The Darlington Arts Festival is a not for profit organisation, run entirely by volunteers. It has been at the heart of the Darlington and Hills community for more than 50 years.

We believe that Perth has some of the most talented artists going around, creating fantastic work across all mediums. Each year we love having the opportunity to share this work with the community over this special weekend, but we rely on your help!   The support of donors, sponsors and partners allows us to put the Arts Festival on, and we are grateful for your support. There are many different ways we can recognise your contribution, and would love to have a chat about how this can work for your business.   The easiest way to get in touch is to contact our sponsorship coordinator, Karl Millard, on 0428 238 808 or karl@darlingtonartsfestival.com.

2019 festival 

“A warm thank you to our valued Sponsors & Donors without your generous support the festival would not exist”.

We also extend  sincere thanks on behalf of the many artists of all ages, performers, fund raising community groups, visitors and craft specialists who present their talents to the public each year.

Darlington has a proud tradition of nurturing artists, honouring our senior artists as well as supporting a sense of community. Our passionate committee of volunteers is dedicated to furthering this objective by encouraging people, especially the youth of our community, as well as new and up and coming artists, to participate and take up the opportunity to develop their talent and fulfil their dreams.

Our annual Festival attracts 10 -15,000 people every year and is one of the longest running FREE arts festivals in Western Australia. As well as the amazing art on display, there are performers, a short film competition, entertainment, music, food, wine and fun!

We look to you, our wonderful and generous supporters, the people who have made the last 50+ years possible, to help continue and broaden this special Hills tradition for the next 50 years!

There are opportunities for being a SPONSOR or a DONOR that attract a variety of benefits and opportunities.

Sponsorship or Donation – what is the difference?

Sponsorships are not tax deductible – see the ATO rules and definitions here.  However sponsors may choose to leverage the festival for naming rights or advertising and as such receive a benefit for their sponsorship.

The Darlington Arts Festival is registered as a not for profit entity.  Therefore, as a donor, where there is no reciprocal benefit, your donation may qualify for a tax deduction.  Please click here to view the ATO rules .

Click here for information on how you can support the Festival as a Sponsor or Donor and I hope you will enjoy being an important contributor to this wonderful community arts event. 

President

Sponsor info

For 2018 we had a brand new layout on the oval and lots of first-time events to keep the record crowd entertained.

• There were 100 Artisan stallholders
• A food court and big, shaded seating area
• The inaugural Wellness Tent and wellness area to add a cool vibe to a hot day!
• There was the community art project – Paint a Brick on the Tennis club wall
• More entertainment for children
• A longer music set list in the Wine Tent
• The main stage was filled end to end
• Saturday night was family movie night, under the stars
• and all of this just a few minutes walk to the Sculptures on the Scarp exhibition at the Darlington Station Reserve.

Artisan market

Wellness Area

Family Entertainment – movie under the stars

Live music

The 2019 Retrospective Exhibition

Back by popular demand!  The DAF committee acknowledge the many great artists that helped to create this festival all those years ago.  One of those founding artists was D Thornton Hick and the committee is very pleased to announce that the Lesser Hall will be home to a retrospective exhibition of his work.

The Sculptures on the Scarp exhibition was a tremendous success

The Darlington Arts Festival has been hosting art exhibitions for more than 50 years. We have had an amazing , rich and vibrant past filled with incredible talent and passion.

RESERVE ART PRIZE 2018

Reserve Art Prize  2018 | Judges Choice | $10,000

The winner chosen by the judges was: Simon McArdell for his acrylic and beeswax, landscape painting – Flesh (Quarry Wall).

Winner: Reserve Art Prize 2018 | Simon McArdell – Flesh (Quarry Wall) | Acrylic, Beeswax

This work attempts to capture a moment of poise within a system of decay. The progressive flensing and destruction of a hill creating new worlds with new systems following the same entropic laws.

Reserve Art Prize 2018 | Peoples Choice Award | $500

More than 1,000 votes were cast over the weekend.  We are pleased to announce that you voted for ‘Field of Dreams’ by Janet Day.

 

Janet’s work depicts her interpretation of the golden canola fields in full flower using bees wax and oil paint. A farmers gamble against the fickleness of nature’s elements.

 

www.janetdayart.com;  Facbook: janetdayart;  Instagram: janetdayartist

History of the Reserve Art Prize

In 2016 the Darlington Arts Festival included a major art prize. The $10,000 cash prize attracted a number of established artists from throughout Western Australia and strong interest from the viewing public. Continue reading “Art Exhibitions”

Performing Arts at DAF 2019

Thank you to all of performers this year. You were amazing!

Please download and fill out the pdf form below when submitting your invoice.

This year’s Darlington Arts Festival is shaping up very well and we are in the throes of finalising the program for the main stage.  We are excited to announce that this year we have the use of another venue in addition to the main stage – St Cuthbert’s Anglican Church.  This is a lovely intimate venue with fantastic acoustics and it’s also extremely close to the main stage.  We are also getting back some of the great roving acts from last year including . 

As always, the festival will feature performers from local schools/colleges plus many talented professional acts, many of whom are from the Hills community.

This year we are expanding the performing arts space, to use the beautiful St Cuthbert’s Church, with its wonderful acoustics, where we will showcase some of our more intimate acts.

The roving performers will include Michael the Pirateman and Junkadelic Brass Band , Ben & Holly for the kids and Betty Bubbles.”

Roving Performers include:

Main Stage

Saturday

Sunday

St Cuthbert’s Performance Space

Saturday

Sunday

The DaSRA Wine Tent

Applications have now closed for the performing arts for this year.  Thank you to everyone that has shown an interest.