Exhibition Opening: 'Grand Designs' Create Connect Artists
2025-09-05 13:00 - 15:00 (Australia/Perth) | Victoria Park Centre for the Arts (Main Gallery), 12 Kent Street, East Victoria Park, WA, 6101, Australia
Exhibition runs: 5 September – 23 September 2025Opening event: Friday 5 September, 1.00pm – 3.00pm

Grand Designs showcases the housing creations of Create Connect artists—individuals with disability. Each work offers a glimpse into their homes, or the homes they dream of.

Using everyday materials such as cardboard, paint, popsticks and collage, the artists explore ideas of shelter, identity and belonging through imaginative, personal structures.

(Pictured: Malcolm Burgess)

Exhibition Opening: 'Acid Utopia: Judgment Day'
2025-09-27 14:00 - 16:00 | Victoria Park Centre for the Arts (Main Gallery), 12 Kent Street, East Victoria Park, WA, 6101, Australia
Exhibition runs: 27 September – 11 October 2025Opening event: Saturday 27 September, 2.00-4.00pmWeekend gallery hours: Saturdays 4th & 11th, 11.00am-3.00pm

‘Acid Utopia: Judgment Day’ is the follow-up to the 2020 exhibition ‘Acid Utopia’, reuniting artists Anthony Kelly, Guillermo Kramer, Lyle Branson and Peter Carlino. Against the backdrop of growing global uncertainty, the exhibition explores how utopian dreams — shaped and distorted by late capitalism— transform into hybrid or dystopian realities.

Through mixed media, the artists examine the friction between idealistic visions and their often-compromised outcomes. ‘Acid Utopia: Judgment Day’ invites viewers to reflect on the shifting nature of hope, power and imagination in an increasingly unstable world.

(Pictured: ‘An Emergency’ (detail), Peter Carlino)

Cultural Dinner: Southern India
2025-10-01 18:30 - 20:30 | Victoria Park Community Centre, 248 Gloucester Street, East Victoria Park, WA, 6101, Australia
Tickets available here ($15+bf)
Discover the ways that culture and cuisine are interwoven on a laid-back evening getting to know your neighbours with delicious homemade food…
Cultural Dinners are an interactive experience where a local host is invited to prepare a meal to share their unique story and heritage. After introductions, guests join in preparing an element of the dinner before having a homely sit-down meal together.
The Cultural Sharing Dinners Project is an initiative of the Victoria Park Centre for the Arts, in collaboration with Victoria Park Community Centre. This project is funded by the Australian Government’s Fostering Integration Grants Program through the Department of Home Affairs.

Exhibition Opening: 'Heartland' Barbara Maumill
2025-10-17 17:30 - 19:30 | Victoria Park Centre for the Arts (Main Gallery), 12 Kent Street, East Victoria Park, WA, 6101, Australia
Exhibition runs: 17 October – 2 November 2025
Opening event: Friday 17 October, 5.30-7.30pm
Weekend gallery hours: Saturdays and Sundays 11.00am-2.30pm

Barbara Maumill’s intimate paintings celebrate the quiet and memorable moments of observing small country towns, their streets and established local community environments.
Barbara’s paintings are closely observed gems of regional WA’s light, skies and landscape. Barbara is a regular exhibitor and award winner in many juried WA art awards.

(Pictured: ‘Steer Street Sunrise’ Barbara Maumill)

Exhibition opening: 'Remnants' Laura Ward
2025-10-18 14:00 - 16:30 | Victoria Park Centre for the Arts (Front Room), 12 Kent Street, East Victoria Park, WA, 6101, Australia
Exhibition runs: 18 October – 4 November 2025
Opening event: Saturday 18 October, 2.00pm-4.30pm
Ward combines photographic screen-printing, puff paste, embroidery and bead work to create experimental works representing the human body.
She represents fluids, scars, bruises, wounds, forms and mimics human textures as a site of complex interrelations of emotions, sensations and changing capabilities.

