photography by Jillian Ciemitis

May 2018, Brookfield Place, Perth WA

Described as a ‘tour de force’ by Arts editor William Yeoman in the Weekend West newspaper, the Planners Exhibition “Painting the Town 2” not only added a unique event to WA’s cultural calendar, but also an inimitable counterpoint to the 2018 National Planning Institute Congress in Perth.

Led by Peteris Ciemitis, a passionate working group of artists, planners and administrators pulled together an art exhibition featuring 26 artists who also happened to be current or past practitioners in the Planning profession. Officially opened on by the Hon Mr John Carey MLA, (Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier of Western Australia) in front of an audience of 100 VIPs, the exhibition reprised a similar event first held in 2007 for the previous PIA Congress in Perth.

Curated by Judy Rogers, audiences saw over sixty works ranging from paintings on canvas, photography and even a surfboard.