{"id":19,"date":"2025-10-13T05:23:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T05:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalcreators.news\/?p=19"},"modified":"2025-10-13T07:59:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T07:59:49","slug":"perth-art-weekend-returns-a-three-day-immersion-in-contemporary-creativity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalcreators.news\/?p=19","title":{"rendered":"Perth Art Weekend Returns: A Three-Day Immersion in Contemporary Creativity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalcreators.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/68b81c4269000fcc2a5faf88_PAW_banner_save_the_date-1024x607.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalcreators.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/68b81c4269000fcc2a5faf88_PAW_banner_save_the_date-1024x607.gif 1024w, https:\/\/digitalcreators.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/68b81c4269000fcc2a5faf88_PAW_banner_save_the_date-300x178.gif 300w, https:\/\/digitalcreators.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/68b81c4269000fcc2a5faf88_PAW_banner_save_the_date-768x455.gif 768w, https:\/\/digitalcreators.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/68b81c4269000fcc2a5faf88_PAW_banner_save_the_date-18x12.gif 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Perth Art Weekend Returns: A Three-Day Immersion in Contemporary Creativity<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>This October, Perth once again transforms into a city-wide studio as <strong>Perth Art Weekend<\/strong> returns for its second edition \u2014 a refined, three-day program running from <strong>Friday, October 17 to Sunday, October 19, 2025<\/strong>. The event turns the city into a living gallery, with exhibitions, performances, conversations, and community moments unfolding across streets, galleries, and cultural spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thoughtfully curated and quietly ambitious, this year\u2019s program celebrates Perth\u2019s growing confidence as a creative capital \u2014 a place where art, design, and innovation intersect with effortless poise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Featured Events<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Friday, 17 October 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Fantastic Forms<\/strong> \u2014 <a>John Curtin Art Gallery<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Lester Prize for Portraiture<\/strong> \u2014 <a>WA Museum Boola Bardip<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Subi Art Walk for Perth Art Weekend<\/strong> \u2014 Walmsley Lane, Subiaco<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Everyday, Myths and Legends<\/strong> \u2014 <a>John Curtin Art Gallery<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dirt Feeling<\/strong> \u2014 <a>John Curtin Art Gallery<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Artist Jacobus Capone Exhibition GENESIS<\/strong> \u2014 Cathedral Square<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Stain Exhibition<\/strong> \u2014 <a>NS Nyisztor Studio<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Guided Tour with Curator Lia McNight<\/strong> \u2014 <a>John Curtin Art Gallery<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Guided Tour with Curator Connie Petrillo<\/strong> \u2014 Council House, Perth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Re-PLAY<\/strong> \u2014 <a>Art Gallery of Western Australia<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>GUNFU TWO: Stephen Brameld x Jay Staples x GunFu<\/strong> \u2014 Lawson Flats<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Anna Nazzari Exhibition Opening<\/strong> \u2014 <a>NS Nyisztor Studio<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Saturday, 18 October 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Lester Prize for Portraiture<\/strong> \u2014 <a>WA Museum Boola Bardip<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mundaring Hills Open Studios<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Army Art<\/strong> \u2014 Leeuwin Barracks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Re-PLAY<\/strong> \u2014 <a>Art Gallery of Western Australia<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Foundations of Rendering with Ross Potter<\/strong> \u2014 South Perth Community Hall<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>State Art Collection Tour with AGWA Curator Robert Cook<\/strong> \u2014 <a>Art Gallery of Western Australia<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Stain Exhibition<\/strong> \u2014 <a>NS Nyisztor Studio<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Artist Jacobus Capone Exhibition GENESIS<\/strong> \u2014 Cathedral Square<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Life Drawing Session<\/strong> \u2014 <a>WA Museum Boola Bardip<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Guided Tour with Artist Alana Hunt<\/strong> \u2014 <a>PICA<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Place Makers Curatorial Tour with Lee Kinsella<\/strong> \u2014 <a>Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Guided Tour with Second Generation Collective V\u00e1dye Eshgh (Valley of Love)<\/strong> \u2014 <a>PICA<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Art, Ecology, and Consciousness<\/strong> \u2014 Forrest Hall Auditorium<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Meet the Gallerist and Collector Olivier David<\/strong> \u2014 OFFMARKET Gallery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>What Comes Next?<\/strong> \u2014 <a>PICA<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Garden Party &amp; Studio Visit with Artist Corinne Barton<\/strong> \u2014 The Birches<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>AGWA Foreign Language Guided Tour in French with Capucine Flipo<\/strong> \u2014 <a>Art Gallery of Western Australia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sunday, 19 October 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Lester Prize for Portraiture<\/strong> \u2014 <a>WA Museum Boola Bardip<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Studio Visit with Artist Tania Ferrier<\/strong> \u2014 South Fremantle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>MY OCEAN with Artist Ian Daniell<\/strong> \u2014 <a>WA Museum Boola Bardip<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mundaring Hills Open Studios<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Army Art<\/strong> \u2014 Leeuwin Barracks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Re-PLAY<\/strong> \u2014 <a>Art Gallery of Western Australia<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Meet the Gallerist and Collector Olivier David<\/strong> \u2014 OFFMARKET Gallery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Stain Exhibition<\/strong> \u2014 <a>NS Nyisztor Studio<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Guided Tour at The Art Sanctuary<\/strong> \u2014 Art Sanctuary Foundation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Meet the Gallerist Margaret Moore<\/strong> \u2014 Cathedral Square<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Everyday, Myths and Legends<\/strong> \u2014 <a>John Curtin Art Gallery<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dirt Feeling<\/strong> \u2014 <a>John Curtin Art Gallery<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fantastic Forms<\/strong> \u2014 <a>John Curtin Art Gallery<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Garden Party with Collector Thomas Murrell<\/strong> \u2014 Fairview Historic Home<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Studio Visit with Caroline Christie-Coxon<\/strong> \u2014 North Fremantle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Studio Visit with Matthew McVeigh<\/strong> \u2014 Maylands<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Guzheng Grand Ensemble<\/strong> \u2014 <a>WA Museum Boola Bardip<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Program &amp; Access<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The full schedule \u2014 including exhibitions, panel discussions, and private gatherings \u2014 is available at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/digital.perthartweekend.com\/\">digital.perthartweekend.com<\/a><\/strong>. Most events are free, though some require registration or limited capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Locations (with Links)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a>WA Museum Boola Bardip<\/a> \u2014 Perth Cultural Centre, Perth CBD<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a>John Curtin Art Gallery<\/a> \u2014 Curtin University, Bentley<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a>Art Gallery of Western Australia<\/a> \u2014 Perth Cultural Centre, Northbridge<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a>PICA<\/a> \u2014 Perth Cultural Centre, Northbridge<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a>NS Nyisztor Studio<\/a> \u2014 Fremantle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a>Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery<\/a> \u2014 UWA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Weekend of Art and Connection<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Perth Art Weekend presents a portrait of a city in creative dialogue with itself. Across disciplines and generations, the weekend highlights Perth\u2019s distinct rhythm \u2014 grounded in community, outward-looking, and globally aware. For those who value art not as spectacle but as exchange, this is a weekend to engage deeply \u2014 to see, listen, and be inspired by what\u2019s emerging here, now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>his October, Perth once again transforms into a city-wide studio as Perth Art Weekend returns for its second edition \u2014 a refined, three-day program running from Friday, October 17 to Sunday, October 19, 2025. 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