Artists au naturel
LAST year more than 400 a day flocked to the first Artwalk Freo as local artists threw open their homes and studios, giving punters a peek at what goes into […]
LAST year more than 400 a day flocked to the first Artwalk Freo as local artists threw open their homes and studios, giving punters a peek at what goes into […]
COLOURING-IN is just for kids — or is it? Walk into any bookshop and you’ll find shelves of adult colouring books—if you’re lucky, because they’re flying off the shelves. “It’s […]
THE voice down the blower had the familiar drawl heard in song, and if CW Stoneking had been any more laid back he’d have fallen over. Except he was already […]
THE pristine sheen of WA’s pearls hides a dark past, of Aboriginal men and women dragged into slavery, forced to dive for shell and to work the luggers out of […]
SHE only wants to be known as Kavita, a Fremantle local who has been painting since she was a slip of a girl. Now 72, Kavita is staging her first […]
WRITTEN as a verse novel, Sally Morgan’s Sister Heart is a poem that reads like a story—and flows like silk. The Fremantle local wrote it as a children’s book, but […]
SOME of WA’s best musicians are joining forces to present their favourite albums at Fremantle’s Newport Record Club. These aren’t tribute or cover bands, but musos getting together for one […]
ONLY a close-up examination of Maggie Baxter’s shirt reveals the fabric’s intricacy. Every thread and pattern is unique—unlike those of run-of-the-mill, mass-produced clothing. The East Fremantle woman says her shirt—designed […]
HAMILTON HILL’s Charlie Mgee is on a mission to save the world — with a ukulele and fresh beets. His Formidable Vegetable Sound System has taken out three WAMI awards […]
STARTED by the wives of SAS soldiers at Campbell Barracks in 1974, Army Art has been raising money for charitable groups for more than 40 years. Started as a one-off […]