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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From Dunsborough: 10kms along Caves Road – about 9 minutes, heading to Busselton.
From Busselton: head to Dunsborough, see the Ramada Resort on the right, Flame Tree on the left; pass Chain Ave slow down and turn left in the driveway just before the 90km sign.

ABOUT YOUR ART PRACTICE

• Ceramics
• Pottery

I started making pottery last year after watching my husband Myles and son Finn make pots for a very, very long time! I love the way the clay can be moulded into new forms and how conversations flow around it. The concentration and yet the freedom as it spins. As a learner, I’ve been having a go at a multitude of techniques – it’s so exciting as you learn to throw clay around recklessly then it tells you no, this is not respectful! The results can be surprisingly delightful or tragically disappointing.
Being surrounded by resources collected over a lifetime of pottery making is a great head start and having guidance by people like Myles and artist in life, Karen Seaman, is a privilege.
Mostly I have been handbuilding and pushing to make larger pinch pots on other shapes. The process is meditative and quieting. Exploring what clay will do if it is worked and worked (collapse!) or if it holds the shape you are looking for. Creating different textures for interest; or little bowls that have some meaning.
It is a quite a departure though strangely an extension of my regular job at the City of Busselton as the Cultural Development Officer and as a volunteer and president of the Dunsborough & Districts Progress Association. For over thirty years, I’ve been coordinating arts events and commissioning anything from bronze sculptures to major street artworks. I love meeting new makers and having the opportunity to stimulate discussion and create vibrancy within the area. Knowing that I’ve been there in the process for many of this region’s artworks, is a quiet and worthwhile legacy.
In late 2023 I was able to commission through the Building Busselton Town Team, a 72m Aboriginal artwork, working with three emerging artists Melanine Hume, India Armstrong and Stefan Calyon, and professional street artist Sam Allen. The paintings and story behind Boodja Koondarminy – Country Dreaming, are simply amazing – and its worth having a look. Find it behind the Woolworths building in Busselton.
I’m blessed to be able to be a creator for my own pleasure, for no reason other than fun. It’s very different from being an arts administrator for a home business, at the City or as a volunteer for a community group. I never in my life dreamed that I would have had the opportunities I have had through these different avenues, to empower artists and bring colour and connection into our communities and our lives. It is very satisfying.

Honestly, I’m having fun making practical bowls and eggs as I learn what clay and glazes will and won’t do. It’s relaxing, stimulating, heart-breaking and wonderful at the same time. For something serious, see Myles!

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

We have a production pottery which features rolling racks heaped with a menagerie of pottery in various stages. Raw pots by our various potters, bisque pots for orders and our gallery, lesson pieces, glazed pots and just fired pots. Large pots to beginner pots, and everything in between.
There are two very large trolley kilns, a small gas kiln and a couple in between. The building is a work in progress, made of jarrah, tin roof and houses the glazing area, lesson room, drying cupboards, and storage. It has history as well as character and we try not to let it get too dusty.
We have an area for our pottery experiences. The main goal of the experiences is to have fun, make connections and if you are lucky, a choice of objects that we glaze and fire and can be collected or posted.
We also have a honey shop – the first in the district, and you can taste our honeys that come from the iconic West Australian landscape. We even have a live beehive in the shop!

We will be doing hand building on site and Myles will be throwing or glazing. It will depend where we are in the process.

Myles may also need to do beekeeping as it is peak season.

From Dunsborough: 10kms along Caves Road – about 9 minutes, heading to Busselton.
From Busselton: head to Dunsborough, see the Ramada Resort on the right, Flame Tree on the left; pass Chain Ave slow down and turn left in the driveway just before the 90km sign.

• carpark
• buspark
• 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

Myles Happ; Karen Seaman

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

Event One

Choose your own adventure. In this workshop, Myles and Jacquie will guide you in making your own pots utilising a range of tools to make some of your own creations. You can try creating square dinner plates, small oval platters, and mugs.

Your four most successful pots will be finished and fired in our wide range of lesson piece glazes. If there is time, we will also look at making other hand built objects. If you are happy with these, there is the opportunity to have them finished for an additional cost. We are renowned for being generous with clay.

Session includes: 4 finished objects … grazing platter and wine
Cost: $195 per person
Bring your sense of humour and a friend!

Suitable for beginners. Book one of six spots for this session.

Our regular schedule of throwing experiences are available to book on our website.
$69 per person for 1.5 hours of throwing.
www.happspottery.com.au

Event Two

Choose your own adventure. In this workshop, Myles and Jacquie will guide you in making your own pots utilising a range of tools to make some of your own creations. You can try creating square dinner plates, small oval platters, and mugs.

Your four most successful pots will be finished and fired in our wide range of lesson piece glazes. If there is time, we will also look at making other hand built objects. If you are happy with these, there is the opportunity to have them finished for an additional cost. We are renowned for being generous with clay.

Session includes: 4 finished objects … grazing platter and wine
Cost: $195 per person
Bring your sense of humour and a friend!

Suitable for beginners and more

Book one of six spots for this session.

Our regular schedule of throwing experiences are available to book on our website.
$69 per person for 1.5 hours of throwing.
www.happspottery.com.au

Event Three

Choose your own adventure. In this workshop, Myles and Jacquie will guide you in making your own pots utilising a range of tools to make some of your own creations. You can try creating square dinner plates, small oval platters, and mugs.

Your four most successful pots will be finished and fired in our wide range of lesson piece glazes. If there is time, we will also look at making other hand built objects. If you are happy with these, there is the opportunity to have them finished for an additional cost. We are renowned for being generous with clay.

Session includes: 4 finished objects … grazing platter and wine
Cost: $195 per person
Bring your sense of humour and a friend!

Suitable for beginners and more

Book one of six spots for this session.

Our regular schedule of throwing experiences are available to book on our website.
$69 per person for 1.5 hours of throwing.
www.happspottery.com.au

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.