APRIL 2021 • VICTORIAPARK.WA.GOV.AU/ARTSSEASON
A CELEBRATION OF VIC PARK’S CREATIVE COMMUNITY | VISUAL ART | WORKSHOPS | WALKS | TALKS | MUSIC | FILM | CRAFT | STREET ART
1-30 APRIL
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M AYO R ’ S M E S S AG E
Victoria Park will come alive this Arts Season with an unmissable celebration of the richness and diversity of creativity and culture within our community. As we put the social disconnection of 2020 behind us, we have curated a special program of thought-provoking and inspiring artistic and cultural experiences designed to connect people, places and ideas, showcasing the Town as a dynamic place for everyone. Perth-based sculptor Abdul-Rahman Abdullah’s poignant work Wednesday’s Child sits at the Causeway entrance to the Town. A spectacular exhibition featuring the largest ever assembly of Abdullah’s works is at John Curtin Gallery, with workshops and talks for adults and children. Transformative musical experiences include meditations at Mindfulness and Music, soothing tones of Surround Sound to release the anxieties of uncertain times, and new ensemble music inspired by the magic realism of Abdullah’s sculptures.
guided street art walks, and Noongar art, design, and culture experiences, including weekly Noongar singing workshops with Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse. New murals and street art by local artists are a staple of Arts Season, and there are a multitude of creative opportunities with wood-carving, cartooning, digital art-making, paint pouring, stopmotion video talks, and workshops.
Mayor Karen Vernon
Get curious and follow clues to find secret passwords locked within Victoria Park’s hidden gems, and discover a new large-scale artwork in a surprising location. See you there!
An exploration of our artistic and cultural history beckons with
JA R R A H WA R D
B A N KS I A WA R D
YO U R C O U N C I L L O R S ’ FAVO U R I T E A R T WO R K
Ayad Alqaragholli, Hyatti
Greg James, Penny and Pounder
Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Wednesday’s Child
Karak, Jon Tarry
Cr Claire Anderson M: 0416 199 745 E: canderson@vicpark.wa.gov.au Term expires: Oct. 2023
Cr Wilfred Hendriks M: 0403 121 543 E: whendriks@vicpark.wa.gov.au Term expires: Oct. 2023
Cr Luana Lisandro M: 0406 825 806 E: llisandro@vicpark.wa.gov.au Term expires: Oct. 2021
Cr Ronhhda Potter M: 0449 730 493 E: rpotter@vicpark.wa.gov.au Term expires: Oct. 2021
James Giddy mural
Hayley Welsh mini murals
Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Everything Is True
Stephan Pennock & Shevaurn Hansen, Portal
Cr Bronwyn Ife – Deputy Mayor M: 0419 942 944 E: bife@vicpark.wa.gov.au Term expires: Oct. 2021
Cr Jesvin Karimi M: 0412 047 447 E: jkarimi@vicpark.wa.gov.au Term expires: Oct. 2023
Cr Brian Oliver M: 0435 229 317 E: boliver@vicpark.wa.gov.au Term expires: Oct. 2021
Cr Vicki Potter M: 0433 704 140 E: vpotter@vicpark.wa.gov.au Term expires: Oct. 2023
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VISUAL ART
Lyle Branson, Primal, 2019
Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Pretty Beach, 2019
EVERYTHING IS TRUE: ABDUL-RAHMAN ABDULLAH
ROB'S YODYSSEY: THE ART OF free LIVING WELL WITH YOUNGER ONSET DEMENTIA: ROBERT ANSON VISUAL ART
Where: John Curtin Gallery, Building 200A, Curtin University, Kent St, Bentley When: Thu 1 – Fri 23 April | 11am-5pm Mon-Fri, 12-4pm Sun
Where: Victoria Park Centre for the Arts, 12 Kent Street, East Victoria Park When: Fri 2 – Wed 14 April | 10am2.30pm Mon, 10am-4pm Tue-Fri
The John Curtin Gallery presents Everything Is True, the largest ever assembly of sculptural work by Perth-based artist Abdul-Rahman Abdullah. Abdullah explores the different ways memory emerges from domestic spaces, often drawing on his personal memories of family life. Working mostly in sculpture, his work has been described as magic realism.
This exhibition is a collection of abstract and vivid paintings that have emerged since Rob Anson’s diagnosis of younger onset dementia in 2018. The body of work seeks to highlight the life of people living with younger onset dementia (under 65 years at the time of diagnosis) and the struggles that both the person with the illness and their carers go through.
Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Black Dog, 2017
IF ANIMALS COULD SPEAK? ACE CHILDREN’S WORKSHOP WORKSHOP Where: John Curtin Gallery, Building 200A, Curtin University, Kent St, Bentley When: Fri 9 April | 10am-12noon Cost: $12 Tickets: www.jcg.curtin.edu.au
Explore your creativity and make a stop-motion video! Create a short story, make the props, and design your own video with inspiration from the sculptural works on show at the gallery’s Everything Is True exhibition. Using plastic animals, iPads and/or other tablet devices (BYO), delve into animals’ emotions, sounds and feelings. Suitable for ages 6-12, parents can stay or go.
NOONGAR LANGUAGE SINGING WORKSHOPS WITH GINA WILLIAMS AND GUY GHOUSE WORKSHOP Where: Alexandra Theatre, 627 Albany Hwy, Victoria Park When: Tue 6, Tue 13, Tue 20, Tue 27 April | 6.30-7.30pm Cost: $60 full/$40 conc. (all four sessions) Tickets: www.trybooking.com/BPERO Learn to sing in Noongar from Gina and Guy’s catalogue of contemporary songs in Noongar language. Each week learn a song or two grounded in the four principles of Koort (heart), Moort (family/community), Boodja (land) and Koorlangka (children/legacy). Gina and Guy will discuss their meaning to them individually, and their community. Participants will finish the series with a small concert for friends and family, and receive a booklet with lyrics and key words.
FREE OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE FOR ARTISTS
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WORKSHOP Where: Local venue information will be provided to registrants before the event.
SIOUX TEMPESTT YOUTH MURAL WORKSHOPS
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WORKSHOP
When: Sat 10 April | 10-11.30am
Where: Victoria Park Centre for the Arts, 12 Kent Street, East Victoria Park
Tickets: www.trybooking.com/BPAKR
When: Sat 10 April | 10-11am
Lyle Branson, Primal, 2019
To celebrate artists and their ability to create and develop in a digital space, the Town is hosting a presentation with Gary Parris. Learn about the free and open source software that is available for artists to use to enhance and develop their creations.
A MAKESHIFT WORLD: LYLE BRANSON
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VISUAL ART Where: Victoria Park Centre for the Arts, 12 Kent Street, East Victoria Park When: Fri 16 – Wed 28 April | 10am2.30pm Mon, 10am-4pm Tue-Fri Lyle Branson began making dioramas using reject photos from previous projects and other materials and objects that he had lying around the studio. He constructs dystopian landscapes with surreal figures in the foreground, adding lighting to give a theatrical scenery to the photos. 04 | VIBE - ARTS SEASON 2021
Tickets: vicpark.info/youthmural Are you aged between 13-24? Hawaiian has teamed up with local Perth mural artist Sioux Tempestt to present a fun creative learning experience. Help design a modern contemporary mural, which you’ll then paint in May on a wall at The Park Centre. You don’t need to be an artist to participate – just bring plenty of enthusiasm!
TALKING CARTOONING WITH PETE PLAYER
ANCIENT GATEWAY TO A MODERN CITY WALK Where: The Camfield Car Park 2 (by the Sensory Playground), Optus Stadium precinct, Camfield Drive, Burswood When: Sat 10 April | 10-11am Sat 17 April | 3-4pm Cost: $33/$16.50 Tickets: vicpark.info/gateway Take a walk with Nyoongar guide Nick Abraham by the Derbal Yerrigan (Swan River), learn all about the culture before and after colonisation. Join in a traditional smoking ceremony and explore Nyoongar influences on the art and design of Matagarup Bridge and Optus Stadium.
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TALK | DEMO Where: Victoria Park RSL, 1 Fred Ball Parade, East Victoria Park When: Fri 16 April | 1.30-2.30pm Tickets: www.creativesoulsessions. com.au/book-here Come and sit with Pete and chat about cartooning and how to have a successful career drawing. Pete is a four-time Stanley Award winner, which is an annual event held by the Australian Cartoon Association. Pete will also spend some time drawing and explaining tricks of the trade.
GET YA POUR ON! WORKSHOP
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Where: Victoria Park RSL, 1 Fred Ball Parade, East Victoria Park When: Fri 16 April | 10.30-11.30am Tickets: www.creativesoulsessions. com.au/book-here Come along to this workshop to learn all you need to know about a ‘tip pour’. You will be amazed at how easy it is to create gorgeous artworks on canvas. Use paint pouring techniques to make an artwork on canvas to take home.