Mexico: Day of the Dead!
2025-11-02 16:00 - 18:00 | Hillview Intercultural Community Centre, 1-3 Hill View Place, Bentley, WA, Australia
A celebration of Mexican Culture
The Victoria Park Centre for the Arts is partnering with Hillview Intercultural Community Centre to deliver a series of cultural sharing events for neighbours, residents and the community. Our November gathering is a family friendly event celebrating ‘Mexico: Day of the Dead’.
This event is presented by the Friends of Mexico WA and will include Ixtzul Mexican folkloric dance troupe and the Muchos Mariachi band. The event will include skull decorating, Day of the Dead Bingo (‘Lotería’) and print colouring.
Tickets available here.

Exhibition opening: 'Serendipity' Jill Ansell evening classes
2025-11-07 18:00 - 20:00 | Victoria Park Centre for the Arts (Main Gallery), 12 Kent Street, East Victoria Park, WA, 6101, Australia
Opening event: Friday 7 November, 6.00pm-8.00pmExhibition runs: 7 November – 25 November

Please come along to the exhibition opening of ‘Serendipity’.

This delightful and diverse group of artists met at the evening painting classes run by Jill Ansell. Varied in their approach and subject matter, they are unified in their love of painting and exploring the medium.

(Pictured: Colleen Gent, Vanessa Bradley)

Exhibition opening: ‘YODyssey 2025’ Kenneth Lewsey
2025-11-08 14:00 - 16:00 | Victoria Park Centre for the Arts (Front Room), 12 Kent Street, East Victoria Park, WA, 6101, Australia
Exhibition runs: 7 November – 24 November 2025Opening event: Saturday 8 November, 2.00pmClosing event & award presentation: Friday 21 November, 4.00pm

This exhibition is a collection of artworks that were created after Kenneth Lewsey’s diagnosis of Younger Onset Dementia (YOD). The exhibition seeks to highlight the life of people living with Younger Onset Dementia (under 65 years at the time of diagnosis) and the struggles that both the person with the illness and their carers experience.

The Robert Anson Perpetual Award (RAPA) will be awarded at the closing event, this year voted from Ken’s exhibited work. The Young Ones Choir will sing at the closing event.

(Pictured: Kenneth Lewsey)

Call for entries! VPCA Members’ Exhibition 2025
2025-11-19 16:00 | Victoria Park Centre for the Arts (Main Gallery), 12 Kent Street, East Victoria Park, WA, 6101, Australia
Entry forms for Members’ Exhibition here
To view, you must first log in to your member’s account here
$5.00 per work

Overview
The Victoria Park Centre for the Arts (VPCA) Members’ Exhibition 2025 is open to current VPCA members. All entries are online only. An administration fee of $5.00 per artwork will be charged online and is not refundable. Artists may submit up to 2 artworks. Series or sets are not allowed. The number of works accepted will depend on available space and will be selected by VPCA staff and volunteers.
A ‘People’s Choice’ Award of assorted art materials up to the value of $250 will be donated by art supplier, Oxlades, Osborne Park for the most popular work in the exhibition.

Please read the conditions of entry and sign to confirm.
Important Dates
Entries Open: Friday 19th September 2025
Entries Close: Wednesday 19th November 2025 (late submissions will not be accepted)
Exhibition Dates: Friday 28th November 2025 – Tuesday 9th December 2025
Venue: Kent Street Gallery | Victoria Park Centre for the Arts, 12 Kent Street East Victoria Park WA 6101
Delivery of Artwork: Tuesday 25th November, 10.00am – 4.00pm, Wednesday 26th November, 10.00am – 5.00pm
Collection of Artwork: Wednesday 10th December – Thursday 11th December, 10.00am – 5.00pm. Artists will be notified if work is sold.
Opening Event: Friday 28th November 2025, 5.30pm – 7.30pm
Conditions of Entry

