The perfect time to mix some art with your wine

Fancy combining some arts and crafts with your wine tastings and long lunches?

The Margaret River Region Open Studios event will run from September 7-22 with 144 artists from Busselton to Augusta showcasing their creativity.

A 56-page Event Guide is now available in hard copy and online and artist workshops are open for bookings.

During the 16 days of the award-winning event, the largest of its kind in Australia, artists throw open their studio doors and invite the public in for a 'fly on the wall' experience of an artist creating.

“As our artists' practice and confidence grows, so does their desire to make each year's Margaret River Region Open Studios an enriched experience for their visitors," says event deputy chair and potter Jacquie Happ.

“MRROS is blessed to have a loyal following of art lovers,” she said. “In fact, last year more than 70% of our visitors were returning to the event.

“They will often revisit the studios of their favourite artists as well as seeking out new talent.

“Open Studios allows artists to grow their following and emboldens them to create fresh bodies of work each year, and perhaps try out new techniques to get instant feedback from visiting art lovers.”

Several artists will be opening new purpose-built art studios for this year's event.

Artists featured include painters, potters, printmakers, photographers, mosaicists, mixed media artists, metalwork and timber craftspeople, textile creators, illustrators, installation artists, sculptors, glassmakers, jewellers, textile makers, upcyclers, ceramicists, and furniture makers

In 2023 the event attracted approximately 15,000 visitors who made 145,000 studio visits.

And, of course, there are also all those cellar doors to visit.   

See www.mrropenstudios.com.au