MUSIC | VISUAL ART
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MUSIC | DANCING
Where: John Curtin Gallery, Building 200A, Curtin University, Kent St, Bentley
Where: Victoria Park Carlisle Bowling Club pavilion, 18 Kent St, East Victoria Park
When: Sun 11 April | 3-4pm
When: Sun 11 April | 2-4pm
Cost: $47/$42
Tickets: www.trybooking.com/BOZEK
Tickets: vicpark.info/TBATB The John Curtin Gallery will host a performance by music ensemble Australian Baroque, inspired by the art works in Everything Is True, by Abdul-Rahman Abdullah. This new national ensemble, formed at its core by WA-based artists, features world-class players with the spirit of investigation and historical inspiration.
Swing Shift Big Band is a super-hip, 20 piece band that is all the rage with swingin’ Sunday sessions in Victoria Park. To celebrate Arts Season, the band will be debuting a whole set of new swinging tunes all inspired by ‘80s classics. It’s a post-modern mixtape!
Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Everything Is True, 2012
THE BRUSH AND THE BOW
SWING SHIFT BIG BAND – ARTS SEASON SPECIAL
EVERYTHING IS TRUE: ARTIST TALK FOR KIDS TALK
VIC PARK PROJECTION FESTIVAL VISUAL EXPERIENCE
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Where: East Vic Park strip – keep an eye out, stroll off the beaten track, look up to see familiar places anew! When: Fri 16 April | 6.30-10.30pm Featuring some of Perth’s premiere AV artists, the Vic Park Projection Festival is a community-based arts event that aims to activate areas of the much beloved East Victoria Park strip. The festival will repurpose its nooks and crannies as a live lit up canvas to promote community, connectivity, and curiosity.
SURROUND SOUND MUSIC EXPERIENCE
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Where: Vic Park Community Centre, 248 Gloucester St, East Victoria Park When: Sat 17 April | 1.45-2.30pm, 2.45-3.30pm Tickets: www.curate.org.au/concertsevents Well... 2020 was a write-off. And 2021 hasn’t been the best, either. Stop, take a breath and relax. Immerse yourself in soothing tones and allow yourself the opportunity to let go of all your anxiety, sadness and disappointment from a world turned truly upside down.
Where: John Curtin Gallery, Building 200A, Curtin University, Kent St, Bentley When: Tue 13 April | 10-11am Tickets: vicpark.info/EIT As part of the John Curtin’s Art and Community Engagement (ACE) Holiday Program, primary-school age children are invited to join artist Abdul-Rahman Abdullah on a journey through memory, dreamscapes and imagination. Children will relate to the sculptural works inspired by the playful spirit that imbues Abdullah’s work in his exhibition Everything Is True. Suitable for ages 6-12, parents can stay or go.
Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, The Obstacle, 2014
Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Among Monsters, 2017
WOODCARVING WORKSHOP WORKSHOP Where: John Curtin Gallery, Building 200A, Curtin University, Kent St, Bentley When: Sun 18 April | 12noon-3pm Cost: $20 (incl. all materials and refreshments) Tickets: www.jcg.curtin.edu.au Carving is a very meditative experience, it has a rhythm to it and is a great way to socialise and create something useful. Taking inspiration from the magical wooden sculptures by artist Abdul-Rahman Abdullah in his exhibition, Everything Is True, artist Andrew Christie will teach the tools and approaches of carving in this three-hour workshop.
VIC PARK STREET ART WALKING TOUR WALK Where: Meet at Social Manna, 253 Albany Hwy, Victoria Park (finish at Dutch Trading Co.) When: Sun 18 Apr | 2.30-4pm Cost: $15 Tickets: vicpark.info/VPstreetart Join Adie from Oh Hey WA on a walking tour highlighting some of Vic Park’s best street art including sculptures and amazing murals by many iconic WA artists. You will explore laneways and car parks to discover some hidden gems and hear the stories behind the artwork.
WHY CARVE ANIMALS WITH DR MATTHEW CHRULEW free TALK
Where: John Curtin Gallery, Building 200A, Curtin University, Kent St, Bentley When: Wed 21 Apr | 12.30-1.30pm Tickets: vicpark.info/WCA Animals abound in Abdul-Rahman Abdullah’s work: sculpted dogs, stingrays and even a triceratops evoke childhood memories of fear and wonder, asking questions about what animals mean in our everyday lives. Drawing on the field of animal studies, this talk will roam through Abdullah’s menagerie and its figures of comfort and marvel, territory and slaughter.
THE FANTASTICAL FILMS OF GEORGE MELIES RE-SCORED FILM | MUSIC Where: Alexandra Theatre, 627 Albany Hwy, Victoria Park When: Wed 21 Apr, Thu 22 Apr | 4-6pm, 7-9pm Cost: $15 Tickets: www.boogieimage.com/ gmre-scored Embark on a fanciful journey through a selection of short magical movies from the silent film era, freshly scored by local composers – delivering a feast for the ears and eyes inside an immersive cinema installed in a 115-year-old theatre.
