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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Take Walcliffe Rd west from Margaret River; turn right at Kevill Rd East (near Cape Mentelle); 2nd left at Culhane Rd, 1st left at Zani Place.
If coming from Kevill Rd West, take right at Culhane Rd and right into Zani Place.
If coming from Leon Pericles studio, turn south onto Caves Rd, bridge over river, left at Connelly Rd, left into Kevill West Rd, right at Culhane Rd, right at Zani Place. NB. you can't drive across the river to Kevill Rd at waterfall.

ABOUT YOUR ART PRACTICE

• Glass

Gerry Reilly's creative genius is well known throughout Australia, both through his brilliant free-formed art glass and the generosity he brings in sharing his practice through his Melting Pot Glass Studio for the past 35 years in Margaret River.
His highly skilled craftsmanship, brilliantly coloured and handcrafted art glass features his sought-after landscape forms, and ever popular accessible stemless glasses and tableware, hanging baubles and unique sculptures and lighting installations.
The warm friendly welcome at the studio brings connection and inspiration to all who visit. Watch a demo, book in for a glassmaking experience, shop from his studio displays, and wander in the ambient surrounds, with friendly dogs, atop the kangaroo-filled valley, above the Margaret River.
Based on their home property, 5 mins from Margaret River, Gerry and his partner Margot and son Ned, bring everyone an unforgettable taste of the glassblower's world in and around his studio, and the chance to take home a precious piece of Western Australian art glass and a treasured memory of Margaret River creatives at their home-grown best.

Be thrilled by alchemist Gerry Reilly working molten glass into his vibrant evocative designs. Connect and wonder, choose or wander.

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

Our shed-studio sits amidst our 1920s Margaret River farmhouses, continually undergoing renovation, with rambling gardens between and around the various artist residences, central fig tree, and marri forest block behind. The hilltop aspect offers far reaching views of forested hilltops looking north, and kangaroos throughout the valley. We have lived on the property as a family for 32 years and purchased the whole hilltop farm settlement in 2014 when the area was subdivided. The studio has standing room for up to 15 people, an off-the-shelf shop and adjacent outdoor displays packed with colourful glassware for sale.

We'll be open 12-6pm Sat, Sun, Mon, Tues, Wed; closed Thur, Fri during both weeks of MRROS 2024.
In the mornings 10am-12noon, we'll be offering private Blow Your Own Bauble and Create Your Own Winecup glassmaking experiences, which can be booked on our website meltingpotglass.com/workshops
In the afternoon-evening from 12-6pm, we'll be open to all, offering free glassblowing demonstrations by Gerry Reilly and/or Ned Reilly. You can watch the hot glass demonstrations, ask questions, take photos - its fun and fascinating.
When its busy, people rotate between the studio, the verandah shop and the Zani gardens.
Please ring for appointment with Gerry, if you are wanting to discuss commissioning customised artworks.

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• buspark
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• family

• 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

IAN DOWLING (if he's participating) ... certainly in relation to ceramics but mostly the numerous parallels of when and to where we've moved studios over the arc of our creative journeys, and how we've both evolved our art practice to suit the spaces and places we've created to work in. As an open studio event, this particular parallel story of two prominent established Margaret River artists has never been recorded and could be very relevant and interesting to share.

FI WILKIE ... old friends, but particularly as we are both artists who've run interactive creative workshops very successfully from our home studios for many years.

STEVE PEASE (if he's participating) ... used to have his jewellery studio built into our Boodjidup Rd studio. We have been close friends ever since and contemporaries as prominent WA designer-makers. We both have incorporated high level commissioned awards and corporate gifts into our practice and some of these works have been iconic in their role as highly-crafted presentation pieces, including for international government protocol gifts and high level sporting awards, much treasured by those receiving them.

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

Event One

An amazing half - one hour adult glassmaking experience for 1-2 people (15yrs and over).
Choose your colour mix then advise the glassblower on your surface design idea to create your unique stemless winecup and manipulate the hot glass with a small metal tool. You do the blowing - its easy and fun, with our safe blowing tube and disposable mouthpiece. MAX 2 people - make a second booking for groups of 4.
Allow half hour per glass.
Your piece(s) will be ready for collection the next day once cooled slowly overnight or postage can be arranged on the day. Gift vouchers available.

Event Two

An amazing half - one hour adult glassmaking experience for 1-2 people (15yrs and over).
Choose your colour mix then advise the glassblower on your surface design idea to create your unique stemless winecup and manipulate the hot glass with a small metal tool. You do the blowing - its easy and fun, with our safe blowing tube and disposable mouthpiece. MAX 2 people - make a second booking for groups of 4. Allow half hour per glass.
Your piece(s) will be ready for collection the next day once cooled slowly overnight or postage can be arranged on the day. Gift vouchers available.

Event Three

An amazing half - one hour adult glassmaking experience for 1-2 people (15yrs and over).
Choose your colour mix then advise the glassblower on your surface design idea to create your unique stemless winecup and manipulate the hot glass with a small metal tool. You do the blowing - its easy and fun, with our safe blowing tube and disposable mouthpiece. MAX 2 people - make a second booking for groups of 4. Allow half hour per glass.
Your piece(s) will be ready for collection the next day once cooled slowly overnight or postage can be arranged on the day. Gift vouchers available.

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.