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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ABOUT YOUR ART PRACTICE

• Ceramics
• Pottery
• Sculpture

In my ceramics, whether it be my sculptural work, or my functional ware, I strive to create an
understanding of the ancestral threads that still run through our modern lives.
Childhood memories of hours spent laying by water, reading endless books about childhood
adventures, inform a genuine love of character, and passion for story telling through the medium of
clay.
The strong, silent and intuitive characters I create, connect with the observer through the repeated
theme of ‘Eyes as the window of the Soul’, intense and all knowing in their gaze. They are also
often clothed in the form of wool jumpers as a symbol of familial care and love, reflecting on my
childhood as the daughter of an avid knitter and knitwear designer.
My last year has seen the creation of my first large scale public artwork, a 3-meter-tall figure called
‘The Postmaster General’ This was created using stoneware ceramics, steel and grout, for the
purpose of creating substrate for an artificial reef. He is installed 8 meters underwater as part of the
Busselton Jetty Dive and sculpture trail. After only 6 months, The Postmaster has been inhabited
by all types of marine creatures, from cuttlefish and octopi, to ascidians and soft corals. I truly feel
that this particular artwork has seen me grow not only as an artist, but as a human with the ability
to impact the environment in an extremely positive way, whilst engaging others to do the same.

Georgia Zoric is a ceramic artist living and working in Busselton, Western Australia.
This exhibition, her first at Shelter Brewery, will extend her research into her own ancestry and touch on the theme of 'Lives Past'

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

This year, I'll be exhibiting in Shelter Brewery, Busselton. The vast ceiling heights and industrial esthetic is the perfect backdrop for the larger pieces I am hoping to present this year.

Whilst I won't be doing demonstrations this year, the ability to walk around Shelter, beer in hand, to view the exhibition, is surely reason enough to visit!

• carpark
• buspark
• access
• family
• refreshments

• 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

Zac Zoric, my son, will be exhibiting at the Courthouse Complex with his jewellery range, Oubliette Treasures.

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

Event One

To kick things off, we’re throwing an exhibition opening party upstairs at Shelter Brewing Busselton on Saturday 7 September. This FREE event is the perfect chance to enjoy a few drinks, some nibbles, and a lot of great conversation paired with amazing art.

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.