WELCOME

We joke that today is the day that artists begin their registration 😂❤️

Fellow procrastinators, if you`re half way through writing your Artist Statement, or still choosing the `right` artwork for the Guide, we understand. Remember that your Artist Profile can be edited, and you`ll be able to add new photos closer to the event.

Please finalise your Artist Registration tomorrow, 31 March, to be part of Margaret River Region Open Studios 2026.

⭐ Sponsorships, Advertising, Donations ⭐

Keen to reach a cultured, art-loving audience? Our audience is typically 80% female, 55% from Perth and 45% local.

Your business can feature in our marketing including 21,000 copies of our Event Guide, which visitors use to select and navigate studios. The event attracts around 15,000 visitors and generates an estimated $9 million in economic benefit.

Or would you like to help support an arts event that nurtures local artists and helps progress their careers.

If you`re interested in sponsoring Open Studios, advertising in the Event Guide or making a donation, please browse the guide and contact us with questions or bespoke packages.

mrropenstudios.com.au/partners-and-advertising/

Contact Amy art@mrros.com.au

🍷 2025 Gold Partner @clairaultstreicker hosted artist Daniel Fisher and the successful Art Party
📸 @lukelattyphoto

We are thrilled to welcome Dunsborough arts administrator and enthusiast Jacquie Happ OAM as the new Chair of Margaret River Region Open Studios.

Jacquie is excited to be stepping into the role of Chair for the 13th MRROS event. “Open Studios continues to grow because it offers something rare - authentic access to artists, their stories and the places where creativity happens.”

Joining Jacquie on the board are artists Cindy Nasato, Melanie Jarman, Camille Reid and Toni Salmon and industry professionals Susanne Finn (Vice Chair), Janine Pittaway (marketing/PR), Andrew Thornton Hick (Art Ambassador) and Susan Montanari (Treasurer).

A sincere thank you to Jim Davies, Karen Seaman and Georgia Zoric, who have recently stepped down, for their valued service on the committee.

Thank you to all our past and present committee members who generously give their time and expertise to our event.

⭐ Sponsorships, Advertising, new Donor Circle ⭐
Keen to reach a cultured, art-loving audience? Our audience is typically 80% female, 55% from Perth and 45% local, and they have above-average household incomes.

Your business can feature in our marketing including 25,000 copies of our Event Guide, which visitors use to select and navigate studios. The event attracts around 15,000 visitors and generates an estimated $9 million in economic benefit.

Or would you like to help support an arts event that launches and progresses artists` careers?

If you`re interested in sponsoring Open Studios, advertising in the Event Guide or joining our new Donor Circle, now is the time to express interest.

Complete the EOI: https://forms.gle/dignERSn5fVsf4549 (link in bio)
Contact Amy art@mrros.com.au

🎨 @laurenwilhelmartist
📸 @timcampbellphoto

🍄 A New Look for 2026 🕊️

Every year we launch with a brand new look and this year we shine a light into dark and damp forests, where shiny red mushrooms emerge from leaf litter, bracket fungi grow plate-like on the trunks of trees and ghost fungus glow at night.

The pink and orange flower-like form on the left of our logo? That`s an Orange Fan Fungus which grows in clusters on decaying wood.

Thanks to Dorothy Davies and Emily Jackson for their forest foraging, art direction and graphic design, bringing the theme to life.

🎨 @dorothy.davies.artist_ @emily.jackson.art.design

🎨 Artist Registrations are Open 🎨

Artists living and working in the Margaret River Region from Busselton to Augusta ~ we`d love you to join us and be part of Open Studios this spring.

Learn more + Register >> www.mrropenstudios.com.au
Registrations are open until Tuesday 31 March 2026.

🎨 Rachel Coad
📸 @timcampbellphoto

⚠️ As Open Studios has grown, interest from artists outside the region has increased. While we appreciate the enthusiasm, this event is for artists living and creating art in the Margaret River region, and additional checks will be made to ensure the event remains a genuine showcase of local artists. If you have any questions about eligibility, please email Amy art@mrros.com.au