FORM Program: January -July 2025 by FORM WA

FORM

Program

January – June 2025

FORM acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians throughout Western Australia both past and present, whose enduring connection to this Country and ongoing contributions to our collective culture and communities we respect and honour. We appreciate and are deeply grateful for the privilege of working on these lands.

FORM Building a State of Creativity 39 Gugeri Street Claremont WA 6010 www.form.net.au mail@form.net.au 08 9385 2200

@formwa

Copyright for imagery and written content in this publication is held by FORM Building a State of Creativity Limited or the individual contributors, where applicable. All permissions to use these images have been received. Every effort has been made to adhere to best practice ICIP protocols. ©FORM Building a State of Creativity Limited 2025. All rights reserved. FORM Building a State of Creativity Limited and this document are protected by copyright and trade mark law.

Front page: Opening of Stormie Mills’ Once Upon a Sometimes at FORM Gallery, 2024. Photograph by Phil Berrick.

Contents About FORM Building a State of Creativity Help Build a State of Creativity FORM Gallery & Café

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High VisAbility

Exhibition: Happy Meals and Scooter Skids: art from the outer suburbs

Perth Design Week 2025 with FORM

Exhibition: Roebourne Art Development Program

About FORM Café

Hire FORM Gallery

Gallery Gift Guide

Scribblers Scribblers Golden Pen Competition

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Volunteer with Scribblers

Scribblers on the Road

Scribblers on the Road Goldfields

Scribblers on the Road Pilbara

Creative Schools

Spinifex Hill Studio & Project Space

Exhibition: Timeless

Exhibition: Healing, Renewal, Safe Place

Buy Authentic Aboriginal Art

Thomas Dambo’s Giants of Mandurah

FORM’s PUBLIC Silo Trail

Art & Cultural Consultancy

Support the Work We Do

Partners & Donors

*Creativity can be unpredictable, but if we've learned anything over the last few years, it's that the world is too. Events in this program may be subject to change.

About FORM

About FORM Building a State of Creativity FORM Building a State of Creativity is an independent, not-for-profit arts and cultural organisation based in Claremont and operating across Western Australia and beyond.

and communities. Our vision is realised through our values: creativity, excellence, integrity, community empowerment and collaboration.

Our mission is to be a leader in the development of a vibrant creative economy for the benefit and wellbeing of all Western Australian communities.

FORM’s programs include: FORM FORM Gallery & Cafe; FORM Creative Learning (Scribblers and Creative Schools); Spinifex Hill Studio and Project Space in South Hedland, cultural tourism experiences such as Thomas Dambo's Giants of Mandurah and the PUBLIC Silo Trail, plus Arts and Cultural Consultancy.

FORM’s vision is for Western Australia to be a thriving and connected participant in a global creative economy. We want to see the diversity and excellence of Western Australian cultural expression shared with local and international audiences See the impact of our work

FORM Program | January–June 2025

Untitled, Doreen Chapman, 2023. Installation view, 24th Biennale of Sydney, Ten Thousand Suns, 2024, UNSW Galleries. Photograph: Document Photography.

Help Build a State of Creativity

About FORM

Become a FORM Friend or part of the FORM Family to support the work we do in delivering programs that benefit the creative sector, as well as communities across Western Australia. FORM Friend and Family Subscribers get exclusive access to an evergrowing list of benefits including free events; exhibition previews; discounted workshops; discounts with our hospitality partners and with Fabric Quarterly and Luna Cinemas; plus free gifts.

Subscribe today!

Opening of Stormie Mills’ Once Upon a Sometimes at FORM Gallery, 2024. Photograph by Phil Berrick.

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FORM Gallery & Café

FORM Gallery & Café encompasses everything you know and love about the destination formerly known as The Goods Shed: culture, creativity, community and delicious coffee.

Opening Hours FORM Gallery Mon–Fri: 9:00am–3:00pm Sat: 8:00am–12:00pm

FORM Gallery & Café 4 Shenton Road Claremont WA 6010 form.net.au/gallery-café mail@form.net.au

@formgalleryandcafe

Here, we curate and present exhibitions and programs that promote creativity, and highlight Western Australia's talented regional artists to a metropolitan audience.

