Exhibitions and events

For further information on any of the exhibitions and events, please contact the Rockingham Arts Centre on 9527 0734 between 8am-4pm, Monday to Friday (please note these days are subject to change at times). Information on other exhibitions and events can also be found on our What's On Calendar.

2024 Rockingham Arts Centre Exhibition Program

Applications are now open for artists and community art groups to apply to exhibit at the Rockingham Arts Centre for the 2024 Exhibition Program.  Entries will close on Friday 7 July.  

Apply here


 

Everyday Alchemy by Natalie Blom and Lunch Bars by Brett Leigh Dicks Artwork photography

  • Joint exhibition dates: Wednesday 24 May to Sunday 18 June 2023   
  • Opening times: 10am - 4pm, Wednesday to Sunday
  • Location: Rockingham Arts Centre, 11 Kent Street, Rockingham  
  • Cost: Free entry 
  • Opening Night:  Friday 26 May, 6pm - 8pm.  All welcome.

Everyday Alchemy by Natalie Blom  

The title of the show plays on the idea of alchemy, the transmutation of elements. Like alchemy, the film soak method used by the artist is largely experimental and perhaps also hints at the mystical. 

Join Natalie in her workshop 'Experimental Analogue Film Photography' on Saturday 27 May from 11am to 12.30pm. 
 

Workshop information

Lunch Bars by Brett Leigh Dicks Photo of lunch bar

Typically tucked away in the city’s suburban, industrial, and commercial areas, lunch bars have been sustaining the workforce with an array of no-frills fast food since the 1950s. For the past two years Brett Leigh Dicks has been tracking down examples of this quirky and vibrant slice of Western Australia.

Join Brett in his workshop 'New Topographies: Photographing the Urban Landscape' on Saturday 3 June from 12pm-3pm. 

Workshop information


Join Natalie and Brett for a free artist talk on Saturday 27 May from 2pm to 3pm.

Register here

 


 

Driven to Abstraction by Angelina Naglazas and Anna CoxColourful abstract artwork.

  • Exhibition dates: Friday 9 - Sunday 11 June 2023    
  • Opening times: 10am - 4pm, Wednesday to Sunday
  • Location: Rockingham Arts Centre, 11 Kent Street, Rockingham  
  • Cost: Free entry 

Anna and Angelina both create artforms from their individual unique styles but have a commonality of love of colour and expressive mark making. Both are committed to their creative field and their uniqueness of exploring forms and colour is evident within their work. Anna expresses her art forms with a simplicity of organic type mark making gently exploring space and nature and Angelina becomes the bold with brightness and large formation that are figurative. 

 

 


    

Watercolour Exhibition by Maricela GomezWatercolour painting of a red-breasted bird on a branch.

  • Exhibition dates: Friday 16 - Sunday 18 June 2023    
  • Opening times: 10am - 4pm, Wednesday to Sunday
  • Location: Rockingham Arts Centre, 11 Kent Street, Rockingham  
  • Cost: Free entry 

An exhibition of watercolours featuring the beauty of Australian animals.

 


 

Life Unfurling by Nic ComptonLarge snail-shaped shell carved out of wood.

  • Exhibition dates: Wednesday 21 June to Sunday 16 July 2023   
  • Opening times: 10am - 4pm, Wednesday to Sunday
  • Location: Rockingham Arts Centre, 11 Kent Street, Rockingham  
  • Cost: Free entry 
  • Opening Night:  Friday 23 June, 6pm - 8pm. 

Register for Opening Night

Nic's inspiration for his works are drawn from experiences in walking and canoeing in natural environments, both in Australia and Aotearoa. These artworks are Nic's interpretation and creation, which are influenced by carving traditions. In these works you can see the ‘koru’ or unfurled shoot of a fern, a strong Maori carving symbol, blended with organic shapes from the sea and land created using recycled timber from Western Australian trees, with several carved from the heart wood of an old growth Jarrah tree that was removed from Sawyers Valley.  They are made using chain saws, chisels, drills, and sanding tools which are used to cut, shape, create soft and hard edges, as well as negative and positive spaces. Nic amis to honour the materials and do justice to the once-living trees. 

If you are interested in finding out more about the 'Life Unfurling' exhibition, please join Nic for a free artist talk on Saturday 1 July from 2pm.

  Register for artist talk

About the artist

Nic is a Western Australian artist, raised in Aotearoa New Zealand with a studio in York WA.  He studied at Claremont School of Art and Curtin University. Nic’s passion for wood carving and construction has led to creation of many large outdoor artworks. He also enjoys creating more intimate pieces encouraging reflective interaction. 

 

 


 

Slow-making Locally by Annette NykielA collection of textiles in a basket.

  • Exhibition dates: Wednesday 19 July to Sunday 13 August 2023   
  • Opening times: 10am - 4pm, Wednesday to Sunday
  • Location: Rockingham Arts Centre, 11 Kent Street, Rockingham  
  • Cost: Free entry 
  • Opening Night:  Friday 21 July, 6pm - 8pm.  All welcome.

Annette Nykiel’s Slow-making Locally exhibition consists of fibre and repurposed textile works which have been stitched, woven, dyed or printed with local plant materials. The exhibition has a strong focus on colours that have been produced from green waste. There is a long history of plant dyeing, botanical printing and basketry that is currently experiencing a revival. These traditional practices of dyeing, printing and basketry are informed by the continuing research into the properties of Western Australian plant species, both native and introduced. 

A pop-up market will also be held as part of this exhibition on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 July from 10am to 4pm in the Multifunction Room at the Rockingham Arts Centre.

About the artist

Annette Nykiel is a slow-maker and fibre/textile artist with a long association with rural and remote Western Australia. Her geoscientist background informs her slow-making as she notices, gathers, and wanders in the bush. She wonders about the precarity of soils and the interdependence of ecological systems. She creates natural bush-dyed and hand-stitched textiles and vessels from repurposed cloth, earth and windfall.

Workshops

As part of this exhibition, a diverse range of workshops are being presented including stitching, coiling, cyanotype printing plus Lake Richmond swamp walks.  

Workshop information

 


 

In Naturalibus by Felicity Lowe Drawing of the back of a seated naked women in pink tones.

  • Exhibition dates: Friday 28 July to Sunday 30 July 2023    
  • Opening times: 10am - 4pm, Wednesday to Sunday
  • Location: Rockingham Arts Centre, 11 Kent Street, Rockingham  
  • Cost: Free entry 

Local artist Felicity Lowe presents a selection of informal life drawing sketches and images done in pencil, charcoal, watercolour, and more, from a variety of models and views.

Please note, there is nudity but no sexual content; there is no age restriction for entry.

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