Collectives make the creative world go round, and when they go ahead and do something like put together a book, it makes us smile all through this cold Canberran night (wah).

The Rah Collective formed about two years ago, bonding over their love of paper printing, cutting and folding. They’ve put this pulped out love to good use, and gone and produced a mad ass book celebrating the collective; and they’re releasing it next week.

“To mark their 2nd year of collective existence the Rah Collective – a group of Sydney based emerging artists – have set the stage for creative takeover. The group champions the application of a range of styles, all with individually unique practices but ultimately bought together by their distinct approach to creation. The exhibition will serve as both introduction to the collective, as well as a launch for their self-produced book. The book itself features 42 hand-picked emerging Australia artists, with full page images and interview style profiling of key artists. Rah Collectives intention is to carve its place, along with the book-featured upcoming talent, into the consciousness of the art world and public – specifically targeting galleries, libraries, and creative professionals.”

Hell, they even have Viking beer from Iceland on offer for the night – how’s that for cool?

Who: Collective members Qwux, Luke Burcher, Jessica Minervini-Eringa, Kirst Ohh, Jess Cally and Thom Bransdon, and the exhibition will also feature the work of Terry Chisolm, Nick Boerma, Dan Gray, Kirbee Lawler and Chris Yee
What: Rah Collective Exhibition and Book Launch
Where: aMBUSH Gallery, 4A James St, Waterloo, Sydney
When: Book launch is on Thursday 18th August from 6pm til 9pm and continues 19, 20 & 21 August from 12pm-4pm.

Check out the aMBUSH Gallery website as well as the Rah Collective website for more info, and, of course, the Facebook event page.