FORM Café Mon–Fri: 6:30am–12:30pm Sat: 7:30am–12:00pm

- Gallery Visitor

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"FORM Gallery is a vital part of the Western Australian visual arts ecology, providing a critical exhibition space for emerging, mid-career, and local artists."

Discover one of our past exhibitions, Plasticology

13 JANUARY–8 FEBRUARY 2025

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High VisAbility: Mandy White, Natalie Scholtz, Tegan Jenkins FORM in collaboration with CAN (Community Arts Network) Celebrating identity and visibility, collaboration, and possibility, High VisAbility is a playful, summertime celebration full of neon, fluoro fun. Presented by FORM as part of our annual summer residency series, High VisAbility is produced by CAN in collaboration with Sir David Brand School, which provides individually structured programs for students with disabilities from the age of 4 to 18 years. It’s a project about possibility. With Mandy White – a Yamatji woman and artist with an intellectual disability – as one of the project's artistic leaders, High VisAbility is designed to enable students, teachers, families and carers to navigate pathways into the arts for people with disabilities.

The magical artworks created by students in collaboration with artists Mandy White and Natalie Scholtz, alongside Creative Producer Tegan Jenkins and Executive Producer Michelle White, are a vibrant and playful exploration of identity, place and visibility. CAN’s High VisAbility project was made possible through funding from the State Government through the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries’ Creative Learning program and the Australian Government through its principal arts investment and advisory body, Creative Australia.

Lament of the Labellum - Cusp, (detail), Sarah Elson Recycled Silver, 2016–2019 Photograph by Eva Fernandez, C/O the artist and Art Collective WA

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21 FEBRUARY–24 MAY 2025

Happy Meals and Scooter Skids: art from the outer suburbs

FORM Gallery & Café

Presented by FORM as part of the Perth Festival, Andy Quilty with Western Australian high school students The creativity, innovation and unique character of Western Australia’s outer suburbs are the focus of this collaboration between acclaimed artist and educator Andy Quilty and students from three of Perth’s outer suburban high schools: Youth Futures Community School Midland, Armadale Senior High School and Warnbro Community High School. During 2024, students participated in workshops with Quilty, developing their skills, conceptual knowledge and confidence to share, through creative forms, their outer suburban experience. The results of this collaboration are showcased at FORM Gallery in Happy Meals and Scooter Skids: art from the outer suburbs, alongside a satellite exhibition at Midland Junction Arts Centre. Happy Meals and Scooter Skids: art from the outer suburbs then 12

tours to the Kim Fletcher Gallery in Armadale, and finally to Rockingham, Quilty's hometown. Happy Meals and Scooter Skids aims to amplify underrepresented stories, improve arts access for outer-suburban communities and and encourage young people to consider future careers in creative industries.

Exhibition Opening 6:00pm–8:00pm Thursday, 20 February 2025

Left: Andy Quilty and Youth Futures Community School print making workshop at Midland Junction Arts Centre, 2024. Photo by Duncan Wright Nike TNs, Kyle - Youth Futures Community School Midland, 2024, ink and solid marker monotype print from found milk cartons on paper, 50 x 60 cm (print), 59.4 x 84.5 cm (paper). Photo by Andy Quilty.

Perth Design Week Industry Mixer, FORM Gallery, 2024. Image courtesy of FORM Building a State of Creativity

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20 & 28 MARCH 2025

Perth Design Week 2025 with FORM Evening Mixer | Design, Art & Industry 5:00PM – 7:00PM Thursday 20 March Join us for a night of conversation, connection and creativity at FORM Gallery & Café, bringing together professionals from across the design and arts sectors for an evening of light refreshments, networking and ideas. Celebrating Perth Design Week, this is a perfect opportunity to make meaningful connections, share experiences, and explore the intersection of art, design and industry.

