It all began for Albany artist Cynthia Orr with inspiration from her father and aunt, plus a regular booking at the family’s kitchen table.
Claire Middleton
Noongar composer Aaron Wyatt’s tribute to Melbourne strikes a buoyant mood for WA Symphony Orchestra’s chamber series finale at Government House.
David Cusworth
Margaret River Region Open Studios has officially kicked off launching the event with a sell out art party at Clairault Streicker Wines.
Craig Duncan
A bubbling of backchat and murmuring of muzak greet guests to a 14th floor eyrie overlooking Elizabeth Quay on a September night, dark and dreary.
A momentous celebration of Indigenous art and culture has arrived in Perth with the 20th-anniversary exhibition of Colours of our Country, showcasing 124 pieces from 43 Pilbara artists.
Caitlin Vinci
Freeze Frame Opera founder, soprano Hattie Marshall, has a personal connection with her latest production, Dead Man Walking.
Directed by Breaksea’s Matt Reuben James Ward, Aliwah Bardinar! is a new children’s production by the celebrated composers of Koolbardi wer Wardong and Wundig wer Wilura, Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse.
Tanya MacNaughton
Recorders and recorded sound augment Australian Chamber Orchestra strings at UWA Winthrop Hall, with virtuoso Genevieve Lacey.
Sitting by the fire in an old shearing shed, ceramics craftsman Harry Wykman turns mud from a nearby dam into impressive works of art.
With more than 35 years in the trade, Myles Happ has seen his studio grow from a single furnace to the largest pottery studio in the state.
Retiring after decades serving as a clinical academic, Dr Kevin Singer decided to test his metal as a sculptor whilst still pushing to help people though ongoing charity work.
Unorthodox Dunsborough-based artist Susan Strizek excels at showing off her creativity without boundaries and is, for the first time, opening her studio for Margaret River Region Open Studios.
A self described “painting nerd,” Soni Lamond is opening up her studio for the first time this month to take part in Margaret River Region’s Open Studios.
Fremantle artist Ross Scotland has returned to his former stamping ground of North Metropolitan TAFE for a golden opportunity.
The Finnish light artist behind the epic plans to illuminate the landscape of Albany’s King George Sound in vivid colour next year has revealed the inspiration of his large-scale 2026 project.
Melissa Sheil
Richard Walley defies definition in the latest of Perth Symphony Orchestra’s WA Stories.
Verdi rocks with Perth Symphonic Chorus, Naomi Johns, Ashlyn Tymms, Paul O’Neill, James Clayton, James Pratt, Shaun Lee-Chen and Perth Philharmonic Orchestra.
Missing the opportunity to see Bell Shakespeare’s 2023 production of Romeo And Juliet during her final year studying acting at NIDA is something Madeline Li is incredibly thankful for, in hindsight.
While artist Chloe Wilder has been involved in many Margaret River Region Open Studios, this year will be the first in her new studio for the event.
The traditional aesthetics of ballet have undergone a spectacular metamorphosis in WA Ballet’s world premiere production Butterfly Effect.
Lead by large-scale artist Jerome Davenport, a band of Narrogin community members transformed the Arts Narrogin eastern wall with a colourful mural over three days.
Hannah Whitehead
Mirabilis Collective’s Clara Schumann soiree at Callaway Auditorium relates an extraordinary life through her music and words.
A blockbuster Hollywood film is returning to the place it was created, with its Albany premiere scheduled for the final night of the CinefestOZ Albany film festival.
Sydney composer Paul Stanhope sets out Sandgroper credentials in Mahasagar with WASO, Asher Fisch, Sara Macliver and Andrew Goodwin at Winthrop Hall.
