FESTIVAL WEEKEND TIMETABLE, ALL EVENTS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Workshops, paint outs, exhibitions, awards & prizes, free demonstrations and artist talks. This festival celebrates everything to do with outdoor painting. All ages, all mediums, all skill levels.
Come and paint, or come and watch!
FESTIVAL WEEKEND DAY ONE | Sat 23 Sept 2023 | Mandurah
Mandurah Performing Arts Centre,
Ormsby Terrace
8.30am onwards Artist registration and board stamping for participating artists
9.30am – 11am Free painting demonstrations, ticketed event:
8.30am – 10.30am Continuous Morning Tea
Eastern Foreshore, Mandurah Terrace near the circular pool
11.30am onwards, free activities:
- Watch the artists painting along the Eastern Foreshore, Smart Street Mall & Sholl Street
- Have-a-go watercolour activity for grown-ups, with Artist Robyn Lowry
- Children’s painting activity, presented by Bendigo Bank
- City of Mandurah Youth Art Zone
- Sax on the House live music
12noon Lotterywest Demo Zone Jane Zandi, Watercolour
1.30pm Lotterywest Demo Zone Andy Dolphin, Oil Painting
3.00pm Lotterywest Demo Zone Val Brooks, Pastel
Mandurah Performing Arts Centre, Ormsby Terrace
5pm onwards
- Bar open, food available
- Live music with Debbie Zee
- Meet the Artists and watch the exhibition grow
- Spirit of the Landscape Exhibition, Alcoa Gallery
- Chocolate Wheel prizes for the day’s paintings
6.30pm Lotterywest Demo Zone Leon Holmes, Oil Painting
7.00pm Gina Williams & Guy Ghouse, Kalyakoorl, Ngalak Warangka Kalyakoorl, Ngalak Warangka! Fishtrap Theatre. Tickets here
FESTIVAL WEEKEND DAY TWO | SUN 24 Sept 2023 | Pinjarra
Edenvale Heritage Precinct and Town Centre, Pinjarra
8am to 12 noon Peel Produce Market
10am onwards
- Watch the artists painting along the Pinjarra Heritage Trail
- Have-a-Go watercolour activity for grown-ups with Artist Robyn Lowry
- Children’s art activity with Artist Suzy Galloway
- Nu.Arts Collective at Liveringa Gallery
- Roger May Machinery Museum
- Pinjarra Patchwork and Quilters
- Murray Districts Historical Society
- Pinjarra Arts Hub Shop
11am Lotterywest Demo Zone Amit Kapoor, Watercolour Painting
1.00pm Lotterywest Demo Zone D’hange Yammanee, Oil Painting
2.30pm Lotterywest Demo Zone Matt Ryder, Oil Painting
12 – 4pm Live music with Best Friends Music Duo
Mandurah Performing Arts Centre, Ormsby Terrace
5pm onwards
- Bar open, food available
- Live music with Debbie Zee
- Meet the Artists and watch the exhibition grow
- Chocolate Wheel prizes for the day’s paintings
- Painting critique by Feature Artists
- Nocturne painting
7.30pm Big City Beat Tribute Show, Boardwalk Theatre Tickets here
FESTIVAL WEEKEND DAY THREE | MON 25 Sept 2023 | Mandurah
Mandjar Square, outside the Mandurah Performing Arts Centre, Ormsby Terrace
8.00am onwards Coffee and breakfast van on site
8.30 – 9.30am Quick Draw registration and board stamping for participating artists
10am to 12 noon Two Hour Quick Draw Painting Competition
12.15 – 1.00 pm Quick Draw Judging, Awards, Easel Exhibition and Sales
Inside Mandurah Performing Arts Centre, Ormsby Terrace
1.30pm onwards
- Festival Art Exhibition Opens
- Major Awards Presentations
- Artwork sales
- Door prize presented by Seashells Mandurah
Ticket Information:
FREE to attend the three-day festival and all activities or PARTICIPATE AS AN ARTIST.
QUICK DRAW
Registration to paint –
Two Hour Painting Competition
25 September $20
ADULT Artist
Registration to paint –
Exhibit and sell at all events
19-26 September: Adults $67.50
Youth Artist
Registration to paint –
Aged 18 and under
$10.00
In addition to the festival weekend activities, there are many pre and post festival weekend activities, all designed to celebrate the art of painting outdoors. Extended program of activities