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Perth Now
01-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Perth Bowling Club launches inaugural art exhibition
Australian artist Stormie Mills is putting some of his iconic artworks up for sale to help raise funds for a transformative upgrade of the Dalkeith Bowling Club. This Friday, more than 100 pieces of artwork from a number of local and national artists will be up for sale at the bowling club's inaugural art exhibition Art on the Green. Amongst the art up for grabs are works from acclaimed artist Mills, who has donated four pieces, including a paintbrush used to paint one of his famous murals on Bondi Beach. 'When I do a mural, I like to save a brush full from the work,' he said. 'So that's the one from a mural I did on Bondi Beach. 'The others are just more recent works, which are more based on studies of people. Two of them are on paper and one is on linen.' Club president David Steinberg said the exhibition is not only a way to raise funds for much-needed club upgrades, but also to attract a younger generation of members. Kerry Chernoff, co-oraniser, artist Stormie Mills, club president David Steinberg co-organiser, Dalkeith Bowling Club's inaugural art exhibition. Credit: Andrew Ritchie / The West Australian 'We've got a stable membership but it's way down below what it was back in time,' Mr Steinberg said. 'So we're looking to try and embrace a number of other activities and start introducing people to the club, which is where the idea for the art exhibit came from.' His wife and long-standing club member Janet Steinberg has been helping put together the pieces for the art exhibition, which includes her own works. 'There's a total of 18 artists altogether, a mixture of professional and local artists, as well as amateur painters,' she said. 'I've got about 16 of my own paintings going in too.' The funds raised at the exhibition will help go towards a $1 million project to transform one of the grass lawns into synthetic with a roof overhead that could double as an outdoor event space. 'The upgrade will open the facility up to having events and functions outside of lawn bowling to bring in younger people,' Mr Steinberg said. The club recently welcomed a brand new sport to the premises with the installation of three new padel courts, in partnership with West Coast Padel. The exhibition will be on display all weekend, with members of the community invited to join the opening night celebration on Friday, August 1 from 5-9pm.
Edinburgh Reporter
04-05-2025
- Sport
- Edinburgh Reporter
Pétanque club realise French boule dream
A group from the club, who operate adjacent to Dalkeith Bowling Club, will travel to the Burgundy region on 31 May and take part in matches and competitions with the Jarnac club which has an astonishing 70 pistes and 240 players as well as Angouleme. While the Dalkeith club is much smaller by comparison they have moved quickly to become established thanks largely to chair-person, Sandy Howden. When Sandy got the bug for pétanque, also known as French boule, he successfully petitioned local councillors to release funding from a local Environment Fund with the help of an eight page brochure he compiled as a first step towards creating a £14,000 piste. Members of Dalkeith Pétanque Club at their opening league match of the season in April against Rosslyn Rhinos Also, he is the architect of a nine team Lothian and Borders League which got underway recently. The Edinburgh Reporter noted in December it was a dream of club members to visit Jarnac but things have happened quickly. Sandy said: 'Out-of-the-blue a formal invitation to visit arrived which was too good to turn down even at short notice. 'We are also hoping to return in August when the formal twinning arrangement involving Dalkeith and Jarnac is celebrated. 'Our club is going from strength to strength with 49 members including 19 women and there are military veterans that play three times each week. 'We are grateful to the bowling club for their support and take pride in contributing to local charities including Dalkeith Museum which recently lost funding. 'In addition to playing pétanque our hosts have arranged a bus tour of the region and barbecues for us while visiting.' Like this: Like Related
