THE biennial art exhibition held by the Wongan Art Society has been acclaimed as a fantastic success.
People came to see the exhibition from all over Western Australia.
Art society president Elizabeth Sewell said, “Because it was our silver anniversary event, the Civic centre where the exhibition was held, we decorated with silver gumnuts, black fabric and black trees with silver angel hair.
“This gave the effect of walking into fairy land and created a fantastic impact when you entered the hall.”
The art works came from as far as Albany, Bunbury, Denmark, Mandurah, Margaret River, Narembeen and Perth as did the demonstrators in the lesser hall at the complex.
One of the guest artists Sophie Strohmeier, who had works on display, has also displayed her work overseas, and the Wongan Hills exhibition was the first time that it has been exhibited in Australia.
“We feel very privileged to have been able to do this, the piece in particular is a quilt with the image of a frock on it,” Mrs Sewell said.
“Pam Grose, a cloth doll guest artist, has also presented her works overseas as well as being invited to give workshops there.
“We are honoured to have been given the opportunity to present both these artists works at our exhibition.”
The demonstrators’ works had something to offer everyone with an interest in art and craft from beading, weaving, patchwork, transferring photos to fabric, and diachronic glass in a microwave to gardening.
The entertainment was as vast as the art works, but both complemented one another.
The entertainment that performed during the four days were Bella music (fruit and veggie group) Miriam from the Kenetic theatre and local artist Georgie Sadler.
It was pleasing to see the children following the entertainment around as they performed, especially Miriam from the Kenetic Theatre who sprinkled them with silver stars.
The Bridging the Gap trio performed on opening night to a crowd of 200 people with the help from Bella Music.
Awards were presented to the winners followed by wine and cheese to background music.
The rolls of alfoil and the shovels that were sent out into the community to be turned into pieces of art works were a great success and created tremendous interest among the general public.
The shovels in particular created a great attraction as they had been turned into water features, sculptures, photo frames, and gardens to wedding shovels.
Roderick Brown painted during the duration of the exhibition for the general public and he had many spectators watching him.
“The exhibition had something to offer everyone and the atmosphere during the exhibition was electric,” Mrs Sewell said.
“The feed back from the general public confirmed this and I believe that this was due to the fact that there was something happening all of the time.
“Overall, despite the weather, we were extremely pleased with the success of the exhibition and the crowds that we attracted during the event.
“With the help and support of the Wongan Ballidu community, the members of the Wongan Arts Society were able to present an exhibition for our 25th anniversary event that we are very proud of.”
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