Entries can be from any individual, organisation or business who is a current member of the VPCA. This is a celebration of creativity in our community.
Participants can enter up to two (2) creative works. Works do not have to be of the same artform.
2 dimension works no larger than 100 x 100 cms
3D works open on case by case entry

Exhibited works are subject to VPCA’s discretion.
Participants may enter work into any of the categories outlined below:
Painting | Textiles | Sculpture | Ceramics | Photography | Drawing | Mixed Media | Collage | Digital Media
All works entered for the VCPA Members’ Exhibition 2025 must be made online.
All creative works must be original works, created by the entrant, and not copied from another person’s art or another person’s photograph.
Artworks featuring any form of cultural appropriation will not be accepted to exhibit.
All artworks must be delivered ‘ready to hang’ or display using D-rings to be able to hang on the gallery hanging system. Each artwork must be fitted with two D-rings, 4 cm from the top of the work. The work will be hung from these, not from wire, string, tape, or any other fixing.
Unframed works on mountboards must be supplied with hanging fixings, which can be attached by framers or purchased separately, as with a Thorned Metal Foam Board Hanging Clip with Hinge available from www.hanganddisplay.com.au
VCPA reserves the right to not hang submitted works if they are considered not deemed safe, or suitable to be able to be hung using the gallery hanging system.
All artworks must have a label with the name of the artist and the title of the artwork behind it.
It is the entrant’s responsibility to obtain all permissions including model releases and/or copyright owner’s permission to have the images displayed and published.
Wrappings of artworks must be removed on delivery by the artist or their agent.
VPCA reserves the right to reproduce any image for publicity/educational purposes. This includes publications, websites, social media and/or promotions where the use is to promote VPCA and the Members’ Exhibition. In such cases the Artist & photographer will be credited appropriately.
VPCA will not cover any damage, theft of any other loss of creative works.
Entries that are not collected by Weds/Thurs 10-11 December 2025, 10.00am-5pm may become the legal property of VPCA, unless an alternative collection date is arranged with VPCA prior to the closing date.
You will be informed by phone and/or email if your entry is not able to be exhibited due to quality of work or framing, number of entries or limited exhibition space.
Images should be suitable for display in a community setting. VPCA reserves the right to reject unsuitable images.
VPCA and all sponsors accept no legal responsibility for breaches of moral, model, privacy and/or copyright laws and releases.
VPCA decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into.
No changes to entry are allowed after entries close.
20% commission on all sales is payable to VPCA. ABN or Statement by Supplier is to be provided to the VPCA if items are for sale.
Artists who have an ABN and are registered for GST must include the GST amount in the total sale price. Artists who have an ABN and are not registered for GST must not include GST in the total sale price.
Artists who do not have an ABN must provide a signed ‘Statement by Supplier’ form with the relevant section ticked when they deliver their work for exhibition. Failure to do so will require VPCA to withhold 48.5% after the sales commission has been deducted.
Under no circumstances are any of the exhibited artworks to be removed from the gallery until the exhibition is over.

Enquiries
Telephone: 08 6454 1803
Email: admin@vicparkarts.org.au
Website: www.vicparkarts.org.au
Facebook: Victoria Park Centre for the Arts
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Become a Member
You can become a member here.

Exhibition closing & award presentation: ‘YODyssey 2025’ Kenneth Lewsey
2025-11-21 16:00 - 18:00 | Victoria Park Centre for the Arts (Front Room), 12 Kent Street, East Victoria Park, WA, 6101, Australia

VPCA Annual General Meeting
2025-11-25 18:00 - 19:00 | Victoria Park Centre for the Arts, 12 Kent Street, East Victoria Park, WA, 6101, Australia
Notice of Annual General Meeting:
Call for board nominations and details of our Annual General Meeting for 2025
Board nominations due Tuesday 11 November
Annual General Meeting: Tuesday 25 November, 6:00pm – 7:00pm

Board Nominations
Victoria Park Centre for the Arts is unique in its position as a Community Arts Centre in the Perth region of WA. For over 30 years it has provided access for local artists and creative practitioners to promote opportunities for workshops, exhibitions, and events to our community.
Our Board is vital part to the Centre’s mission. If you would like to become part of our strategic team please nominate for the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.
Complete the online nomination form here and return to director@vicparkarts.org.au by midnight 11th November. We look forward to hearing from you.
Nominees must have membership, you can become a member online here.

