Exhibitions & Events 2023

Miami Plaza Exhibition Approaching Landscapes 2023

31 July – 13 August 2023

Miami Plaza Shopping Centre, Falcon, WA (Corner of Old Coast Road & Olive Road)

Mon-Fri 8:00am – 9:00pm

Sat 8:00am – 6:00pm

Sun 10:00am – 5:00pm

The Mandurah Plein Air Artists Inc (MPAA) annual art sale and exhibition. Over 150 works in oils, acrylics, watercolour, pastel and mixed media on display and available for purchase. You may find a work that represents a local scene or subject that you know well and can even chat with some of the artists.

“En Plein Air” means in the outdoors. It is the international art movement that today represents what was previously known as, landscape painting. Plein Air artists strive to capture their subject outdoors on location, without any additional studio work.

SOME WORKS ON DISPLAY:

Mandurah 9×5 Art Prize Map / Mapped / Mapping

21 July – 8 September 2023

Mandurah Performing Arts Centre, Ormsby Terrace, Mandurah WA

21 July 6:00pm • 8 September 5:00pm

This year’s theme is Map/Mapped/Mapping and artists are encouraged to delve deep into the many interpretations of these words to create their artworks.

Wordlwide Paint Out

SATURDAY 9 and SUNDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2023

Mandjar Square, Ormsby Terrace Mandurah

10:00am – 2:00pm

The Mandurah Plein Air Artists are inviting artists of all skill levels and mediums to join in the fun of this worldwide event. Artists across the world will be participating in a weekend of plein air activities.

Artist Rod Cameron painting along the Mandurah foreshore. Photo by Brian Osborne

Artists are asked to also consider taking part in the Plein Air Down Under Outdoor Painting Festival to be held in Mandurah and Pinjarra from 23 – 25 September. More information is available at: https://pleinairdownunder.com/

Internationally, this year marks the 21st annual event, supported by International Plein Air Painters Worldwide Paint Out. This organisation, who has members worldwide, is the blanket organization for individual plein air groups and was created for the sole purpose of advancing the execution and enjoyment of plein air painting without limitations of borders or regions.

To learn more about the International Plein Air Painters, and see some international events, go to: http://www.i-p-a-p.com/

Spirit of the Landscape Exhibition Opening

SATURDAY 9 SEPTEMBER 2023

Mandurah Performing Arts Centre, Alcoa Gallery – Ormsby Terrace, Mandurah

2:30pm

Following the World Wide Paint Out, come inside the Mandurah Performing Arts Centre for the official opening of the Spirit of the Landscape Exhibition, at 2.30 pm

This exhibition celebrates the vast landscapes of rural, regional and remote Australia, through the eyes of exhibiting artists. In telling these stories, artists may choose to reference place, the people of remote communities, the topography of the landscape or the challenges of living and working in remote Australia.

The Spirit of the Landscape Art Exhibition presents:

Brendon Darby, Constance Conroy Paul, D’hange Yammanee, Hilly Coufreur, James Walker, Jos Coufreur, Leanne Pearson, Leon Holmes, Matt Ryder, Natasha Ruschka, Pip Phelps, Robyn Lowry, Samuel Swadling, Shane van Rensburg, Tiffany Forster, Val Brooks, Amit Kapoor.