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Fr Chris Ross addresses the audience at the 2018 opening night. Photo: Supplied. By Amanda Murthy Thirty-five artists who were set to showcase their art at the Mandorla Art Award exhibition (originally scheduled from 16 May to 6 June) at the Perth gallery STALA Contemporary, will now have to wait until March next year to do so due to the current COVID-19 crisis. The Mandorla Art Award...

Dixie Bonney, a Year 12 St Clare’s School Lathlain student, with her award winning artwork titled “Oneness” at the annual Angelico Exhibition for Catholic Students in August 2019. Photo: Supplied. By Theresia Titus St Clare’s School Lathlain student Dixie Bonney, has won the prestigious Fra Angelico Award at Catholic Arts Angelico Exhibition in August last year. Named after the Blesse...

St Joseph has been depicted in many ways over the centuries, but when sculptor Mehdi Rasulle created a statue of him for the Perth Archdiocese, he knew he wanted to portray the saint as an ordinary working man and father.