this is a big month for us at WATIM - wednesday 1 april will see the opening of our first group exhibition of the year - NEW EYES OPEN - at aMBUSH gallery in sydney. we are putting the show on in conjunction with the semi-permanent conference and the event also marks the launch of semi-permanent sydney. NEW EYES OPEN features new work by thirty australian artists, click here for more details and the full line-up of artists. this issue we interviewed wooden toy magazine editor and designer, timba smits from melbourne, who will be speaking at semi--permanent 09. we also feature the insanely talented painter charlie isoe, who is originally from perth. next up is sydney based black and white photographer ben ali ong. followed by perth based illustrator jodee knowles, and also concept art photoshop expert, adam paquette from sydney. the artwork gallery section features new work by some of the australian artists in the NEW EYES OPEN exhibition, including anthony lister, numskull, sam smith, luke taaffe, drew funk, kareena zerefos, ears, creepy and more. and this issue's photo gallery features new photos by sydney based photographer pete daly. australian artists email us some samples of your work to be part of future issues. please contact us if you are keen to help us out in any way or would like to get involved in our upcoming projects. the [weAREtheIMAGEmakers] book project is coming in 2009 as well as our annual 12x12 show in june/july. stay tuned to our home page blog to get the heads-up on upcoming art exhibitions and events all over the country. see you at NEW EYES OPEN and semi-permanent - be
