Street Art Wall Crawl (Northbridge)
Banksy – eat your heart out! Join Aimee Johns for an up-close look at the latest vibrant street art in Perth and hear from the artists themselves about their techniques, tools and tales of the street. The tour begins at the Gallery Theatrette with a talk, followed by
a guided walk via the Butcher Shop, where we will see painting techniques demonstrated and view the art of Yohyo, whilst enjoying refreshments and time to talk with the artists.

Sunday 20 May, 3 – 6pm Meet at AGWA Theatrette (via James St Mall entrance)

Member $35/Guest $45 (inc. afternoon tea)

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Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters Film Festival

Kick off our 2012 Film Festival season with a Spanish extravaganza in celebration of Picasso. Dr Stefano Carboni, AGWA Director, will open the festival and give the APPRECIATING talk on Picasso, followed by the film Picasso and Braque go to the Movies. From Spain to New York the Festival of four evenings will transport you back to the lives of the modern masters (see Artifacts p14).

Wednesday 6 June, 6 – 10pm (refreshments @ 6pm, talk 6:45pm, followed by film)

The Concourse, AGWA

Member $55/Guest $65

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Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters Tour
What we now call ‘modern art’ changed art forever in the 20th century. This is your chance to find out why, and how the artworks so carefully chosen for this exhibition from the Museum of Modern Art in New York are so iconoclastic. Learn so much more on this special tour with the Gallery Guides, than just walking through on your own.

Sunday 24 June, 2 – 4.30pm Meet at Friends VIP Lounge, AGWA

Member $35/Guest $35 (inc. refreshments/admission fee)

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ADFAS Series 2012

Great Tarts in Art (with Ms Linda Smith)
Mixing art history analysis and scandalous anecdote, this lecture examines the portraits and careers of some of history’s most notorious mistresses and courtesans, charting the ambiguous attitudes of art and society to sexual morality from the 17th to 20th centuries. Many nuances and hidden meanings in well-known works will be revealed! Linda Smith is an art historian with a passion for British and 20th century art; accredited as a NADFAS lecturer and gallery guide for Tate Britain and Tate Modern in London.

Monday 2 July, 6 – 8pm (refreshments @ 6pm, lecture 6:45pm) *

Central Institute of Technology – Lecture Theatre, Building 1, Francis St, Northbridge (opposite the entry to State Library Car Park)
Member $40/Guest $50

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Robert Juniper and Richard Woldendorp
Surrender yourself to art in the hills for a day – combine the generosity of two leading artists opening their studios, with good food and friends – it can’t be better than this! Either book both open studios or just one. Numbers are strictly limited, so book early.

ROBERT JUNIPER AM: Back by popular demand for a third consecutive year, meet one of our State’s Living Treasures whilst he paints in his studio and enjoy a unique opportunity to view his private art collection at home. An artist of poetic and spontaneous vision, Juniper is best known for evocative depictions of the Western Australian landscape. Limited edition prints will be available for purchase on the day.

RICHARD WOLDENDORP: ‘A first for Friends’ – it is an honour to be invited into Richard Woldendorp’s private studio. Intrigued by the uniqueness of the Australian outback, Dutch born Woldendorp is best known for his distinctive photography that captures the vastness, beauty and design of the Australian landscape. Celebrated as one of our State’s Living Treasures, Richard’s photographs have been exhibited and are in collections all over the world.

Sunday 29 July – A Day of Art in The Hills A: 11am – 1pm

(Juniper only) BOOK HERE or phone 08 9492 6750

Member $50/Guest $60 (light lunch) B: 2 – 4pm

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Member $35/Guest $45 (afternoon tea) C: 11am – 4pm

(Juniper and Woldendorp) Member $80/Guest $100 (light lunch + afternoon tea)

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ADFAS series 2012 The Emperor and the Prostitute (with Dr Geri Parlby)
Be prepared for a visual roller coaster! Despite unsavoury and destitute pasts, the most outrageous imperial couple in Byzantine history, Justinian and Theodora, inspired some of the most beautiful art. This lecture will discover their influence – from the sublime mosaics of Ravenna and St Catherine’s monastery to the incredible architecture of Hagia Sophia. Dr Parlby, a former Fleet Street journalist with an MA in Byzantine Art from the Courtauld Institute has lectured at Cambridge, and is principal tutor at Plymouth University’s NADFAS Art History foundation course.

Monday 6 August, 6 – 8pm (refreshments @ 6pm, lecture 6:45pm) *

Central Institute of Technology – Lecture Theatre, Building 1, Francis St, Northbridge (opposite the entry to State Library Car Park)

Member $40/Guest $50

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Conservation Lab and Print Room
We rarely have a chance to see behind the scenes at the Gallery, now you can. Learn from the experts about how art is conserved and repaired; and view the breadth of our State’s startling collection of works on paper. The Gallery’s conservators of paintings, objects and paper, David Graves, Stephanie Bailey, Kate Woollett and Natalie Hewlett reveal their practices in the Lab; and Dr Lucy Harper, Associate Curator of Historical Works on Paper introduces works, seldom seen on public display, in the Print Room. [Only 20 places available!]

