7-22 September 2024
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Margaret River Region Open Studios
Australia's largest open studios event
Meet the Artists
We are thrilled to reveal 144 amazing artists will feature in this year’s event – from painters to potters and printmakers, milliners to mosaicists, timber craftspeople to textile creators and illustrators to installation artists.
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7 - 22 September 2024
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Get inspired for your spring sojourn, and browse the 144 artists who are taking part in Open Studios this September. Filter by region and medium, or search for an artist by name.
Meet the Artists
Creativity is officially unleashed! Discover artistic riches in the Margaret River Region this September
Margaret River Region Open Studios has officially launched so it’s now time to start planning your artistic adventure for this September (7 to 22 September 2024). Artists of all creative persuasions are getting ready for an explosion of enthusiastic art lovers, the whopper 56-page Event Guide is now available in hard copy and on our […]
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Many Margaret River region artists will cite our natural environment as an important influence in their work. Diana Bostock`s paintings focus on native flora, fauna and marine life with the occasional whimsical splurge.
Brought up in a family around art in various forms - dance, theatre and landscape gardening - Diana`s work this year features paintings plus wearable art in the form of brooches. Diana`s studio is off the well-trodden track, between Metricup and Yelverton in the heart of the region, and we encourage you to seek out these out-of-the-way studios.
With nine days down and just seven to go, our artists look forward to your studio visit.
Lover of art and fine wine? Swings & Roundabouts have us covered!
Enjoy 20% off the limited release Swings & Roundabouts Open Studios SBS 2024 plus free delivery. To claim the discount, add 6 or 12 bottles to your cart and enter the code OS20 at checkout. This offer is available exclusively online and not through the venues.
Additionally, our artists will be handing out discount cards during the event which gives you 20% off purchases at @SwingsYallingup and @SwingsMargaretRiver when you spend $50 or more.
A big thanks to Swings & Roundabouts for their ongoing support!
Congratulations #MRROS artist Deanne Haddow @dyedprettty who won the Cossack Art Awards Open Theme for her painting Haddowland Marris, pictured.
Deanne was proud to celebrate the marri trees that surround her rural Cowaramup home. "I have watched these particular trees grow as seedlings from their long gone mother over 35 years. They are like family."
The judges added, "This work beautifully captures the marri forest experience, immersed in the organised chaos of nature."
Find Dea`s studio tucked behind Cowaramup town, where she has bushland paintings of a similar theme alongside some stunning and detailed portraits.
Who did you visit today?
A few snippets from a sunny day spent in the wonderful company of artists…
🎨 Genoveva Figliolia and Gonzalo Marinone @genofigliolia @vetasdelmundo
🎨 Ian Daniell @iandaniell.art
🎨 Rebecca Cool and Ross Miller @rebeccacoolart @rossmiller90
🎨 Laura Griffith @laura_griffith_artist
🎨 Ian Dowling @iandowlingpotter
Join artists Jessica McKiernan and Georgia Zoric for an in-conversation session at @shelterbusselton on Sunday 15 September, 3-4pm.
Learn more about their artistic journeys, creative processes, inspiration and get the chance to see their skills in clay and print-making live in action.
Come with your friends, enjoy a few beers & ask the two as many questions as you wish. A big thank you to the team at Shelter for their ongoing support .
🎨 @georgiazoric & @jess.mckiernan.print
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We’re already through our first week of MRROS 2024🌿
What a joy its been to meet our talented artists, to celebrate the months of creative making and to get an insight into the intricacies of their craft.
One artist whose work continues to inspire is Karina Buckingham, who was a recent finalist in the Perth Royal Art Prize for Landscape - congratulations Karina! 👏
🎨 @karinabuckingham_artist
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Growing up in Northampton, Peter Moir`s love for the West Australian red dirt and landscapes shines through in his work.
After moving to Margaret River in 1993, Peter found his dream property and home studio nestled between towering eucalypts in the forest 🌿
Check out Peter`s studio this week! Pick up an Event Guide or visit our website (link in bio) for more information 🔗
🎨 @petermoirartist
We`re already at the half way point of Margaret River Region Open Studios 2024. Who else has been loving the artist and studio visits so far? 🙋
It`s been such a joy to meet our talented artists, to celebrate the months of creative making and to get an insight into the intricacies of their craft.
Here are some photos from our explorations. Remember, Open Studios continues until Sunday 22 September. Pick up a free event guide, look for the MRROS signs around the region or browse our website for more information: mrropenstudios.com.au
Pictured here:
1- Paul Gatopulosz, @paulg2z.art
2- Marion Graeber, @mg_art_wa
3- Deanne Haddow, @dyedprettty
4- John Streater, @john_streater_gallery
5- Alex Butler, @blessthismess.ceramics
6- Heloise Roberts & Moira Fearby @heloiserobertsart
7- Ian Dowling, @iandowlingpotter
8- Ewan Cameron, @timber_grooves
9- Kirsty Watkins, @kirstywatkinsart
10- Sherrise Todd, @sherrise_art
📸 @lukelattyphotography
