Some of the highlights are mentioned below.
The Art Gallery of Western Australia Website:
Art in Bloom
Art in Bloom, organised by the Friends of the Art Gallery of Western Australia, is set to be the floral extravaganza of 2010. Thousands of flowers and plants will fill the Gallery as artists, designers, media personalities, students and others create floral responses to over 120 exhibited works of art, this year reflecting the works from the State Art Collection.
The exhibition opens to the public on the weekend of Friday
17 – Sunday 19 September.
A $10 entry fee ($8 concession) applies to the Art Gallery of
Western Australia for the weekend event. Free for children under 10.
Proceeds raised are used by the Friends of the Art Gallery to
assist with acquiring new artworks for the State Art Collection.
Linda Ullrich floral response to Frank Hinder
Canberra cyclists, C1942
watercolour and pencil
51.8 x 70.8cm
State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia
Purchased 1970
Jon Green - Photo credit
The exhibition opens to the public on the weekend of Friday
17 – Sunday 19 September.
A $10 entry fee ($8 concession) applies to the Art Gallery of
Western Australia for the weekend event. Free for children under 10.
Proceeds raised are used by the Friends of the Art Gallery to assist with acquiring new artworks for the State Art Collection.
City in Bloom
In conjunction with Art in Bloom, Friday 17- Sunday 19 September, the City of Perth will decorate various public sculptures, shop windows and the city's built environment with botanical art installations.
Kings Park Festival
The annual Kings Park Festival is on again this September. In this International Year of Biodiversity, the festival will celebrate both people and plants in the heart of Western Australia’s Botanic Gardens, surrounded by wildflowers in all their spectacular springtime glory.
See the Kings Park Festival website for more information.
*adapted from Art Gallery of WA website.
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