Thursday 16 August Group 1: 12.30 – 2.30pm Group 2: 2.30 – 4pm

Meet at Friends VIP Lounge, AGWA

Member $35/Guest $45 (afternoon tea)

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Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters Film Festival

Marcel Duchamp (American, born France. 1887-1968)
His proposition that art could be about ideas instead of objects was a revolutionary notion that still resonates with artists today.

Associated with Cubism, Dadaism, and Surrealism, Duchamp’s main innovation was ‘ready-made art’. In 1913 his work, Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2, caused a furore at New York City’s famous Armory Show.

Robert Cook, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Photography and Design will deliver the APPRECIATING talk on the works of Duchamp, as an aperitif to the screening of Marcel Duchamp: A Definitive Biography.

Monday 20 August, 6 – 8pm (refreshments @ 6pm, lecture 6.30pm, followed by film)

Theatrette, AGWA (via James St Mall entrance) Member $40/Guest $50

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ADFAS series 2012

A Victorian Splendour; The Golden Age of British Glass (with Dr Charles Hajdamach)
Professed to be one of the greatest periods in British glassmaking, the 19th century saw glassmakers create a kaleidoscope of shapes, colours and decorative techniques now lauded for the genius of their technical virtuosity and aesthetic sensibility. Dr Hajdamach will present evocative portraits of the glassmakers and designers, as well as the objects themselves. Dr Hajdamach is a leading authority on glass, previously a Director of Dudley Museums and Art Galleries, Broadfield House Glass Museum and the author of British Glass 1800-1814 and British 20th Century Glass.

Monday 3 September, 6 – 8pm (refreshments @ 6pm, lecture 6:45pm) *

Central Institute of Technology – Lecture Theatre, Building 1, Francis St, Northbridge (opposite the entry to State Library Car Park)
Member $40/Guest $50

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APPRECIATING Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters Film Festival
Louise Bourgeois (American, born France. 1911-2010)

Louise Bourgeois was for six decades an important and influential figure in the world of modern art. In 1982, at the age of 71, she became the first woman to be honoured with a major retrospective at New York’s Museum of Modern Art.

Best known for her series of massive spider structures, Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine is a comprehensive examination of her creative process.

Dr Ann Shilo, Senior Lecturer, School of Design & Art, Faculty of Humanities, Curtin University will whet our appetites in the APPRECIATING talk before the screening. (see Artifacts p14)

Monday 24 September, 6 – 9.30pm (refreshments @ 6pm, lecture 6:30pm, followed by film)

Theatrette, AGWA (via James St Mall entrance) Member $40/Guest $50

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Gomboc Gallery & Sculpture Park
Establishing his Gallery and Sculpture Park in the Swan Valley 30 years ago, Ron Gomboc is well known for his own sculptures exhibited at Sculpture by the Sea and all over Australia. Ron is a major advocate of emerging talent and international exchange. Enjoy a guided tour with Ron and soak up some of his passion! Continue the lively conversation afterwards at Jane Brook Estate Wines. In celebration of our generous sponsor’s 40 years of operation: sample great wines and seasonal platters at a long table lunch in the garden. An outing for art buffs and foodies alike.

Sunday 16 September, 10 – 2pm Gomboc Gallery & Sculpture Park/Jane Brook Estate Wines, Swan Valley

Member $50/Guest $60 (lunch and wine tasting at Jane Brook)

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ADFAS series 2012

Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown and Humphrey Repton; English Landscape Garden Design in Changing Times 1738 – 1816 (with Mr Keir Davidson)
Times of great uncertainty, followed by enormous social and economic change in Britain, influenced Brown and Reptons’ response to the English landscape. This lecture captures the period when Brown and Repton became regarded as the most important designers of the identifiable ‘English’ school of landscaping.
Plans, paintings and drawings as well as modern photographs will explore the inspirations and styles of these two designers; and their importance, now reflected in renewed popularity. Mr Davidson is a landscape designer and has lectured widely and published several titles including The Art of Zen Gardening.

Monday 8 October, 6 – 8pm (refreshments @ 6pm, lecture @ 6.45pm) *

Central Institute of Technology – Lecture Theatre, Building 1, Francis St, Northbridge (opposite the entry to State Library Car Park)
Member $40/Guest $50

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APPRECIATING Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters Film Festival

Ten identical faces printed in black, over two rows, on canvas 5.65 metres long and 2 metres high; are the faces really identical? Andy Warhol created this image from a photo of actress Elizabeth Taylor. Why did he choose her image as his subject and repetition as his theme? Working in New York at the epicentre of the Pop Art movement, Ten Lizes breaks from the traditional art of portraiture. Alan Dodge AM, former Director of the Gallery will present an APPRECIATING talk to help us de-code Andy Warhol’s works in the Exhibition (see Alan’s article Artifacts p15), followed by a screening of Ten Lizes.

Monday 12 November, 6 – 9pm* (refreshments @ 6pm, talk 6:45pm, followed by film)

The Concourse, AGWA Member $55/Guest $65 TBA

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