Annual General Meeting
This year’s AGM is coming up on Tuesday 25th November at 6.00pm at 12 Kent Street, East Victoria Park. Please come along and share our news. Light refreshments (wine/beer/nibbles) will be available on the night. The meeting is likely to last for 40 minutes maximum.
You can now view our 2024-2025 Annual Report online here.
You can now view our 2024-2025 Audit Report online here.

VPCA Members’ Exhibition Opening 2025
2025-11-28 17:30 - 19:30 | Victoria Park Centre for the Arts (Main Gallery), 12 Kent Street, East Victoria Park, WA, 6101, Australia
Exhibition runs: Friday 28th November 2025 – Tuesday 9th December 2025
Opening event: Friday 28th November 2025, 5.30pm – 7.30pm
Come along to see a collection of artworks by the wonderful and talented community we have at Victoria Park Centre for the Arts.
A ‘People’s Choice’ Award of assorted art materials up to the value of $250 will be donated by art supplier, Oxlades (Osborne Park) for the most popular work in the exhibition. We are also adding an additional award of an exhibition offering at VPCA in 2026 for one lucky member exhibiting in this year’s exhibition, more details to come.
There is also a children’s category with cash prizes again this year, being exhibited in the Front Room.
(Pictured: Barbara Maumill, Karina Eguchi, VPCA Members’ Exhibition 2024)

Create Connect Lunch for International Day of People with Disability
2025-12-02 12:00 - 13:00 | Victoria Park Centre for the Arts, 12 Kent Street, East Victoria Park, WA, 6101, Australia
Victoria Park Centre for the Arts invites our Create Connect artists, family, support workers and community members with disability, to join us for a catered lunch as part of the Town of Victoria Park’s International Day of People with Disability.

All welcome, please RSVP by email or phone: kyc_admin@vicparkarts.org.au or 6454 1803.

VPCA is a recipient organisation of funding from the Town of Victoria Park.

(Picture credit: Debra Long, Janine Noonan)

VPCA Christmas Art and Craft Market!
2025-12-07 08:00 - 12:00 | Victoria Park Centre for the Arts, 12 Kent Street, East Victoria Park, WA, 6101, Australia
Market happening Sunday 7 December 2025, 8am-12pm
Our annual VPCA Christmas Art and Craft Market is coming up again, add the date to your diaries and please share with anybody who might like to be a stallholder or might like to come along!
Stalls are only $25. To apply for a stall you need to be a member of the centre (an additional $25 for membership if you aren’t a member already and you would be supporting the centre).
Application forms can be found here:
Log in to your account on our website first here
Then find the Christmas market details/forms here
Market Stall: $25
Trestle Table Hire: $10
Get in touch with us at the office with any queries: 6454 1803 | admin@vicparkarts.org.au
(Pictured: Kinga Finesi/Mama Love Custom Peg Dolls)

Terms and Conditions
Current members of the Victoria Park Centre for the Arts (VPCA) can apply for a Christmas Art & Craft Market Stall at the VPCA.
Stalls will be selected considering availability, quality and variety. Stallholders will be informed if they have not been successful in obtaining a stall. Each market stall is limited to 1. If you need to hire a Trestle Table, you must provide your own quality table cover & display equipment.

