The Friends of the Art Gallery of Western Australia hold a continual events program throughout the year focused on providing a unique insight into the local art scene. Members are kept up to date with a regular event newsletter and a members magazine.

2011 sees a mix of Artist Studio Visits, film mornings, private dinners, members' morning events, and lectures from a range of professionals.

To reserve your place at any of the Friends events call the Friends Office on +61 8 9492 6750 or email: friends@artgallery.wa.gov.au

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Afternoon Tea with Friends

With a special guided tour of redux
and Year 12 Perspectives 2010

If you are a new member or an "old" Friend of the Art Gallery of WA, come and join us for a special guided viewing of two exciting exhibitions currently on display, remix and Year 12 Perspectives 2010.
Meet at the Friends' office.

Sunday 3 July
2 - 4.30pm
Including afternoon tea
Members $15/ Guests $20/
Students/Children: $5

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Tour: Subiaco on Sunday
An artistic and historical walk

Join us on 29th May for a leisurely walk through Subiaco to absorb the history and rich artistic life of one of Perth's favourite suburbs. The walk includes a tour of Subiaco Museum and Subiaco Library to view Perth's Oscar Award Winner, Shaun Tan's murals; and floor talks at Seva Frangos Art, featuring aboriginal artist, Rammey Ramsey's works from Turkey Creek in the Kimberley; and Murano & Gullotti, featuring Murano Venezia glasswork. You'll catch a glimpse of some of Kevin Jackson's art collection and memoribilia, the new public art by Swiss artist, Daniel Gottin; and a demonstration of gold leafing and frame restoration with Guest Fine Art.

Sunday 24 July
2 - 5pm includes afternoon tea
maximum of 40 tickets
Members $33 / Guests $44

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PRINCELY TREASURES FILM FESTIVAL OPENING PARTY
by Dr Stefano Carboni, Director of the Art Gallery of Western Australia.
Monday 11 July 2011

Join us for the gala Opening Party of the Princely Treasures Film Festival. The evening begins with a wonderful violin and piano recital by Pavel Sergeyev and Larissa Sergeyeva, performing a selection of Russian works that evoke the very essence of the Russian soul. Dr Stefano Carboni will then officially open the Film Festival and introduce the first of a series on APPRECIATING: Miniature of Peter the Great of Russia with a black page attributed to Baron Gustaf von Mardefeld.

Then sit back and enjoy the inaugural film of the Festival!

SERIES 1: RUSSIA IN THE AGE OF PETER THE GREAT
Peter the Great was a despot, a plotter who didn’t hesitate to slaughter thousands if they displeased him; he even sentenced his own son to death. But he is also considered ‘The Great’ because of what he did for Russia – aligning his country with European modernisation. A man of many contradictions, Peter the Great is remembered not only for his ruthlessness, but also for his hands-on in ship making and his brilliant design skills as St Petersburg attests.

6.15pm Arrival/Refreshments/Art Gallery Concourse
7pm Recital
7.30pm Opening by Dr Stefano Carboni/APPRECIATING
8-8.30pm Film
Front Entrance - Art Gallery of Western Australia
Members/Guests $55/$65

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PRINCELY TREASURES FILM FESTIVAL

A Feel for the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
11 July - 5 December 2011

to celebrate Princely Treasures: European Masterpieces 1600 – 1800
from the Victoria and Albert Museum

The Friends of the Art Gallery of Western Australia are proud to introduce this year’s Princely
Treasures Film Festival – a series of six documentaries designed to whet your appetite and
heighten your appreciation of the works in the forthcoming Princely Treasures exhibition.

The Friends are also introducing APPRECIATING, a series of talks given by guest speakers
focusing on special pieces from the exhibition.

Don’t miss the Princely Treasures Film Festival Opening Party on Monday 11th July, advertised above. Please refer to the attached program for more information on this fascinating Film Festival:

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MONDAY 15 AUGUST 2011
SERIES 2: MARIE ANTOINETTE

APPRECIATING: Guest speaker: Sue Geddes-Page, Principal Lecturer/Art Portfolio, Central Institute of Technology on the portrait Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Madame de Pompadour by François Boucher.

