Enjoy the opportunity to meet Unfold artists and share in conversation and light refreshments following a panel discussion and presentation by this eclectic collection of arts practitioners.   

Join Unfold curator, Kristy Scaddan and featured artists Nazerul Ben-Dzulkefli, Monique Bosshard Curby, Bina Butcher, Moira Court, Jo Darvall, Shanti Gelmi, Louise Grimshaw, Sarah Hewer, Rob Kettels, Monika Lukowska, Matt Perrin, Paul Uhlmann and Vanessa Wallace as they discuss how they have interrogated and reinterpreted their traditional disciplines to challenge the conventional form of the artists’ book. 

 Sun 13 Oct 2024 | 1pm - 3pm | Suitable for 16 yrs +

$5 | $4.50 Members | Bookings Essential

Join exhibiting artist Bernard Kerr as he discusses the concepts, techniques and ideas presented in Coincident.

The talk will be presented in the auditorium, followed by an opportunity to view the exhibition and secure your copy of the limited-edition catalogue produced with the support of Gordon Darling Foundation.

Bernard Kerr has been influential in Western Australian ceramic arts practice for over 45 years. Producing both functional and sculptural work in stoneware and porcelain, Kerr is a prolific artist and educator whose works are featured in international publications and held in government, corporate and private collections.

Coincident celebrates ceramic craft and investigates connections between objects and images, drawing on the histories of craft and art and how they are perceived in culture.

Sun 29 Sep 2024 | 1:30pm- 2:30pm | Suitable for 18 yrs+

$5 | $4.50 Members | Bookings Essential | Wine and refreshments provided.

Entry Fee redeemable towards catalogue purchase at the launch event.

Join artists in residence Vahri McKenzie and Gemma Ben-Ary as they conclude their MJAC residency and experimental exploration of the Helena River site. The artists will be in attendance for this final pop-up exhibition to share works and works-in-progress developed in collaboration with each other and the river.

Sat 21 Sep 2024 | 11.00am - 3.00pm | Suitable for all ages

FREE Event | Veranda Studio at Midland Junction Arts Centre

Join Artists in Residence Izy Nguyen and Johnny Doan for their Moon Hang Mid-Autumn Festival as they share their exploration of Ancestral Dreaming. 

This is an open space for all community to gather, share stories, poetry, video, performance and music that reimagines Asian diaspora on Whadjuk Boodja.

Sun 15 Sep 2024 | 12.00pm - 3.00pm

Free Event | Booking Essential

Meet artists in residence Vahri Mckenzie and Gemma Ben-Ary as they discuss their MJAC residency and experimental exploration of the Helena River site.

Sun 8 Sep 2024 | 10.00am - 10.45am | Suitable for 16 yrs +

FREE | Booking Essential | Tea and coffee provided

Re.Collection opening event

Welcome by Elvis Yarran

Hear from Curator Samara King as she discusses Re.Collection and the ‘Returning Photos’ research project.

Join exhibiting artists for a tour of their work as they share their insights and arts practice.

Sat 16 March 2024 | 1.00pm - 2.30pm

Image: Dianne Jones Woman in a black dress, 2009 archival digital print on photo paper, AP from edition of 10, 90 x 64 cm.

Over the last couple of month artist André Lipscombe has worked in residence at MJAC embarking upon a new body of work, trialing new processes of modelling and assembling tactile paint and paintings. Come and see what he has created during his time at MJAC on his final day in the studio.

Fri 16 Dec | 10am - 12pm

A Convergence of Visual Art, Poetry, Voice and Film

The launch of Tracing Gondwana, in partnership with Gondwana Link, celebrates the ancient landscapes of the Great Southern – one of the richest Biodiversity Hotspots on the planet. A collaboration between printmakers Nikki Green, Monika Lukowska and writer Reneé Pettitt-Schipp, has resulted in a body of work responding to the current climate emergency. A series of events will complement the opening and build awareness of the area’s ecological and cultural vulnerability.

