Western Australia’s longest running regional art award has just celebrated its 45th anniversary. The Shire of Derby West Kimberley Civic Centre was a full house of artists, sponsors and patrons of the arts last Saturday evening as the winners were announced. The 112 entries formed an eclectic catalogue of work that proved too difficult for this year’s judge to pick a single definitive winner. Being an open award, entries had come from across the country. Most forms of visual art were represented from photo realism to abstract expressionism. The curator was skilled in her placement of such a varied body of work in a way that everything sat comfortably within the exhibition space. The result was a visual feast for the viewer to stroll through and savour. Read more 
Visual art is a powerful
medium for communication. Throughout human history art has played a major role in recording, revering, protesting and interpreting human achievement.
It is often said that its culture that makes us human. I disagree, as there is evidence of animals displaying culture. I believe its art that makes
us human. It’s our ability to interpret the complex and abstract through simple line, colour and composition that sets us apart from the animal kingdom.
