SPINIFEX HILL ARTISTS

Four of the artists just returned from a week in Perth for Revealed: a showcase of emerging indigenous artists. As a part of this artists from across WA had the opportunity to be involved in a range of creative workshops run over two days. Both Winnie and Ann enjoyed getting their hands into the clay in the ceramics workshops, while Esther tried her hand at some innovative glass designs and Irene learnt how to operate her camera in photography. At the same time Sara Barnes and myself (Karina) were also able to attend some organisational sessions which were also beneficial for us.

From over 320 submissions of artwork from 21 different art centres across WA our own Winnie Sampi and Katie Nalgood were both chosen to show their work in the Revealed exhibition. Winnie is pictured here with her painting which sold on the opening night which drew big crowds.

Five of the Spinifex Hill Artists will have their beautiful paintings showcased at the Cossack Art Awards coming up in July. They have spent weeks perfecting their works and they were delivered to Cossack on the weekend, ready for the opening night on the 16th. All the entries are for sale and can be viewed daily at Cossack from 10am-3pm for three weeks from Sunday the 17th July to Sunday 7th August. 

The West End Markets were a buzz again last weekend so the artists had a chance to showcase their art to the local community, some of the pieces sold will be travelling as far as Tasmania, New Zealand and even Holland! Esther and Ann were very proud stall holders and a great help on the day.

On Friday the 13^th we showcased the artists work at the Welcome to Hedland Expo. The event hosted more than 70 stallholders from businesses and organisations in Hedland and attracted over 4,000 people. Maggie and Max came along for the evening to represent the group. Max will jump at any opportunity to get out and about and Maggie loves talking to people about her art as much as they love hearing about it, she made sure everyone who approached the stall knew which paintings were hers!

Last year the artists took themselves back their childhood growing up in Port Hedland. They created artworks which related to the theme for their exhibition ‘Before the Town got Big’, it gave them the opportunity to tell their stories about their history of Port Hedland, what it used to be like. The exhibition opened at the Courthouse Gallery in November 2010 and ran from the 23rd of October until Christmas and was a huge success! They sold many of their artworks and enjoyed telling people about their paintings.