The Education Supports students at Kalamunda Senior High School, Western Australia are involved in a ten-week sculpture project being conducted by teachers Paul Gray and Alexander Hayes. This project will culminate in a presentation to the school community of a series of welded steel sculptures, based on the theme ‘flight’ mounted on limestone podiums. They will be displayed as an aesthetic enhancement for the gardens of the Administration quadrangle.

The Biloela State High School recently held its annual "Week of Excellence". Students were able to extend their experiences with activities not normally included in the school curriculum. curriculum. This year Callide Coalfields supported two projects with monetary assistance for an artist in residence to work with the students on a permanent sculpture and also a one day workshop on Radioactivity and its use at Callide Coalfields.

Bunbury artist Alexander Hayes is taking his works to Esperance, Western Australia next week for an exhibition which many people will find familiar. His ‘Birds Eye View’ collection of 37 works are inspired by Esperance's coastline and other landmarks.

Black Friday superstitions were not going to stop children at the Bunbury Art Galleries from enjoying their last day of art classes with teacher Alexander Hayes. One of many children who took part in the two-week holiday program was Paula Trail, aged 7.

Bunbury artist Alexander Hayes is both excited and nervous about his first solo exhibition. Opening at the Bunbury Art Galleries, Western Australia on Sunday his exhibition, Significant Others, is the culmination a year's work and features nearly 40 pieces in mixed media, including sculptural ceramics, print-making. drawing, painting and installation work.

Aquatic Desire is coming to Gralyn Cellars this Easter. As the theme for a festival of art, craft and fashion, the exhibition will conjure up feelings of passion related to the ocean. Artists exhibiting work will include award-winning Bunbury artist and sculptor Alexander Hayes, who had a sellout exhibition at Gralyn last October long weekend.

The work of two Bunbury artists will feature in an annual exhibition in WilIyabrup, Western Australia this weekend. Multi-media artist Alexander Hayes and textiles artist Kirsty Fox will join colleagues from all over the South West for the exhibition, which will be held at Gralyn's winery. Entitled ‘Aquatic Desire’, the exhibition will feature pieces in range of media.

Maritime musings provide the bulk of the inspiration behind Gralyn Cellars' Aquatic Desire exhibition which opens at the winery at 2 pm today. "The theme of the festival of art, craft and fashion will conjure up feelings of passion related to the ocean," said coordinator Merilyn Hutton. Artists exhibiting include award-winning Bunbury sculptor Alexander Hayes who won last year's South West Survey and had a sellout exhibition at Gralyn on the October long weekend. He will have new three-dimensional pieces on display as well as prints and paintings.

Alexander Hayes is a local artist living and working in Bunbury, Western Australia. Originally from Sydney, Australia Alexander migrated to the South West three years ago where he took up studies in education at Edith Cowan University.

Despite rumours that the Bunbury Festival of Arts and Nature is likely to fold, administrator Simon Ambrose says the event is stronger than ever. He says the 1994 festival has more sponsorship money than previous years and exciting events are on the agenda

The Easter Bunny is not supposed to arrive until Sunday, but he made a special visit to Bunbury this week. Alexander Hayes and Kamahli Jae Mason-Hayes, 3, caught him hiding tokens for the Be Active Monster Easter Egg Hunt, to be held in the Bunbury Art Galleries' gardens.

The Bunbury foreshore was crowded with spectators on Sunday night as people crammed around the waters' edge to watch the Aqua Spectacular Ruby Red II fire sculpture and fireworks.

After many weeks of creative work and avid construction, the first Ruby 1 disaster firmly locked in our minds(where I almost lost my life to drowning and put a nail gun pin through my left hand), Russel Sheridan, Geoff Lummis, Michael Bandurski and I set about towing the ship into the Leschenault Inlet and setting her on fire.

“… The ‘Ruby Red II’ is barely more than a skeleton at the moment, but when complete the floating fire sculpture will boast an ornate superstructure. ‘She'll come in mist, and there'll be quite elaborate decorative work on the top,’ Mr Sheridan said.

Try, try again is the motto of Bunbury artist Russell Sheridan, who has been commissioned for the second year to build a fire sculpture for the Peters Aqua Spectacular. Last year's vessel sank.

“… Collaboratively we are committed to providing visual statements which enunciate our beliefs about the environment. Challenges to the pristine nature of our South West environment provided a beginning for our joint artistic endeavor.”

“… The Aqua Spectacular will end in a blaze of glory when the boat Ruby Summer sails down the estuary complete with flying banners and snarling gargoyles. Ruby Summer looks like she sailed out of ancient mythology and she will be set on fire in the estuary as a festival finale.”

Last week they were students, this week they are teachers. First-year teaching students from Bunbury's Edith Cowan University, Western Australia started their first real experience in primary school teaching this week, after just five weeks in the course.