You are welcome to attend all or part of the evening’s program below

4.15pm Poetry by Reneé Pettitt-Schipp and Chant led by Lucy Ridsdale
4.30pm Film Screening – Gondwana Link’s Breathing Life into Boodja
5.40pm Panel Discussion with artists and special guests Basil Schur (Green Skills), Keith Bradby (Gondwana Link), Rocky Eades (Goreng Menang Noongar Cultural Consultant) and Auntie Carol Pettersen (Noongar-Menang Elder)
6.30pm Official Exhibition Opening

Sat 19 Nov 2022 | 4pm - 7.30pm
FREE, registration essential

Learn about the Western Swamp Tortoise and create some art based on this endangered local species with Neeve Blackham-Jennings, author of ‘Wally’s Way Home’. Neeve will share the story behind it and present a reading of the book before guiding attendees in creating a piece of Western Swamp Tortoise inspired artwork of their own, from simple colouring in or dot-to-dot page to more elaborate free hand drawings. 

Fri 7 Oct 2022 | 10.30am - 11.30am | Suitable for 3+ yrs
FREE, as part of City of Swan's Nature Know-How series hosted across the City’s libraries and bushland reserves
Ellenbrook Community Library 90 Main St, Ellenbrook, WA

Parental/guardian supervision for younger kids is required. Please book a ticket for each person attending using the button above through the City of Swan Library.

This workshop is presented in partnership with the City of Swan as part of the Environmental Art Project supported by Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries.

Learn about the Western Swamp Tortoise and create some art based on this endangered local species with Neeve Blackham-Jennings, author of ‘Wally’s Way Home’. Neeve will share the story behind it and present a reading of the book before guiding attendees in creating a piece of Western Swamp Tortoise inspired artwork of their own, from simple colouring in or dot-to-dot page to more elaborate free hand drawings. 

Thu 6 Oct 2022 | 10.30am - 11.30am | Suitable for 3+ yrs
FREE, as part of City of Swan's Nature Know-How series hosted across the City’s libraries and bushland reserves
Ballajura Public Library Kingfisher Ave & Illawarra Cres North, Ballajura, WA

Parental/guardian supervision for younger kids is required. Please book a ticket for each person attending using the button above through the City of Swan Library.

This workshop is presented in partnership with the City of Swan as part of the Environmental Art Project supported by Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries.

Come on a nature treasure hunt during wildflower season with Cathy Levett and learn about biodiversity in backyards, different critters, and what they need to survive. Attendees will then create a poster about what was learnt on the hunt, which students in years 1-6 can enter in the Environmental Art Project: Backyard Biodiversity.  

Wed 5 Oct 2022 | 1.30pm - 3pm | Suitable for 5 - 8yrs
FREE, as part of City of Swan's Nature Know-How series hosted across the City’s libraries and bushland reserves
Guildford Town Hall 97-99 James Street Guildford, WA 6055

Parental/guardian supervision for younger kids is required. Please book a ticket for each person attending using the button above through the City of Swan Library.

This workshop is presented in partnership with the City of Swan as part of the Environmental Art Project supported by Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries.

Immerse yourself in the creative offerings of Midland Junction Arts Centre, explore the HyperVision: Time exhibition and delve into the studios of our artists in residence: painter André Lipscombe, dancer Muriel Hillion Toulcanon and stitched and bound contemporary quilters. This is a great opportunity to connect with a wide range of talented and enthusiastic artists and learn about their practice before discovering artist studios across the City of Swan.

Learn more about the Swan Open Studios event >

Sat 27 Aug 2022 | 11am - 3pm | Suitable for all ages
Midland Junction Arts Centre, 276 Great Eastern Hwy (Corner of Cale St) Midland WA

Join Extricate artists and DADAA in a disability and vision awareness training session that includes a range of theory and interactive activities. In the session, you will learn the characteristics of different disabilities and effective communication strategies. 

DADAA's guide will then demonstrate tactile tour principles and techniques while you discover new ways of interacting with and experiencing the Extricate artforms on show at Mundaring Arts Centre. 

Fri 8 Jul 2022 | 11am - 1.30pm | Suitable for 16+ yrs 
$30 | $27 members | BYO lunch, tea and coffee provided 
Mundaring Hall - Lesser (Corner of Jacoby and Nichol St), finishing at Mundaring Arts Centre

Image: Courtesy of DADAA

Join Shaping Space | Holding Space artists Deanne Jecks, Coby McDougall, Paul O'Connor, Tracey Pinker and Emma Vinkovic to hear about their individual ways of manipulating space in their ceramic practices.

Sat 9 Apr 2022 | 2pm - 3pm | Suitable for 12+ yrs
FREE

Image: Coby McDougall, Safe Space, 2021, stoneware clay, 12 x 13 x 7cm. Photograph by Aliesha Mafrici.