markets at the Hydey carries through to this new location.

Applications are now open, so prospective sellers should check out our craft fair page for more information and application forms.

And if you do the Facebook thing, add it to your events here: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=122865780110

A big Christmas THANK YOU

At the Made on the Left November 15 Market, many of our sellers donated handmade products towards a raffle held to raise funds for Charity Link's Christmas Appeal. The $587 raised has been given to Charity Link to provide toys, food and food vouchers for West Australians in need over Christmas. Charity Link helps over 115 charities support more than 10,000 Western Australian individuals who are experiencing financial hardship - to find out more go to http://www.charitylink.org.au/ . We would like to thank our sellers for their generosity and the November market customers for their enthusiastic support of the raffle.

We have come to that popular time of the year for 'reflection' (oh, as well as eating too much, drinking and general merry-making!). From the Made on the Left perspective, what began as a seed of an idea on an Etsy forum back in May has snowballed into two very successful markets and a new association over the last eight months.

We've seen a range of new markets pop up across Perth, created a beautiful window display for Windows on William, launched markets where artists and crafters can dip their toes into retailing, created a website and blog to share information about further opportunities, went on a dusty road trip to the York Jazz festival and started brainstorming about exciting activities to launch on the unsuspecting WA public next year!

All in all, we have been very pleased and excited about the positive reception Made on the Left has received and the supportive comments and enthusiasm sent our way have made the time and energy volunteered to create Made on the Left well worth it.

So thank you to all the artists, crafters, designers, venues, customers, bloggers, retail outlets, media and others who have backed our fledgling group this year. We wish everyone a relaxing, creative and joyous Christmas and New Year and look forward to making more on the left with you in 2009...

Love and Christmas tidings from the MOTL team:

Jacquie, Dara, Ali J, Rosanna, Beth and Sarah