Perth Public Art Walk 3:00PM – 6:00PM Friday 28 March Presented by the Planning Institute of Australia WA (PIA WA), FORM and Hatch RobertsDay. Come on a two-hour walk, followed by drinks and conversation. We start in Hibernian Place and finish at Elizabeth Quay with detours in between to explore and learn about the City’s standout public artworks. Hear about the artistic process involved, the role of artwork in activating place, and the many ways these transformations are conceived and delivered. This is a ticketed event. Registration is essential, keep your eyes on perthdesignweek.com for more info.

Tickets: $30 +bf Purchase here:

JUNE 2025

Roebourne Art Development Program The Pilbara comes to FORM Gallery. The Roebourne Art Development Program, which FORM initiated in 2019, supports and develops the creative practices of Indigenous artists on Ngarluma and Yindjibarndi lands through commissions, residencies, workshops and on-Country activities.

We invite you to come a little closer to the Pilbara through the stories, art and perspectives of the region’s First Nations artists.

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In partnership with over 30 artists and arts workers from Cheeditha Art Group, Juluwarlu Art Group and Yinjaa-Barni Art, FORM showcases some of the artistic outcomes of the 2024/25 program.

"We love working together, meeting new faces, and building relationships." - Allery Sandy, Artist and Director at Yinjaa-Barni Art

Melting Pot, Wendy Warrie, glass, 2023. Photograph by Dan McCabe, courtesy of Cheeditha Art Group.

Your Double Shot of Coffee and Culture FORM Café is home to some of the best coffee in Claremont. Our friends at Perth Is Ok! Channel 9's Our State on a Plate and Urban List Perth! say so! Stop by for a delicious blend of coffee, creativity and culture. FORM Café 6.30am–12.30pm 7.30am–12.00pm

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FORM Gallery & Café, 2019 Photograph by Sundae Studio.

Metamorphosis exhibition opening at FORM Gallery, 2024. Photograph by Dan MacBride.

FORM Gallery is unique. Built in 1886 as a goods shed for the railway line, and now one of Perth's leading venues for contemporary art, it's no surprise this charismatic and sensitively restored heritage building remains in constant demand for events.

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Host your next event at FORM Gallery

Explore the space

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Gallery Gift Guide

Visit FORM Gallery for a curated collection of unique gifts, and beautiful hand-crafted objects. by some of the State’s leading First Nations artists. 1. Greeting Card & Envelope Pack (5) 2. Juluwarlu Art Group Reversible Bucket Hat (Tootsie Daniel) 3. Juluwarlu Art Group Reversible Bucket Hat (Alice Guiness) 4. Cork Coaster Bundle (4) 5. Tracks We Share: Contemporary Art of the Pilbara 6. Dogs of FORM Cotton Tea Towel 7. Alice Guiness (blue) Neckerchief - Juluwarlu Art Group 8.Tootsie Daniel (red) Neckerchief - Juluwarlu Art Group

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31 MARCH 2025

Scribblers

Scribblers Golden Pen Storytelling Competition Do you have a story you're keen to tell? The 2025 Golden Pen writing competition for children and young people launches on Monday 31 March. Keep an eye on our socials for the 2025 theme and details of how to enter. We can't wait to read your stories!

Volunteer with us! FORM Program | January–June 2025

FORM’s Scribblers is run by a small, passionate team and we always appreciate a helping hand. We’re currently on the lookout for volunteers for our events. It’s a fantastic opportunity to gain work experience, connect with fellow creatives, and meet your favourite author or artist. Send your expression of interest to mail@form.net.au

FORM's Scribblers Family Festival, 2024 Photograph by Dan MacBride.

Scribblers on the Road

Scribblers

Part of FORM’s Creative Learning program, Scribblers is a celebration of storytelling in all its forms for children and young people. We bring families together with storytellers from all over the world—graphic novelists, authors, oral storytellers, illustrators, cartoonists and more—to ignite curiosity and a love of learning in children and young people, helping them make sense of the world around and within them. This is the third year of Scribblers on the Road, visiting remote and regional Western Australia. This time we’re connecting with communities in both the Pilbara and the Goldfields.