You must be a current member of the Victoria Park Centre for the Arts to apply for a Christmas Art & Craft Market Stall at the VPCA. You can apply for a membership at: https://vicparkarts.org.au/product-category/membership/
As a Vendor at the VPCA Christmas Art & Craft Market you must be the maker, creator, designer and producer of the products and/or artwork you would like to sell.
As a general guide the stall area will accommodate one trestle table size of 175cm (width) x 75cm (depth). This can be negotiated depending on your position in the Market space. Alternatively, you can fit out the space with whatever suits your display needs as long as it fits into this space. Please keep in mind that we are trying to provide a unique and creative experience in the Market space.
You may hire a trestle table from us, but you will need to supply the table covering and all other display equipment. Seating will be provided.
Set up will start from 7.15am. All Market spaces must be cleared of any packing material and general rubbish by 12.30pm. If you need more time, please let us know as soon as possible to make arrangements.
Vendors are responsible for maintaining a clean and safe site. Rubbish bins will be provided at the pop-up space. We ask that you take care to sort recyclables and that you avoid providing non-recyclable shopping bags, which includes plastic bags. We would like this to be a sustainable event.
Please be mindful of safety concerns for the visitors and other stall holders by confining your display to the allocated space and not obstructing pathways.
Vendors must comply with the relevant legislation to their saleable products. The Vendor is responsible for obtaining and displaying the appropriate licenses complying with the requirements of the Town of Victoria Park.
Two Vendors may share one Market stall. Each Vendor must fill in and sign a separate Expression of Interest Form and Terms & Conditions Agreement. Each stall is limited to two Vendors maximum.
Vendors shall indemnify the Victoria Park Centre for the Arts from any damages, expenses or liability arising from any incident occurring within the space occupied by the Vendor or any incident caused directly or indirectly by the Vendor within the premises of the Victoria Park Centre for the Arts.
The Victoria Park Centre for the Arts will not be liable for any damages or loss to the property of the Vendor.
The Victoria Park Centre for the Arts may take photographs or have photographs taken of you and your products and/or artwork directly relating to the VPCA Christmas Art & Craft Market for use in promotional material and social media.

Exhibition Opening: 'Assemblage'
2026-02-06 17:30 - 19:30 | Victoria Park Centre for the Arts, 12 Kent Street, East Victoria Park, WA, 6101, Australia
Exhibition runs: 6 February – 24 February 2026
Opening event: Friday 6 February, 5.30-7.30pm
Assemblage showcases a group of emerging artists who work in a variety of disciplines that include painting, drawing, textiles, sculpture and installation. The distinctive creative voices of Elizabeth Hughes, Agnes Tregonning-Barwell, Jay Quin, Anna ‘Marta’ Martianova and Cadia Annita combine to express a range of diverse responses to contemporary life. Each artist presents a slice of their own unique history and identity. This group comes together after studying a Diploma of Visual Arts at North Metropolitan TAFE.
(Pictured: Jay Quin, Agnes Tregonning-Barwell)

Cultural Dinner: Singapore
2026-02-11 18:30 - 20:30 | Victoria Park Community Centre, 248 Gloucester Street, East Victoria Park, WA, 6101, Australia

Anna Sleptsova and The Piano in the Park
2026-02-15 14:30 - 2026-03-15 17:30 | Victoria Park Centre for the Arts, 12 Kent Street, East Victoria Park, WA, 6101, Australia
Victoria Park Centre for the Arts was donated a community piano from the ABC in 2025. A mentoring series will be run in 2026, with the support of an arts grant from Town of Victoria Park, where senior pianists share their musical and creative experience with young and emerging musicians.
We are inviting observers (all ages/levels) along to this session in a friendly and safe environment. Free to attend, but registration is essential.
We’re delighted to announce our Piano in the Park mentors:
Sun 15 Feb – Anna Sleptsova (Concert Pianist & former Head of Piano at WAAPA)
Sun 08 March – Gaby Gunders (UWA Conservatorium of Music)
Sun 29 March – Tommy Seah (President of the Royal Schools Music Club & Piano Faculty WAAPA)
Sat 02 May – Matinee Showcase at Ellington Jazz Club (Tickets will be available through www.ellingtonjazz.com.au)
Register to attend any of the mentoring sessions as an observer here.
If you are interested in participating as a mentee, please submit expression of interest to: mareelaffan@hotmail.com.

