Studio Art Trail
From 15-18 May, visitors will have the chance to explore our local creative talent by visiting listed studios on a special trail map. Don’t miss this opportunity to visit these open studios and connect with the art community during REAF2025.
Carrie McDowell
27 Withnell Way, Bulgarra
15 May: 5pm-8pm;
16 May: 5pm-8pm;
17-18 May: 10am-4pm
My home is my studio. I surround myself with my art and those of other artists. Its a festival of texture, colour and pattern.
Carrie is a fibre textile artists and has been focusing on the creation of vessels as a metaphor for her life of ‘Carrying the Load’.
@carriemcdowell_artist
Grateful Remnants
Rear 30 Roe Street, Roebourne
15-18 May: 10am till 4pm
Off-street parking available
Grateful Remnants provides workshops and classes in textile arts with a cultural immersion option throughout Australia. Based in a small town 1600kms north of Perth, our Roebourne studio houses the only roll to roll digital textile printer and heat press between Perth and Darwin. We provide short runs of local artisan’s fabric for garment manufacturing and produce home textiles for retail sale, by consignment or wholesale runs for production elsewhere. We also sell Pilbara inspired patterns and kits, bespoke textile products and offer a Long Arm Quilting Service.
We will be showcasing our latest digital home textiles and accessories designs, along with a selection of mixed media textile art and/or useable art focusing on re-purposing, upcycling and the therapeutic benefits of slow stitching or other cottage crafts with workshop samples available for those interested in learning a new creative skill for themselves.
gratefulremnants.com
facebook.com/gratefulremnants
paintbox
1 Gregory Way Bulgarra
Open Thursday, 15 May 2025, 1pm to 4pm
The paintbox art and music studios are a dynamic creative hub offering a diverse array of programs and services designed to foster artistic expression and community engagement. Our offerings include regular art classes for children during school terms and school holidays, art workshops for all ages, music lessons, and unique creative experiences like paint-and-sip events, crafting, and many others. We also provide specialised services such as face painting and organise creative community and private events, catering to various interests and age groups. With a commitment to nurturing creativity, paintbox serves as a vibrant centre for artists of all ages and aspiring musicians in the area.
Visitors can explore our studio spaces where I and my husband work as artists and musicians and where classes and workshops are held. They can also chat to us about works in progress and have a glimpse of how we run the studio.
paintboxstudios.com.au
facebook.com/p/paintbox-100086646661732/
Instagram and Tiktok: @katherine_rose_artist
Three Birds Creative
Shop 5, 18 Hedland Place, Karratha
Open Daily: 9am-1pm
At Three Birds Creative, we believe that art is for everyone! Located in the heart of Karratha, WA, our vibrant studio is a space where creativity flourishes and imagination knows no limits. Whether you’re looking to unwind, learn new skills, or celebrate a special occasion, we have something for you!
On display in our studio we have our Artist Jessica Walfords original artworks, along with her children’s artworks and a range of her students artworks on display.
threebirdscreative.au
Instagram: @threebirds.creative
facebook.com/threebirdscreativeart
Yinjaa-Barni Art
48 Roe Street Roebourne
Monday - Friday, 9am - 4pm.
Yinjaa-Barni Art is a collective of Aboriginal artists who predominantly belong to the Yindjibarndi language group and whose ancestral homelands surround the Fortescue River and Millstream Tablelands.
Based in Roebourne, a small town in Western Australia’s Pilbara region of the north-west of the state, the Yinjaa-Barni artists create deeply personal works of collective memory, rendering the wildflowers, river systems and landforms of their country onto canvas. Yinjaa-barni means ‘staying together’ in the Yindjibarndi language and the artists have been painting as a collective since 2006.
Yinjaa-Barni Art is a not-for-profit Aboriginal Corporation governed by an Aboriginal board of directors and run by an executive manager.”
The gallery houses many beautiful paintings completed by the Yinjaa-Barni artists. The working studio at the back of the art centre will be open for visitors to come and see the artists at work, have a yarn or a cuppa.
yinjaa-barni.com.au
facebook:Yinjaa-barni Art
Instagram: yinjaa.barni.art
Mountway Fine Art
1A, 18 Hedland Place, Karratha
15 May: 9am-4.30pm;
16 May: 9am-4.30pm;
17 May: 9am-12pm;
18 May: Closed
Mountway Fine Art is an ongoing exhibition of local Pilbara artists held within the office of Mountway Finance at 1A, 18 Hedland Place, Karratha. The exhibition kicked off with an event held on 17 October 2024 and art has been available for public viewing during normal business hours thereafter. Mountway has signed agreements with more than a dozen local artists to allow us to display and advertise their works and sell at a value above a specified reserve. We apply a 10% commission but all commission is donated to a local charity of the artist’s choosing.
