Upcoming Events
April 2025
Joel Smoker has been travelling the back roads of Australia for many years and from these jour-neys have come a wealth of songs that he has recorded in albums such as Out on Highway One (1989), Outback (1995), The Flesh and the Spirit (1999) and Smile (2006) plus two EPs titled The Road to Nullagine (2005) and Heaven (2007). With his latest CD, The Human Condition, Joel takes on the role of the court jester and holds a mirror up to our lives with songs that reflect who we are. Joel will be joined by the members of his Red Dirt Band to perform the songs from The Human Condition album and a selection of songs from his previous albums, at BREC, in 2025.
The Human Condition album, and the concert, begin with the title song, “The Human Condition”, where we look at the little foibles that make us human. Next is, “I’m So Busy”, which captures the essence of our busy lives and how we communicate with each other. “Calling On the Tom Tom”, is a talking blues song that examines how the mobile phone has become such an integral part of our daily lives. “She’s Gone”, is a country blues song about a theme central to most blues songs, the story of a man who has lost his woman. The question is, what is he going to do about it? “The Queen of the Desert”, is a story-telling song about a beautiful girl who grew up in the outback. “Luddites of the World Unite”, is a call to arms for all those people who don’t want their lives to be dominated by information technology. “Hannah and Daniel”, is a wedding song that Joel wrote for his niece and her prospective husband. “Jivin’ at the Juju Bar”, is a rollicking song about jivin’ at the Juju Bar except that there’s a twist to the tale. “Lonesome Cowboy”, is for all those lone-some folk out there. “Girls in Four Wheel Drives”, is a tongue in cheek look at girls in all their di-versity, but it is also about how we stereotype people. The,“Mrs Curly Goes Shopping”, song is another story-telling song about another outback woman, this time from Meekatharra. “There Are Not Enough Hours in the Day”, is an expose of the pressures of modern life and how we should cope with them. “Jennae”, is a bitter-sweet love song that charts what can happen when there is no commitment to the future. “Plain Old Me”, runs through a range of options that the singer could be, before he finally settles on who he is.
The second half of the concert will feature songs from Joel’s previous albums and EPs.
THE LAUNCH OF THE COURT JESTER BOOK
7 February 2025 5:30 - 6:30pm
Stirling Street Art Centre, Bunbury WA 6230
Book launch Introduction: The Rev. Greg Ross.
Joel Smoker & The Red Dirt Band
17 November 2024
Exhibition August 2020
Mundaring Hills Open Studio 2014
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Circle, Line and Square
Joel Smoker in the Zigzag Cultural Centre
Joel Smoker ceramics exhibition
Zigzag Cultural Centre
50 Railway Road, Kalamunda
12 April - 4 May 2014
'In your engagement and appreciation of the work of this exhibition you will experience a classical constraint that pulls against the disorderly tendencies of processes that are not fully controllable. You will find principles of design applied in a way that sets up a tension between desired order and the unruliness of clay, glaze and fire. Constructed detail, upon constructed form - with rebellious materials. And it is within this balanced but dramatic tension we find a Mozartian beauty. Of satisfying harmonies within structure. Everything satisfyingly complete. A fulfilling unity.' From Bela Kotai's opening address (click here to read the full speech)
The Human Condition album release party
Saturday 11 May 2013
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Where the sun sleeps
Where the sun sleeps - an exhibition of art works by Joel SmokerOpened Fri 22 March 6.30pm
At the Mezzanine Gallery, rear of Darlington Hall, Owen Rd, Darlington mezzanineart@hotmail.com
Viewing Saturday 23 March to Sunday 24 March - 11am to 4pm
MUNDARING HILLS OPEN STUDIOS EXHIBITION 2012
GALLERY 2 Artists in Focus: Greg Crowe, Graeme Pages- Oliver and Joel Smoker
5 October - 11 November 2012
Click here to download the flyer for the Mundaring Arts Centre with more information about this and the Mine Own Executioner exhibition.
Joel smoker's Way Out West exhibition of drawings at The Gallery in Ellenbrook
Joel smoker's second monograph launched in June
Official opening & book launch
Sunday 24th of June 3pm - 5pm
Joel smoker at the
Folk & Roots @ Perth Cultural Centre on Sunday April 1st 2011
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Meticulous Miniatures
Mundaring Arts Centre
Main Gallery
18 November - 23 December 2011
Joel participated in this joint exhibition of artworks that express the intimate power and beauty of miniature art forms.
Mundaring Hills open studios exhibition 2011
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Annual Selective Exhibition 2010
Central Gallery
13th Aug - 3rd Sept
Perth Central Institute of Technology, (TAFE)
Mundaring Hills Open Studios
Sat. 30 & Sun. 31 October - 10 am to 5 pm both days
Nine artists from the Shire of Mundaring have banded together to open up their studios to visitors on the last weekend in October. The Hills area east of Perth has long been known as a place where artists and craftspeople choose to live as the semi rural nature of the area provides space and inspiration for their art practice. The public will be able to talk to the artists and see how they go about making their art and buy direct if they wish. A Mundaring Hills Open Studios map is available for you here and gives clear directions on how to get to the studios where entry is free. The artists and craftspeople involved are Brian Aylward, Madeleine Clear, Greg Crowe, Inta Goddard, Christine Hingston, Jeremy Holton, Judy Kotai, Graeme Pages-Oliver and Joel Smoker. More information can be found here where you will find links to a number of the artists' web sites. Their work can be viewed and purchased at the Mundaring Arts Centre, located in the old post office building in the centre of Mundaring, 7190 Gt Eastern Highway (www.mundaringartscentre.com). The artists' studio map is also accessible on Google. October is a great time to visit the hills as the wildflowers are in full bloom and the weather's fine. Put a drive visit to the artist studios of Mundaring in your diary now. The artists would love to meet you and share their work.
Sunday Bands in the City
Joel Smoker and the Red Dirt Band will be performing at this WAM event in historic Forrest Place in downtown Perth along with Polly Medlen and Ruby Boots.
Sunday 6 June 2010 1-3pm
Lineup: Polly Medlen | Ruby Boots | Joel Smoker and the Red Dirt Band
Presented by the City of Perth and WAM
Digital presentation at Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers Centre
The artist’s monograph, The Kimberley Series by Joel Smoker, will be the subject of a digital presentation by Joel Smoker at the Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers Centre, 11 Old York Road, Greenmount on the evening of Saturday the 28th of November. Those interested in photography and the natural and human history of Western Australia are invited to attend. Doors open at 6.30 pm and the presentation will run from 7.00 pm to 8.00 pm after which Joel will take questions from the audience. Tea and coffee will be served with the opportunity to view and purchase the book and prints from the book.
Entry Fee is $7.00 ($4.00 for members)
For more information please contact Katrin Kuenstler, Coordinator of the KSP Writers Centre, on 9294 1872 or by email at kspf@iinet.net.au or email Joel Smoker at joel.smoker@bigpond.com.
Monograph
The artist’s monograph, The Kimberley Series was launched by respected Australian landscape photographer, Richard Woldendorp at the Gallery at Ellenbrook House, 34 Main Street, Ellenbrook, on Sunday the 29th of March, 2009.
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The Kimberley Series of posters, metallic prints and A2 prints are also available.
For more information please contact Joel Smoker by email at joel.smoker@bigpond.com
Joel Smoker's monograph The Kimberley Series is now available.
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Joel Smoker's second monograph
Way Out West is now available.
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