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ONE HELLUVA STORY TALK
MINDFUL MACRAMÉ WITH BEC AMELIA MACRAMÉ
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WORKSHOP
Where: Dutch Trading Co., 243 Albany Hwy, Victoria Park
Where: Victoria Park Library, 27 Sussex St, East Victoria Park
When: Wed 21 Apr | 6.30-7.30pm
When: Thu 22 Apr | 6-7pm
Tickets: centreforstories.com/event/ one-helluva-story
Cost: $3
Stories are at the heart of who we are. They allow us to make sense of our experiences, connect with others, and build empathy. Join host Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa and storytellers Colin Archibald, Nadia Heisler and Arozak Salam as they share true stories from the heart.
Tickets: vicpark.info/macrame Join self-taught macramé artist Bec Amelia Macramé for an introductory lesson in the timeless and mindful art of knot tying. Supplies will be provided; beginners and novice artists are encouraged. Macramé can be for everyone, it’s knot too hard!
EAST VIC PARK STREET ART WALKING TOUR WALK Where: Meet at Green Bunch, 907 Albany Hwy, East Victoria Park (finish at The Balmoral) When: Sat 24 Apr | 2.30-4pm Cost: $15 Tickets: vicpark.info/EVPstreetart Join Adie from Oh Hey WA on a walking tour highlighting some of East Vic Park’s best street art, including icons such as Hosier Lane and the infamous Cake Bin. You will explore laneways and car parks to discover some hidden gems, and hear the stories behind the artwork.
MINDFULNESS AND MUSIC MUSIC
WHERE NOW FROM HERE…? STREET ART EXPERIENCE
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Where: Secret location. Visit @hayleywelsh and www.hayleywelsh.com for clues. Find us if you can! When: Sat 24 Apr | 12noon-5pm Follow clues and find secret passwords within Vic Park’s hidden gems – in an otherworldly experience of childhood nostalgia – to find Welsh’s newest large-scale artwork, painted live in a secret location, somewhere in the area. Weaving a poignant narrative into every piece, reflect in the moment as lost creatures try to find their way home... wherever that may be.
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Where: John Hughes Volkswagen showroom, 61 Shepperton Rd, Victoria Park When: Sat 24 Apr | 3-4pm, 5-6pm Tickets: vicpark.info/MAM The School of Practical Philosophy joins forces with Australian Baroque for the premiere of Music and Mindfulness. Be part of a dynamic audience, guided through a series of mindfulness exercises as you listen to the sublime music of 17th and 18th century Italy.
ALFRESCO FRIDAYS AT HAWAIIAN’S PARK CENTRE MUSIC Where: The Park Centre, 789 Albany Hwy, East Victoria Park When: Fri 9, Fri 16, Fri 23, Fri 30 Apr | 5-8pm
STREET ART SECRETS
There are new tastes to share in the open air at Hawaiian’s Park Centre. A staple of the Vic Park community since 1977, Hawaiian’s Park Centre relaunches its new and revamped alfresco precinct with special weekly events for food lovers on Friday nights this April. Featuring live music, RTRFM DJs, food trucks, free samples and tastes, limited-time only items, and more. This is a great place to discover new sounds and flavours during Arts Season.
EVENT CALENDAR
Vic Park’s streets and lanes are resplendent with vibrant murals, created by brilliant local artists and proud communities, reflecting the character and defining the spirit of our Town. This Arts Season, you might be taken by surprise as new works pop up in unexpected places, making our streets more welcoming than ever and enhancing everyday creative experiences for all. Keep your eyes open! APRIL
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Everything is True: Abdul-Rahman Abdullah exhibition Rob’s YODyssey: Robert Anson exhibition Noongar language singing workshops If Animals Could Speak? children’s workshop Alfresco Fridays at Hawaiian's Park Centre Free open source software for artists workshop Ancient Gateway to a Modern City walk Sioux Tempestt youth mural workshops The Brush and the Bow music + exhibition Swing Shift Big Band Arts Season special concert Everything is True: Artist talk for kids A Makeshift World: Lyle Branson exhibition Get Ya Pour On! paint pouring workshop Talking Cartooning with Pete Player Surround Sound music experience Vic Park Projection Festival Woodcarving workshop Vic Park street art walking tour Why Carve Animals talk with Dr Matthew Chrulew Fantastical films of George Melies film + music event One Helluva Story live storytelling event Mindful Macramé workshop Where Now From Here…? street art experience East Vic Park street art walking tour Mindfulness and Music event Street art all over town
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