Gaby Gunders and The Piano in the Park
2026-03-08 14:00 - 17:00 | WA

Artist talk: Joanna Hui ‘Blooming Suburbs Series 1: Victoria Park’
2026-03-15 11:00 - 11:30 | Victoria Park Centre for the Arts (Main Gallery), 12 Kent Street, East Victoria Park, WA, 6101, Australia
Sunday 15 March, 11.00am-11.30am
Join Joanna Hui at the gallery for a artist talk, to hear her speak about her practice alongside her exhibition ‘Blooming Suburbs Series 1: Victoria Park’. She will also have the gallery open Sunday 15 March from 11.00am-1.00pm.
‘Blooming Suburbs’ is a pressed flower series inspired by the suburbs many of us move through without slowing down, exhibiting from 27 February – 17 March.
Free to attend, no rsvp necessary.

Exhibition Opening: ‘Understory’ Cally Nelson
2026-03-20 17:30 - 19:30 | Victoria Park Centre for the Arts (Main Gallery), 12 Kent Street, East Victoria Park, WA, 6101, Australia
Exhibition runs: 19 March 2026 – 31 March 2026
Opening event: Friday 20 March, 5.30pm-7.30pm
Working in acrylic on paper and canvas, Cally Nelson explores her relationship with the environment through the depiction of natural settings in an intuitively driven process.
In particular she expresses her love of trees, birds, colour and movement through these paintings.

P(ART)icipate: Lantern Making with Lewis Horne
2026-03-27 10:00 - 18:00 | Victoria Park Centre for the Arts (Studio), 12 Kent Street, East Victoria Park, WA, 6101, Australia
Build your own traditional Chinese lanterns from scratch out of bamboo, paper and glue. All materials provided. Bring your completed lantern down to P(ART)icipate: Arts and Culture Festival on Saturday 28th March, and join in the parade!
Suitable for ages 5+, adult supervision will be required for ages 5-10.
Session times:
10am-12pm
1pm-3pm
4pm-6pm
Free to attend, booking required here: https://events.humanitix.com/lantern-making-with-lewis-horne
Part of Town of Victoria Park Arts Season 2026.

Tommy Seah and The Piano in the Park
2026-03-29 14:00 - 17:00 | Victoria Park Centre for the Arts, 12 Kent Street, East Victoria Park, WA, 6101, Australia

Unblock your Creativity Project
2026-04-11 10:00 - 16:00 | Victoria Park Centre for the Arts (Main Gallery), 12 Kent Street, East Victoria Park, WA, 6101, Australia
This flexible, drop-in creative activation offers a welcoming space for play, connection, and exploration. The program features five rotating, artist-led stations including calligraphy, watercolour, printmaking, air-dry clay, and mural art. Participants are free to come and go, explore at their own pace, and build creative confidence through hands-on, expressive experiences.
Part of Town of Victoria Park Arts Season 2026.
Free to attend, no booking necessary

Exhibition Opening: Vic Park Printmakers ‘Bounty’
2026-04-19 10:00 - 12:00 | Victoria Park Centre for the Arts (Studio), 12 Kent Street, East Victoria Park, WA, 6101, Australia
Join the Vic Park Printmakers for the opening of their new exhibition ‘Bounty’.

The exhibition will feature a range of printmaking techniques with works for sale from local artists. Funds raised from the long-table event will go towards continuing the volunteer run Vic Park Printmaking group, who are now in their eleventh year. The Vic Park Printmakers encourage exploration and creative expression through printmaking with an inclusive community focus.

‘Bounty’ is open daily from Tuesday 14th to Sunday 26th April 2026 with free entry to all.

This exhibition is part of the 2026 Town of Victoria Park’s Arts Season.