See the highlights from Scribblers on The Road 2024

@scribblersfest scribblersfestival.com.au

Scribblers on the Road at Newman Primary School, WA, 2024. Photography by AB Videography.

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3–12 APRIL 2025 Scribblers on the Road Goldfields In 2025, Scribblers on the Road reaches into new communities, bringing the magic of storytelling and a star team of storytellers into regional and remote schools in the Goldfields.

Saturday 5 April A family fun day at the Goldfields Art Centre, featuring local and visiting storytellers, workshops and free entertainment for people of all ages.

Scribblers on the Road at Marble Bar School, WA, 2024. Photography by AB Videography. 24

Back by popular demand for the third year running, Scribblers on the Road visits schools and communities in the Pilbara, sharing the fun of storytelling in all its forms.

Saturday 7 June

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3–12 JUNE 2025 Scribblers on the Road Pilbara

A family fun day in South Hedland, featuring local and visiting storytellers, workshops and free entertainment for people of all ages.

Scribblers on the Road at Warralong Remote Community School, WA, 2024. Photography by AB Videography. 25

Creative Schools

Creative Schools Creative Schools is FORM's innovative schools-based learning program which has now taken place in over 60 of the State’s schools. The program uses creative teaching and learning strategies to cultivate young people’s agency and engagement in learning across the Western Australian curriculum, the General Capabilities, and the Five Creative Habits of Learning: being imaginative, inquisitive, collaborative, persistent and self-disciplined.

"It is definitely learning, but it is fun. You don’t think of it as learning, but it is. If more lessons were like this, people would do more learning." - CARE School Student Does your school need Creative Schools? Get in touch with us.

Find out more

www.creativeschools.com.au

@creativeschoolswa

Opening of FORM's Creative Schools NOW I OWN celebration, 2024. Photograph by Dan MacBride.

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Spinifex Hill Studio

Spinifex Hill Studio Spinifex Hill Studio stands on Kariyarra Country (South Hedland) in the Pilbara. It's the only art centre in the area supporting the practices of established and emerging First Nations artists. It’s unique in Australia as an urbanbased centre welcoming people from numerous language groups and supporting an eclectic range of art practices which reflect the diversity of First Nations experience.

The Studio and its gallery (plus online shop) are where people can buy work, connect with artists, and support the preservation and sharing of Aboriginal culture, heritage, and identity.

Exhibition Opening Hours Tues–Sat | 9:00am – 3:00pm Spinifex Hill Studio 18 Hedditch Street South Hedland WA 6772 www.spinifexhillstudio.com.au mail@spinifexhillstudio.com.au

@spinifexhillstudio

Discover Spinifex Hill Studio

Mangala artist Maggie Green painting at Spinifex Hill Studio, 2023. Photograph by AB Videography.

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23 JANUARY–23 MARCH 2025

Spinifex Hill Studio

Timeless Without beginning or end; eternal; everlasting. Artmaking is a way of expressing place, culture, land and identity. At Spinifex Hill Studio, it is also a way for artists to express the stories that connect families and Country, and which transcend any concept of time. This exhibition shares those timeless stories and connections.

3 APRIL–15 JUNE 2025 Healing, Renewal, Safe Place Showcasing new mediums and new directions, the paintings in this exhibition demonstrate resilience, hope, growth and renewal. Here, the artists celebrate the Studio as a place of safety as well as of work.

Spinifex Hill Studio, 2023. Photograph by AB Videography.

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Buy Authentic Aboriginal Art A vast selection of artworks are available year round at Spinifex Hill Studio's Gallery & Project Space, plus you can shop a selection online at spinifexhillstudio.com.au/shop.

Take me to the online store!

Ngurra (Home Country, Camp) (detail), May Wokka (Mayiwalku) Chapman, Spinifex Hill Studio, 2024. Photograph by Phil Berrick.

Spinifex Hill Studio and FORM are members of the Indigenous Art Code, a system that preserves and promotes ethical trading in Indigenous art. FORM Program | January–June 2025

You can read the Indigenous Art Code at indigenousartcode.org