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ENTRIES OPEN - COMMUNITY ART AWARDS AND EXHIBITION<br />

ARTS<br />

2016 Works on Paper overall winner<br />

Jeremy Lane - Trail Blazers.<br />

One of the major features of<br />

the City of Wanneroo’s cultural<br />

calendar, the <strong>2017</strong> City of<br />

Wanneroo Community Art Awards<br />

and Exhibition is now underway<br />

and accepting submissions from<br />

artists.<br />

First time exhibitors, hobbyists,<br />

semi-professionals and professional<br />

artists throughout Western Australia<br />

are invited to enter works, be eligible<br />

to win from the $16,800 in prize<br />

money and potentially sell their<br />

artwork.<br />

With only 230 entries being<br />

accepted for display, the exhibition<br />

provides an ideal opportunity to<br />

showcase local Wanneroo artists<br />

and those from the wider Western<br />

Australian arts community.<br />

Entries opened in early February<br />

and will close when 230 valid<br />

submissions have been received,<br />

or by 4pm on Friday 7 April <strong>2017</strong>.<br />

13 May to 17 June <strong>2017</strong><br />

10am-4pm Monday to Saturday<br />

Main Gallery, Wanneroo<br />

Library and Cultural Centre<br />

Free entry, enquiries 9405 5920<br />

Further details are available<br />

at wanneroo.wa.gov.au/<br />

artawardsentryform<br />

or by calling 9405 5920.<br />

2016 Overall winner, Andy Quilty - Papa #3.<br />

GALLERY<br />

GALLERY PROGRAM PROMISES SPECTACULAR YEAR OF ART<br />

Anne Frank. Photo collection of the Anne Frank Stichting.<br />

(Amsterdam).<br />

The <strong>2017</strong> Wanneroo Galleries<br />

exhibition program promises<br />

to deliver a range of exciting,<br />

ecletic and contemporary<br />

exhibitions to our world class<br />

Gallery spaces.<br />

The City of Wanneroo<br />

appreciates the importance of<br />

bringing a wide range of art<br />

exhibitions and their associated<br />

educational programs and<br />

workshops to our residents.<br />

Our <strong>2017</strong> program will welcome<br />

many fabulous exhibitions<br />

including Montages: The Full Cut,<br />

1999-2015 by Tracey Moffatt<br />

and Gary Hillberg and the<br />

Anne Frank Travelling Exhibition.<br />

We are also very excited to again<br />

be working with the Aboriginal<br />

girls from Girrawheen Senior<br />

High School to bring you the next<br />

instalment of Yokayi Waarbiny<br />

Wer Malayin Djin-Djin -<br />

Celebrate Art and Cultural Spirit.<br />

Visit wanneroo.wa.gov.au/<br />

wanneroogallery for more details.<br />

Tracey Moffatt & Gary Hillberg Other (still), 2010<br />

Courtesy the artist, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery and<br />

Tyler Rollins Fine Art, New York<br />

ONLINE<br />

VIEW OUR ART COLLECTION ONLINE<br />

The City of Wanneroo has 250<br />

artworks in its art collection which<br />

is now available to view online.<br />

The collection includes paintings,<br />

works on paper, photographs and<br />

small sculptures.<br />

The online gallery gives Wanneroo<br />

residents and the general public an<br />

easy way to view artworks that are<br />

on display across the City, as well<br />

as to see what artists are<br />

represented in the collection.<br />

The gallery aims to promote and<br />

foster an appreciation of Wanneroo’s<br />

and Western Australia’s rich artistic<br />

heritage by making it available from<br />

the comfort of people’s homes.<br />

wanneroo.wa.gov.au/artcollection<br />

Helen Dundo - Bazz. Ceramic Sculpture.<br />

( 15 ) WANNEROO.WA.GOV.AU

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