ART FOR THE OCEAN
They may have struck out this year, but the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in Australia still needs your help. After all, who knows when pesky whaling might resume? In steps Art For The Ocean, a fundraising night filled with drinks, canapés and live entertainment… plus a live and silent auction of artwork. The likes of Sally Aurisch, Danny Khoo, Russell James and Ian Young have contributed artwork on the theme of Oceans, as can you with artist donations accepted up until April 16 by emailing lisarossi@seashepherd.org. But for those looking to support, tickets are $60 a head with the night happening on Saturday April 30 from 7pm at The East Workshops in Fremantle Prison. E-Tickets available online. www.seashepherd.org/perth
REMIX THE MIX THE RE
It’s time to get your remix on. The Art Gallery of Western Australia is bringing together 20 of the states finest artists for a group show that explores the intricacies of the creative process. This is an exhibition that explores the approaches one has to making art, the process of producing materiality, of experiencing place. Participating in this exhibition are the likes of Tarryn Gill and Pilar Mata Dupont, Helen Britton, Paul Caporn, Justin Spiers, Brendan Van Hek – plus more – all of whom will give the gallery a fresh lick of WA paint. www.artgallery.wa.gov.au
BUSTING OUT
Hatched is where it’s at. If you only attend one exhibition this year, this is the one. Hatched brings together all of the best graduate art students from the previous year and places them in the one gallery setting, creating a mass dialogue of ingenuity and insight, the likes of which is both brain tingling and exciting. This is not just the best the west has to offer… but the entire country. As such this becomes a veritable melting pot of the finest minds emerging in Australia at this point. Opens April 16 at PICA before touring around this damn fine nation of ours. www.pica.org.au
SPEAKING WITH STONE
The city can speak. It has stories murmuring beneath the concrete. There are tails twitching mortar and brick, licking the underneath of pavement. In what begins with a bride emerging from the underground, Strut Dance’s ambitious new work Tongues of Stone. This is the city as you’ve never experienced it, a walking tour complete with dancers. Breathe new life into the skyscrapers and get ready for a whole new world to unravel. This is not to be missed. Previews Saturday April 9 with the full show running from Tuesday April 12 until Saturday April 16. www.strutdance.org.au
Compiled by Scott-Patrick Mitchell
