Renata Wright – Winner of JCAA Members Art Award 2019
Renata Wright is the winner of the 2019 Joondalup Community Arts Association (JCAA) Members Art Award. This award follows from last year’s “JCAA Members Selection Exhibition” where artists competed in five categories: Painting, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Photographic & Digital Media and Technical Excellence. The winner of each category then went on to produce 3 more works to present in this exhibition. The judging for the overall winner of the JCAA Members Art Award 2019 was done by three external judges.Read More
Adorn – exhibition and workshops – 18 Mar – 12 Apr 2019 / The Adorn exhibition will showcase the work of the Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia, WA (JMGA WA Inc). Come along and celebrate a display of unique contemporary jewellery and objects by JMGA WA members, whose use of skills and materials take adornment to new levels. Explore mankind’s desire for individuality through the concept of adornment at a series of creative workshops. Maker&Smith will host masterclasses and a forum ‘to stimulate the contemporary jewellers and makers community’. / Register for the Driven to Adorn Forum / Register for the Claire Townsend: Introduction to Enamelling on Copper workshop / Register for the Sarah Elson: Cuttlebone casting continued workshop
Manic Mobile Popup Exhibition 26 Feb to 15 Mar 2019 – Artist Call Out / Challenge yourself to inspire, entertain, push boundaries, experiment, explore and make something unique, different, curious, tactile and challenging. Use wire, plastic bottle tops, yogurt tubs, fabric, beads, paper. metal, found objects, sticks, natural objects, wool – anything and everything is a possibility. Bind, weave, collage, hang, stick, create, pile, stack, join, integrate, create, make, innovate!
CoJ Exhibition: New Acquisitions – 22 Jan to 1 Feb 2019: Each year, the City of Joondalup collects exemplars of Western Australian contemporary art through its visual arts program including the staging of the City of Joondalup Community Invitation Art Award as well as directly commissioning artists to produce works in response to their experiences in the City’s environments. New Acquisitions presents five artworks acquired for the City of Joondalup Art Collection in 2018, including Susan Roux’s Wives, which won the acquisitive prize and the People’s Choice Award in the CIAA, and Place of Glistening, a three-panel artwork commissioned from Nien Schwarz that was inspired by the City’s physical geography.
JCAA AGM: The Joondalup Community Arts Association is holding its Annual General Meeting at 6.15pm on 14 February 2019. All JCAA Members are invited to attend and to either nominate or vote for all positions on the JCAA Steering Committee including Chairperson.
JCAA Members Art Awards Exhibition: The Joondalup Community Arts Association is holding its annual Members Art Awards exhibition from 5 to 15 February. This stems from last year’s JCAA Selection Exhibition held in August where five winners were selected in the following categories: * Painting – Renata Wright * Sculpture – Sheila Ayling * Mixed media – Colin Drummond * Technical Excellence – Jane Armstrong * Photo and digital media – Dita Hagedorn / These five artists will now present three new artworks as well as the pieces exhibited in the Selection Exhibition. An overall winner of $500 will be selected by three external judges.
Would you like to learn how to paint with watercolours? Do you have a favourite subject you’d like to paint, like landscapes, seascapes, flowers, animals, abstracts? Renata can teach you all of this and more. Her classes are suitable for painters of all levels and are fun, easy-to-follow, and value-for-money. Choose from One Day Workshop in January or 8 classes in February and March on Wednesday evenings, Friday mornings, Saturday mornings, or Saturday afternoons. One Day Workshop $105 pp. 8 Weeks of Classes $250 (or $230 for ongoing students) plus equipment. Enrolment is essential.
JCAA Christmas Art Market – 28 Nov-14 Dec 2018 – Photo Gallery.
JCAA Christmas Art Market 28 Nov – 14 Dec 2018 / Many excellent artists contribute fantastic works for sale. These unique objects are priced at $250.00 or less. Works include high quality paintings and craft items such as pottery, hand-made jewellery, glass ware, hand-made cards and other creations. This is a yearly event which usually attracts over 1,500 visitors during the Twilight Markets. Excellent chance to buy a unique gift for someone you love.
Solo Exhibition by Corinne Gull – 3-24 Nov 2018 / Open to the public / Free Entry/ Viewing 10am-2pm Tue+Wed+Thu and 10.30am-2.30pm Fri / Extended Viewing: 5.30pm-10.30pm Sat 3 Nov and Sun 4 Nov
Black and White Exhibition – 9-26 Oct 2018 – Photo Gallery / Enjoy viewing the many images of the ‘Black and White’ Exhibition. The theme for the exhibition is black and white, tones of grey and silver! Explore concepts and images, contrasts, positive and negative space, textures, patterns and nuances using graphite, paint, printmaking, textiles, sculptural form, collage, mixed media and other appropriate media – no boundaries. 
JCAA Youth Portrait Selection Exhibition 21 Sep to 6 Oct 2018 – Award Winners a competition and exhibition for youth in Joondalup aged from 8 to 18 years.
Drawing Workshop with Andy Quilty. Part 1: 10am-11.30am Part 2: 12noon-1.30pm. The workshop will focus on the notion of drawing as a process of discovery. Participants will develop important skills, employing experimental methodologies and risk taking – introducing the notion of ‘happy accidents’ as fundamental to the art making process. Building confidence as well as technical skills, participants will gain the ability to take a more intuitive and exploratory approach to their work. Cost is $50 includes all material. Bookings are essential. There will be a break from 11.30 to noon so bring your own morning tea.
The Joondalup Community Arts Association held the Youth Portrait Selection Exhibition in September 2018 at the JAG. Here are some photos of the opening event.
Drawing & Painting / Using various methods and mediums / Term 4 Art Class / 10 Oct to 28 Nov / FIGURES in the LANDSCAPE / ALL EQUIPMENT SUPPLIED / Ages 8+ 4-6pm Wednesdays / $40 per workshop or $250 for 8 weeks! (upfront payment)
Would you like to learn how to paint with watercolours? Do you have a favourite subject you’d like to paint, like landscapes, seascapes, flowers, animals, abstracts? Renata can teach you all of this and more. Her classes are suitable for painters of all levels and are fun, easy-to-follow, and value-for-money. Choose from One Day Workshop in Nov or Dec or classes on Tuesday evenings, Friday mornings and Saturday mornings, or Saturday afternoons over 6 weeks in Oct to Dec 2018. One Day Workshop $105 pp. 7 Weeks of Classes $180 (or $160 for ongoing students) plus equipment. Enrolment is essential.
‘Diary of a Garden’ an exhibition by Chloe Tupper / 30th Oct – 2nd Nov 2018 / Open to the public / Free Entry/ Viewing 10am-2pm Tue+Wed+Thu and 10.30am-2.30pm Fri / Extended Viewing: 5.30pm-10.30pm Thu and Fri / Official Opening: 31 Oct 6.30pm-8.30pm
Saturday 29 Sep 2018 | 2 – 4.30pm | $40 | Materials provided | Tanisha will discuss and demonstrate various drawing techniques using pencils, graphite powder and some unexpected materials!