15 August – 6 September

Celebrating 50 years, the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital recognises local talent while building their Art Collection and the winner is …..

Nyarrapyi GIles’s painting Warmarungu

Nyarrapyi’s paintings depict a site called ‘Warmarungu’ near Karku, Nyarrapyi’s birthplace. This is where the ochres are collected for ceremonial use. In the dreaming times many emus went down into the the rockholes and some took the form of trees. Nyarrapyi Giles paintings depict the ‘emu spirits’ which are released like a wind when the ochres are dug out of the ground and they take physical form again. Her paintings show the travels of the emus in the dreaming times and where they stopped at the rockholes for a drink. Location: 300km west of Uluru, WA.

The Young Originals is an exhibition of outstanding art works selected from Western Australian public secondary schools.

There is something on show for everyone: ceramics, graphic design, fashion, photography, painting, prints, textiles and sculpture.

This is a very popular exhibition with broad appeal to the general public and is very popular with school groups and for family outings during the October school holidays.