Cultural Dinner: Malay
2026-04-22 18:30 - 20:30 | Victoria Park Community Centre, 248 Gloucester Street, East Victoria Park, WA, 6101, Australia
Discover the ways that culture and cuisine are interwoven on a laid-back evening getting to know your neighbours with delicious homemade food.

Cultural Dinners are an interactive experience where a local host prepares a meal to share their unique story and heritage. After introductions, guests join in preparing an element of the dinner before having a homely sit-down meal together. Join us to see how global migration has shaped the cultures and cuisines in your community…

The Cultural Sharing Dinners Project is an initiative of the Victoria Park Centre for the Arts, in collaboration with Victoria Park Community Centre. This project is funded by the Department of Communities through its Empowering Communities Programme.

Please note:
This is a community event rather than a restaurant experience, so emphasis is put on connection, respect and learning together. The evening’s culture/cuisine is detailed in the event info but may be subject to change to accommodate any last-minute changes in hosts. Guests are welcome to BYO alcoholic/non-alcoholic beverages to accompany the meal; table water is provided. Unfortunately, we are not able to cater for all dietary requirements as we already ask so much from our hosts; however, there are vegetarian options at each dinner.

Exhibition Opening: ‘What Remains’ Brianne Sharp and Kasia Kolikow
2026-05-01 17:30 - 19:30 | Victoria Park Centre for the Arts (Main Gallery), 12 Kent Street, East Victoria Park, WA, 6101, Australia
Exhibition Opening: ‘What Remains’ Brianne Sharp and Kasia Kolikow

Exhibition runs: 1 May – 19 May 2026Opening event: Friday 1 May, 5.30pm-7.30pm

‘What Remains’ is a collection of new works that brings together the practices of Brianne Sharp and Kasia Kolikow, exploring themes home, belonging and memory.

By privileging slow, deliberate processes, Brianne and Kasia create a dialogue between materials and place, reflecting on how the act of making can become a way remembering and preserving what home means.

(Pictured: ‘Relics’, Brianne Sharp)

The Piano in the Park Ellington Showcase
2026-05-02 12:00 - 14:00 | Ellington Jazz Club, 193 Beaufort Street, Perth, WA, 6000, Australia
Ticketed event at the Ellington Jazz Club, tickets ($24/$29) available here
See the full programme of performers here
A showcase featuring celebrated pianists and emerging musicians. Anna Sleptsova and Tommy Seah will be performing with their young mentees, including Maya Portella-Schulz who featured on the ABC iview series ‘The Piano’. Maya was a recent finalist in the French Prodiges series in Paris.

About the Showcase
Victoria Park Centre for the Arts (VPCA), was donated a community piano from the ABC in 2025. VPCA has run its first piano mentoring program in 2026, with an arts grant from Town of Victoria Park; senior pianists have shared their musical and creative experience with young and emerging local musicians. This event marks the culmination of the mentoring program at Ellington Jazz Club.

About Anna Sleptsova
Anna has appeared as a recitalist and soloist with orchestras and ensembles in Eastern Europe, Germany, Canada, UK, New Zealand, Australia, United States, France, China, Singapore, Japan and Thailand. In Australia, Anna has made numerous live and studio recordings for ABC Classic FM, ABC TV, SBS Radio and 2MBS FM as a soloist, chamber musician and accompanist. Anna collaborated with several distinguished musicians, among them Simon Tedeschi, John Harding, Pei-Sian Ng, Alexandre Da Costa, Barbara Jane Gilby, Roger Smalley, Sophie Rowell, Esther van Stralen, Sally Anne Russell, Caitlin Hulcup, Michael Lewis, Michael Goldschlager, Janis Laurs, Paul Wright, and many others.
Anna performs as a soloist with West Australian Symphony Orchestra, West Australian Youth Orchestra, Fremantle Chamber Orchestra, Faith Court Orchestra. In 2001 Anna received a Churchill Fellowship and released her highly acclaimed CD “A notable keyboard talent”.

About Tommy Seah
As a solo performer, Tommy has performed across Australia, Asia, Europe, North America, and Central Asia. He has been selected to compete in prestigious international competitions such as the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition in Japan, and the Liszt International Piano Competition, Bayreuth-Weimar in Germany, to name a few. Tommy is also an accomplished chamber musician, having performed with renowned musicians such as Akiko Miyazawa, Margaret Blades, Andrew Nicholson, Yi-Yun Loei, Eve Silver, Sally Boud, Jon Tooby, Robert Gladstones, Adam Miculicz, Ashley Smith, Philip Everall, Jonathan Paget, and Emily Gunson. With violinist Akiko Miyazawa, he has performed the complete sonatas for violin and piano by Beethoven and Brahms.
Since 2017, Tommy has been teaching at WAAPA as a sessional piano lecturer. Additionally, he has taught and directed the Adamant International Piano Summer School in Vermont, USA. He is also the artistic director and founder of Perth Recital Series and the president of the Royal Schools Music Club.

Exhibition Opening: ‘Grief: A Dreamless Landscape’ Emma Purkis
2026-05-09 18:00 - 19:30 | Victoria Park Centre for the Arts (Front Room), 12 Kent Street, East Victoria Park, WA, 6101, Australia
Exhibition Opening: ‘Grief: A Dreamless Landscape’ Emma Purkis

Exhibition runs: 4 May – 19 May 2026Opening event: Saturday 9 May, 6.00pm-7.30pm

‘Grief: A Dreamless Landscape’ is an ensemble of autobiographical works which explore ways grief can manifest psychologically over time.
The works juggle with the ideas of loss, heartbreak, self loathing, self acceptance and a search for peace. The project overall is a reflective process, drawing on memory and personal experience, which in conjunction talk to the broader themes of mental health and trauma.

Exhibition Opening: ‘Ancient and Ephemeral’ Sarah Eve
2026-05-22 17:30 - 19:30 | Victoria Park Centre for the Arts (Main Gallery), 12 Kent Street, East Victoria Park, WA, 6101, Australia
‘Ancient and Ephemeral’ Sarah Eve
Exhibition runs: 21 May – 2 June 2026
Opening event: Friday 22 May, 5.30pm-7.30pm
Artist Talk and Q+A: Saturday 23 May, 2.00pm
Painting workshop: Saturday 30 May, 2.00pm-4.30pm, bookings here
An exploration of the Australian landscape, inspired by ancient rock formations that have stood as silent witnesses to the evolution of land, life and humanity. Through Abstract Realism, Sarah Eve reinterprets these landscapes with colours drawn from memory and experience, evoking a sense of awe, connection and contemplation. The exhibition reflects on our impermanence in contrast to the enduring power of the land, inviting audiences to consider their own relationship with place and their responsibility toward environmental respect and preservation.
(Pictured: Sarah Eve, Golden Indijup)

Artist talk and Q+A: Sarah Eve 'Ancient and Ephemeral'
2026-05-23 14:00 - 15:00 | Victoria Park Centre for the Arts (Main Gallery), 12 Kent Street, East Victoria Park, WA, 6101, Australia
Join exhibiting artist Sarah Eve for a free Artist Talk and Q+A exploring her solo exhibition ‘Ancient and Ephemeral’ and the landscapes that continue to move, shape and inspire us.
Long write up for website: In this relaxed and engaging session, Sarah will speak about her creative practice and techniques, and how experiences of place, memory and time inform her abstract realism landscapes. This talk offers a deeper insight into the ideas and processes behind Ancient & Ephemeral, inviting audiences to consider their own emotional connections to landscape and place. The session will conclude with an open Q+A, allowing guests to ask questions and engage directly with the artist.
Open to all, art lovers, collectors, students and the curious.
Free to attend.
(Pictured: ‘The Cathedral’ (detail) Sarah Eve)
