Meet the artists: opening weekend conferences
10 am-5pm, Sat 6 and Sun 7 Nov | FREE
A weekend celebrating the creativity of Western Australia.
In The view from here, The Art Gallery of Western Australia presents its largest exhibition of Western Australian art ever, with 30 major new commissions, exhibitions and acquisitions from leading Western Australian artists and designers.
The exhibition captures the perspectives of a diverse group of artists, from renowned and iconic artists of the state’s Western Desert and Kimberley, to emerging artists, many from non-traditional artistic backgrounds, to established artists from Australia. Westerner working here and elsewhere.
During the opening weekend, join several of the The view from here artists who talk about their work and their practice. These informal discussions and pop-up sessions will take place on Saturday and Sunday.
The new AGWA Rooftop and Bar will be open from 12 noon on Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday 6 November
10:30 am: Welcome to the country – Olman Walley
11am: In conversation – Christophe pease & Clothilde Bullen
11 am & 1 pm: Boorloo’s Tale in Collective land
2 p.m .: Curatorial Conference – Tui Crow, guest curator at Collective land
3 p.m .: In conversation – Tyrown Waigana & Tui Crow
Sunday November 7
10:30 am: Artist conference – 100 vandals
11am: Artist conference – Bruno stand Cat eyes
1 p.m .: Artist conference – Abdul Rahman Abdallah
2 p.m .: Artist conference – Tim Meakins
3 p.m .: In conversation – Danielle Freakley & Robert cook
AGWA Rooftop: Opening weekend
12 pm-1am, Sat Nov 6 and 12 pm-9pm, Sun Nov 7 | FREE
A weekend celebrating the creativity of Western Australia.
Over the opening weekend, join us on AGWA’s new rooftop with live music from 4 p.m. on Saturday afternoon and a free art class from 3 p.m. on Sunday.
The AGWA rooftop bar will be open from 12 noon on Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday 6 November
4 p.m.-5:20 p.m .: MONTANA
5:20 p.m.-6:40 p.m .: SHUKO
6.40 p.m.-8 p.m.: BALAAY DJS – BOORLOO JUSTICE run DJ EVENT
8 p.m.-9:20 p.m .: YIKES
9:20 p.m. to 10:40 p.m .: SEPSI
10:40 p.m. – 1 a.m .: ROK RILEY – RTRFM
Sunday November 7
3 p.m.-6 p.m .: Drawing class
Join WA artist Andy Quilty for a free art class at the bar and try your hand at drawing Perth city skyline.
Artist biography
Andy Quilty is a multidisciplinary artist engaged in the experience, documentation and questioning of societal anxieties around crime in a suburban context. Quilty is a Senior Lecturer in Fine Arts at the University of Western Australia, Patron of the Australia Military Arts Program, a non-profit that helps military veterans through art therapy, and works throughout the state by facilitating art workshops in schools, penitentiaries, community groups and Aboriginal Art Centers.
Image credit – Danielle Freakly. Photo by Liz Looker.
