ARTIST AND CURATOR TALK | Happy Meals and Scooter Skids: Art from the Outer Suburbs

Midland Junction Arts Centre | West Gallery

Join artist Andy Quilty and curator Andrew Nicholls as they discuss their curatorial and artistic processes, and the intention behind Happy Meals and Scooter Skids: Art from the Outer Suburbs. Learn more about Quilty’s collaboration with Western Australian high school students, his work exploring Perth's outer suburban culture, and why it's important.

Presented by MAC Inc. and FORM Building a State of Creativity as part of Perth Festival.

Sat 22 Mar 2025 | 1 – 2pm | Suitable for all ages

$5 | $4.50 Members | Booking Essential

Image courtesy of Josh Wells Photography

Explore the fusion of drawing and printmaking in this 2.5-hour workshop for youth. Using graffiti markers, relief ink, and found materials like junk food packaging and cardboard, create unique monotype prints with low-cost techniques.

Inspired by Happy Meals and Scooter Skids: Art from the Outer Suburbs as part of Perth Festival shown at MJAC from Sat 1 Mar 2025, this hands-on session delves into the creative processes behind the exhibition by Andy Quilty and students from Youth Futures Community School Midland, Armadale Senior High School and Warnbro Community High School.

Sat 8 Mar 2025 | 1pm - 3:30pm | Suitable for 12 - 18 yrs

$5 | $4.50 MAC Inc. