Events
Skate Park Urban Art Workshop - January 2012
Join The Butcher Shop crew to design and paint North Fremantle Skate Park this January.
If you are 12-25 and from the Freo or surrounding areas register now to take part. Places are limited.
Workshop Dates -
Design Workshop
15 January 2012, 4-6pm
at The Butcher Shop Fremantle
Painting Workshops
24 and 25 January 2012, 10am - 1pm or 2pm - 5pm
at Gordan Deadman Park
Participants must be able to attend all three days - please specify on your registration form if you would like to attend the morning or afternoon painting sessions.
Download and print: Registration Form
Or collect a copy instore.
Please complete your registration form and return to The Butcher Shop Fremantle, or email to info@thebutchershop.com.au.
20 December 2100: Registrations for this workshop are now full - if you would like to be placed on the waiting list please complete and return a registration form.
Christmas Cards - December 2011
Visit The Butcher Shop Northbridge during December to collect one of 14 FREE Christmas Cards from local artists.
Popsicle : 21-27 September 2011
A selection of WA's exciting up and coming designers have collaborated with Northbridge's independent fashion boutiques, giving shop windows a makeover and filling the shelves with their handmade wares.
It's just a hop, skip and a jump to discover the latest collections from Perth designers, as they invade local stores for one week only. Visit www.onwilliam.com.au/popsicle for a map of all the locations.
Featuring Miss JamJam, She Seldom Blushes, White Square, Peppermint Milk, On A Whim, Made of Awesome, Alister Yiap, Petals in Disarray, Kashen Jewellery, KC Wonder and Enid Twiglet.
Shop Popsicle throughout the entire Perth Fashion Festival!
21 - 27 September, Free
www.onwilliam.com.au/popsicle
Outskirts : 25 September 2011
Bought to you by OnWilliam, Outskirts is set to fill Northbridge with over 100 events in 34 venues for the one day festival.
Street stalls, workshops, exhibitions, pop up stores and more will fill the streets, laneways and local stores.
Grab your special Passport to guide you through the world of Outskirts, as you discover a heap of hidden spaces filled with creations from West Australian designers.
On your journey fill your Outskirts Passport with stamps and collect a set of free official Outskirts Souvenir Pins from 11 OnWilliam venues.
Outskirts is proudly supported by City of Perth, Department of Culture and the Arts, East Perth Redevelopment Authority and Perth Fashion Festival.
25 September, Free
www.onwilliam.com.au/outksirts
or check us out on facebook here.
Encore : 25 September 2011
Visit The Butcher Shop Northbridge during Outskirts too see Encore.
The exhibition presents a selection of artworks produced by local graphic design collective, Just Desserts from the Central Institute of Technology to help fundraise for their end of year grad show.
More at the Facebook Event.
www.just-desserts.com.au
www.onwilliam.com.au/outskirts
Amplifier - August 2011
Check out the Creative Marketing Workshop - learn from marketing specialists, including The Butcher Shop's creative marketing team!
To register, and to view the full Amplifier workshop program visit www.propel.org.au/projects/Amplifier
The Siding Urban Art Project - June 2011
Want to help The Butcher Shop crew to create a mural at The Siding?
If you're 12 years or over and from the Cockburn area come help us paint. Learn how to paint with aerosol from our talented crew and help create the artwork which will remain at The Siding for years to come.
Painting Workshop
When: Saturday 18 June 2011, 10am - 3pm
Where: The Siding, opposite the Cockburn Central Train Station
Download the application form to register your interest to paint. It's free, but places are limited. Any questions please email info@thebutchershop.com.au
Download: Application Form
This project is an initiative of www.cockburncentral.com.au
OnWilliam Magnet Set - May 2011
All this week we celebrate WA's tallented musicians alongside the annual WAMi Festival.
Visit The Butcher Shop and 23 other Northbridge venues to collect your free OnWilliam Magnet Set. The set includes a special WAMi Magnet which can be collected from all Saturday Spectacular venues
Where Various Northbridge retailers, venues and galleries.
When Saturday 21 May - Saturday 28 May 2011, or until stocks last.
How Download the map here and start collecting!
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The OnWilliam Collector Magnets are coming to Northbridge again, this time as part of the 2011 WAMi Festival!
Visit William Street and surrounds from Saturday the 21st May to collect your free set, which have been especially designed by local illustrator Brooke Bobridge.
Distributed across 23 of the precinct's most exciting shops, galleries and venues, the 2011 OnWilliam magnet set will be the biggest yet!
Complete your set by picking up the limited edition WAMi Festival magnet from one of the Saturday Spectacular venues on the 28th of May. So get in early to collect them all and enjoy the musical treats that the WAMi Festival has to offer.
The Double Lucky Re-Lick - 22 May 2011
Tie The Noose In collaboration with Double Lucky and The Butcher Shop present an afternoon of tunes, drinks and live art.
Slide through any time between 2pm to 7pm to catch the re-paint of Double Lucky's three outer walls by a selection of the cream of the crop of Perth Aerosol artists. We've blacked out the walls to create a blank canvas for you to watch the masterpiece come together, live. After the sunsets, the party moves inside for an intimate mix-up both of tunes and dranks til 10pm!
Check the Facebook event for the full lineup and all the deets.
Truck Stop
The Butcher Shop's Truck Stop project sees artists bring new life to old trucks, using their sides as giant mobile canvases. The ongoing program see's owners donate their trucks, which are often dented, scratched and graffitied, to the artists who return them transformed into new, vibrant artworks. The trucks then add the pool of ever growing mobile art galleries which can be spotted on the city's streets.
William Street Culture and Arts Festival
Watch our next truck get transformed on Sunday 20 March 2011.
Visit the Festival's Facebook for all the event details.
Would you like your truck painted for free?
We are currently looking for truck owners to donate the sides of their trucks for canvases. Register your interest now for future events by emailing info@thebutchershop.com.au
Perth Street Art : Wall Crawl - 13 March 2011
Explore Perth's graffiti history and look at where it is likely to go in the future with a walking tour of the city's most colourful walls.
You will learn how Perth's own graffiti scene has developed since the 1980s, hear personal tales, learn about the techniques and tools and see works from some of Perth's most active street and gallery artists.
The tour will conclude with a sundowner and nibbles at Last Chance Studio. Not only do you get to learn about art but see the sights of Perth as you go.
Windows OnWilliam - 14 to 21 November 2010
Who 25 Artists; 22 Shops, Galleries, Bars and Cafes
What A precinct wide exhibition within store windows featuring some of Perth's finest creatives
Where 22 Temporary Window Galleries throughout Northbridge, follow the map to view them all
When 14 - 21 November 2010
Why Collect your free set of mini artist prints along the way, discovering what Northbridge, Perth's creative and cultural centre, has to offer.
Visit Northbridge during the Northbridge Festival and discover Windows OnWilliam - a precinct wide exhibition within store windows. The fourth annual Windows OnWilliam shines a light on Western Australian artists and the creative hub that is Northbridge.
Follow the OnWilliam map to find the 22 artworks created by 25 local artists hanging in selected windows, and collect your own free set of prints as you go. This year OnWilliam presents a heap of new talent, as well as some old Northbridge favourites you will probably recognise.
The event coincides with the Northbridge Festival, which runs 14th to 21st of November. Get exploring and collect your free set of Windows OnWilliam artist prints, available exclusively throughout the duration of the festival.
Found a print you really love? This year you can purchase your favourite images online - all 22 archival quality, A1 sized images appearing in Windows OnWilliam are available to purchase online until 30 November 2010.
Downloadable maps and more details can be found at www.OnWilliam.com.au/wow
Norfolk Lanes Youth Festival - 13 November 2010
The Chopping Block
The Butcher Shop have teamed up with the Norfolk Lanes Youth Festival to organise a temporary group art exhibition - The Chopping Block, as part of the festivities on November 13.
We have selected fourteen extremely talented, young, local artists to participate, some names you probably recognise and some equally awesome first-time-exhibitors. They are:
Aidan White
Amok Island
Ash Reader
Cheeks
Daek
Dave Misled
David Manea
Deathbot
Michael Katchan
Mitchell Page
Mow Skwoz
Patrick Leonard O'Brien
Yohyo
Vader
The Norfolk Lanes Youth Festival is in it's second year and is part of the bigger Fremantle Festival. Activities on the day include live graffiti, live music, skating demonstrations, market stalls and heaps more. Have a look at their Facebook page or Myspace for locations and the complete lineup.
We will be located in the big marquee on Essex Street, come early to have a gander and perhaps pick up a piece of art to take home.
It all happens on Saturday the 13th November from 12pm - 7pm.
FREE ENTRY
Pride Parade - 30 October 2010
Collect Your Free Artist Edition Pride Flag from The Butcher Shop Northbridge and help way the parade by!
Pride and OnWilliam have collaborated to create an artist edition rainbow flag - the 2010 edition features artwork by Deathbot.
Collect a free flag on the evening of the Pride Parade from the following participating traders: Red Stripe Clothing, The Butcher Shop, Tu, The Blue Room Theatre, William Topp, The Moon Cafe, Outre Gallery, Scraps, 399 Bar, Fi & Co, New Edition, William Topp, Siam Temple, Villa Italia and more to be announced.
For more information about the Parade visit www.pridewa.asn.au
Kingbrown 6 Launch and Exhibition - 25 June 2010
Art works by:
Amok (Amsterdam)
Ayre
Ben Barretto
Beastman
Bridge Stehli
Brooke Bobridge
Catherine Campbell
Creepy
Daek
Dave Misled
Dave The Chimp (UK)
Deathbot
Feck
Fudge
Jessie Mitchell
Jodee Knowles
J. S. Matthiessen
Kostas Seremetis (Brooklyn)
Morning Breath (Brooklyn)
Mutch
Nails
Numskull
Phokus
Sean Morris
Trevor 6025
Twenty Eleven
Yok
Launch Night Friday June 25th 6:30pm - 8:30pm (Kingbrown 6 will be available for purchase on the night)
www.kingbrownmag.com, info@kingbrownmag.com for details.
Beers by Little Creatures.
Monster by Claire Penson - 5 September 2009
Since childhood, Claire has experimented with drawing and illustration, leading her to interior design, fine arts and finally to graphic design where she has discovered her passion. Here she learnt to integrate her love for illustration with logo design and type treatment, t-shirt designs, music artwork, fabric design and many other applications.
Graduating Graphic Design in 2008, Claire received Keith + Lottie's Beaumont Award, recognising the development of her own artistic style within her design practice. It is these artistic tendencies which have surfaced in the form of Monster.
Opens Saturday 5th September and runs until the 15th September 2009.
The Butcher Shop
276 William Street, Northbridge.
Windows OnWilliam: WAMI Festival Edition - 8 May 2009
Follow the map to each location to uncover artworks within shop windows, step inside to listen to the sounds that inspired the art, and collect the limited edition recipe cards.
The Butcher Shop are excited to have the tremendously talented Fudge and Oz Hip Hop artist Drapht in charge of our window display and recipe card. Visit the Windows on William website for more information: www.onwilliam.com.au/wow
Windows OnWillaim runs until the 20th May 2009.
Amok Exhibition - 22 July 2009
Born and raised in Amsterdam, Amok's work first started appearing on the streets in 1996. Since then he has become a prominent figure in the Amsterdam graffiti and art scene. He is known for his perfect colour combinations, original letter style and tropical feel pieces.
His canvasses build on the years of technique learned from the streets, combining his love for lettering and colour in a simple and effective way. His canvases are bold, striking and carefully balanced. This collection is heavily inspired by his first encounters of Australian marine life.
The Butcher Shop is pleased to present Amok's first solo show, and the first exhibition in the stores newly renovated art space.
Opening drinks on Wednesday 22nd July from 6pm. The exhibition runs until the 2nd August 2009.
The Butcher Shop
276 William Street, Northbridge.
www.amokisland.com
Subways and City Days by Jack Lovel - 21 to 27 October 2009
Opening drinks on Wednesday 21st October from 6pm. The exhibition runs until the 27th October 2009
The Butcher Shop
276 William Street, Northbridge.
Ambiguous Spaces by Richard Healy 22 April - 8 May 2009
Opening drinks on Wednesday 22nd April from 6pm. The exhibition runs until the 8th 2009.
The Butcher Shop
276 William Street, Northbridge.
www.richardhealyart.com