6.15 to 8.15pm
Entrance: Admin Area via James Street
Art Gallery of Western Australia Theatrette
Members/Guests $30/$40
MONDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2011
SERIES 3: INSIDE THE VATICAN

APPRECIATING: Guest speaker to be confirmed. Further information to follow by email, or please call the Friends office on 9492 6750

6.15 to 8.15pm
Entrance: Admin Area via James Street
Art Gallery of Western Australia Theatrette
Members/Guests $30/$40

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Wednesday 26 October 2011 (two documentaries)
SERIES 4: CHARLES I: 1625 – 1649
SERIES 5: CHARLES II – THE MERRY MONARCH: 1660-1685

APPRECIATING: Guest Speaker: Michael Preston, Honorary Fellow, University of Western Australia, on the Tobacco Box with a Portrait of Charles I.

6.15 to 8.30pm
Entrance: Admin Area via James Street
Art Gallery of Western Australia Theatrette
Members/Guests $30/$40

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MONDAY 14 NOVEMBER 2011
SERIES 6: PETER PAUL RUBENS

APPRECIATING: Guest Speaker: Melissa Harpley, Curator of Historical Art Painting, Sculpture and Design, Art Gallery of Western Australia, on War and Victory: Model for a title page by Peter Paul Rubens.

6.15 to 8.15pm
Entrance: Admin Area via James Street
Art Gallery of Western Australia Theatrette
Members/Guests $30/$40

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MONDAY 5 DECEMBER 2011
SERIES 7: CATHERINE THE GREAT OF RUSSIA

APPRECIATING: Guest Speaker: Alan Dodge AM, Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Art Adviser, on the Plate from the “Frog Service” made for Catherine the Great of Russia by Josiah Wedgewood.

6.15 to 8.15pm
Entrance: Admin Area via James Street
Art Gallery of Western Australia Theatrette
Members/Guests $30/$40

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MONDAY 18 JULY 2011

MR MICHAEL HOWARD
RODIN AND DEGAS

Two of the nineteenth century’s most famous artists are explored through their interest in
movement: Auguste Rodin’s work is a struggle between the immediacy of the physical and a
deep yearning for spiritual resolution – and Edgar Degas, famous for his paintings of ballet
dancers and race horses was fired by what he termed ‘the consolation of movement’ – an abiding
concern that found profound expression in his audacious private sculptural works.

Art Gallery Theatrette

Members $33/ Guests $44

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MONDAY 29 AUGUST 2011

DR SOPHIE OOSTERWIJK
THE FRUITS OF SIN: The Art and Times of Hieronymus Bosch

To a modern viewer the fantastic world that the Early Netherlandish painter Hieronymus Bosch (d. 1516) presents in his paintings may seem bizarre. His scenes of Creation, the Last Judgment, Hell, saints and the life of Christ are full of caricature characters and hybrid monsters who torture their human victims in highly imaginative ways. Unsurprisingly, Bosch’s art has often been ‘explained’ as the work of a visionary, a heretic, or even a hallucinating madman.

Art Gallery Theatrette

Members $33/ Guests $44

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MONDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2011

MR JOHN ERICSON
THE SHAKERS OF NORTH AMERICA

In North America there is tremendous interest in all things Shaker. In the last twenty years several museums have been established on the former sites of Shaker settlements and each of these receives thousands of visitors every year. When genuine examples of Shaker furniture come to auction they fetch prices far in excess of fine European examples of the same period. This furniture is rather plain or even austere - so what is the attraction and why is it so popular and highly valued?
The Shakers were a small group of religious dissidents and had their origins in mid-eighteenth century England. They established themselves initially in the north eastern states in agrarian communities as they attempted to build Utopia.
In this lecture John tells the story of the Shakers, their beginnings, what they believed in and how they lived and finally examples of their wonderful buildings and furniture.

Art Gallery Theatrette

Members $33/ Guests $44

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To reserve your place at any of the Friends events call the Friends Office on +61 8 9492 6750 or email: friends@artgallery.wa.gov.au

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