Register for MRROS 2024

Code of Conduct for MRROS event

Margaret River Region Open Studios is a not-for-profit organisation that provides marketing for a 16-day event to promote artists at all stages of their career living between Busselton and Augusta and west of Sues Road.

As a participant in the 2024 MRROS event, you are expected to show respect and courtesy to others. All interactions should be professional regardless of platform: either online or in-person. In order to foster a positive and professional event, we ask you to confirm your agreement to our Code of Conduct.

I agree to:

1. Show courtesy and respect towards the MRROS Administration and Marketing team, Board members and any other volunteers working on or associated with this event.
2. Use welcoming and appropriate language at all times.
3. Be respectful of different viewpoints in a constructive and respectful manner.
4. Focus on what is best for the whole event.

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9. City: Yelverton
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13. Postcode / Zipcode: 6280
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ABOUT YOUR ART PRACTICE

• Ceramics
• Drawing
• Painting
• Sculpture

Born in the UK, Karen came to Australia as a very small child. She has lived in the South West since 1989 and on her Jacka Road property since 1991. She is happiest living in the country and finds constant inspiration for her art through walking and working on 140-acres of bushland.

Since graduating from Teachers College in 1985 and a BA in Visual Arts from Canberra School of Art in 1988, Karen has maintained her studio practice alongside her career in primary school art education. She is a multidisciplinary artist who derives great pleasure from developing mastery of materials. With a strong grounding in observational drawing, Karen has developed as an artist through her enjoyment of experimentation. She participates regularly in Margaret River Region Open Studios, submits her art to group exhibitions and wins awards.

Karen has two working studios situated in a large high conservation forest block 23 kilometres from Busselton. Surrounded by sheds, farm equipment, gardens and a greenhouse, she creates two and three-dimensional works from natural and man-made objects.

Through a lifetime spent immersed in the natural world and the creative processes that arise from it, Karen’s career weaves together stories of place and seasonal change into thoughtful observant works.

Uploading your images

The process has changed a little this year;

Step 1 – Add 1 image that best represents your work for the printed Event Guide

Step 2 – Add an additional 9 artwork images and studio portraits for our marketing team

Step 3 – Add up to 10 images for your website listing – they can be the same or different to the images above

Step 4 – Add one main image for your website listing.

Each image must be 300dpi, between 2.5MB and 5MB, and formatted as a jpeg file.

Re-name all files to include your name, artwork title, year created, medium and size before uploading e.g., Jane Doe_Wild Seascapes_2018_Oil on canvas_10x10cm.

Please ensure the filenames contain only alphanumeric characters, underscores or hyphens. Special characters such as punctuation will cause the upload to fail.

Please add a photographer credit to the file name if required by the photographer.

(Note: we love to use smiling, welcoming studio portraits to promote MRROS on social media)

Studio Details

Karen has two working studios situated on a large, high conservation forest block 23 kilometres from Busselton. The studios are full of of things, books, old glass bottles, skulls, flotsam, and jetsam shells and mementos from her life. They are surrounded by sheds, farm equipment, gardens, a greenhouse and forest. Here she creates two and three-dimensional works from natural and man-made materials.

Amidst the creative chaos of brushes, paints, and palettes, visitors may catch Karen at work, fully immersed in the act of creation. Engaging with Karen's artwork is a sensory experience, inviting visitors to explore the details and layers of meaning embedded within each piece. Her process is a dance of spontaneity and deliberation, as she translates her internal thoughts and emotions onto the canvas with each brushstroke. Above all, a visit to Karen's studio is a journey of discovery—a chance to witness the transformative power of art and immerse oneself in the beauty of the natural world as seen through the eyes of this artist.

20 mins from Busselton - Follow Queen Elizabeth Drive to Payne Road. At the intersection of Payne Road and and Boallia Road, turn left and follow the signs.
20 Mins from Cowaramup - Follow Jindong Treeton north. At the intersection of Jindong Treeton Road and Gale Road, turn right and follow the signs to my studio.

• carpark
• access

• No steps or barriers, steep inclines, uneven or loose surfaces
• Paths are clear from the carpark
• Suits a walking frame or wheelchair

• There is a sign that everyone can see for emergency evacuation

• Ensure that there is adequate space between your furniture and displays

• Perhaps this is mitigated by a ramp.

MARKETING AND PUBLICITY

Events, Workshops, 'In-conversation' events and Special Activities

Event One

Event Two

Event Three

Payment Details

The total fee for participating in the Open Studios Event in 2023 is $935 including GST, and made up as follows:

• Membership renewal $132
• Participation fee $803, includes compulsory Public Liability Insurance

Full payment is required upfront by credit or debit card.