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10 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ART AWARDS RETURN IN 2010 iT iS NOT TOO LATE TO ExpLORE THE AMAZiNg ARTWORk iN THE CiTy OF WANNEROO ART AWARDS ExHibiTiON, WHiCH RUNS UNTiL 7 MARCH. The City’s Art Awards is now one of the richest in the State, with $12,000 worth of prizes awarded at the opening night of the exhibition on 12 February. The major prize - the City of Wanneroo Open Award - was $5000, and other major prizes included ‘Best City of Wanneroo Resident’ ($1500) and ‘People’s Choice’ ($1000). Other prizes included: > Painting $1000 overall $500 young person > Sculpture $1000 overall $500 young person > Works on Paper $1000 overall $500 young person And for the first time, the City has amalgamated the Youth Art Awards for artists aged 12-21 into the general awards. Wanneroo Mayor Jon Kelly said the 2010 awards were even more special than in previous years, as it was first time they were held in the City’s new exhibition gallery at the Wanneroo Library and Cultural Centre. “This is the Art Exhibition we have all been waiting for,” Mayor Jon Kelly said. “After a break in 2009 due to construction of the Wanneroo Library and Cultural Centre, the Art Awards returned this year with more prize money than ever before.” “This is the 10th year of the City’s Art Awards, and we are very proud to be hosting them in the spectacular Wanneroo Library and Cultural Centre, which is fast becoming a hub for culture and the arts in the northern suburbs.” pRINCIpAL ART SpONSOR ENCOURAgES OTHERS THE pRiNCipAL SpONSOR OF THE CiTy OF WANNEROO’S ExHibiTiON pROgRAM SAyS HE’S ExCiTED AbOUT THE LAUNCH OF THE CiTy’S NEW gALLERy AND THE RANgE OF ExHibiTiONS ALREADy pLANNED. “Wanneroo is a beautiful place,” said Peter Brown, managing director of Watson Property Group, which is developing Chianti Private Estate in Woodvale. “Contributing $15,000, we are proud to be the Principal Sponsor of the Exhibition Program at the Wanneroo Library and Cultural Centre,” said Mr Brown, calling on other local companies to also become involved in sponsoring the City of Wanneroo’s growing art scene. “It’s an honour to be involved in the development of local cultural programs when this significant project is taking place". It is obvious the community is proud of the new $18.5 million building too, with 2000 residents teeming through the doors on opening day to visit the new library, conference room, theatrette, museum and gallery. Mayor Kelly said the gallery is also available for hire for exhibitions. “The City of Wanneroo Art Awards attract hundreds of entries each year, from as far afield as Albany and Broome, with about half of the entries from local Wanneroo residents.” pAST CITY Of WANNEROO OpEN AWARD WINNERS Elisa Markes - Young The Slow Infinity of Dreaming Gina Moore Morning Swimmers Lauren Wilhelm Butler's Search Mecah White Night Blues art aw rds 2010 Elisa Markes - Young The strange quiet of things misplaced Besides the Watson Property Group, other Wanneroo art exhibition sponsors are Riseborough Wines, print sponsor Geon as well as newest sponsor Kingsway Shopping Centre. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
AUSSIE ICONS TO TOUR WANNEROO WHAT iS THE MOST “AUSSiE” OF AUSTRALiAN iCONS? iS iT THE LiFESAvER? SyDNEy HARbOUR bRiDgE? vEgEMiTE? No surprise really, it’s the kangaroo - or at least that’s what Americans think. A survey in the year 2000 had American tourists rating the kangaroo as the second most recognisable tourist icon in the world after the Statue of Liberty - and ahead of the Eiffel Tower. What Australians have chosen as our top 10 Aussie icons will comprise Symbols of Australia, a travelling exhibition developed and presented by the National Museum of Australia. It will open at the City of Wanneroo’s brand-new Library and Cultural Centre on 26 March and run until 20 May 2010. “We believe it’s the only showing of this National Museum exhibition in WA,” said Mayor Jon Kelly, “And with our new $18.5 million Library and Cultural Centre, it’s quite a feather in our cap”. The exhibition explores the diverse range of national symbols that define and represent Australia’s national identity. The 10 themes chosen by Australians as most “Aussie” are: The Kangaroo, Wattle, The Australian Flag, the Boomerang, Uluru, Sydney Harbour Bridge, The (tea) Billy, Vegemite, the Holden car and The Southern Cross. Through more than 40 objects, informative text panels and engaging multimedia, the exhibition Symbols of Australia presents stories surrounding these 10 symbolic themes. “National symbols help define and represent national identity, but as with all symbols their meanings can vary depending on context and point of view. Some national symbols endure, others fade and new symbols develop as attitudes and values change,” said National Museum of Australia Curator Michelle Hetherington. “Drawn from the collections of the National Museum of Australia, this exhibition explores ten of the symbols Australians have chosen to represent themselves,” Michelle said. Symbols of Australia is a National Museum of Australia travelling exhibition and will travel to Wanneroo, Townsville, Brisbane and Dubbo throughout 2010 and 2011. Some of the objects from the exhibition can be viewed online via the National Museum of Australia’s website: www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions A TRAvELLiNg ExHibiTiON DEvELOpED AND pRESENTED by THE ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// wanneroo.wa.gov.au ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 11
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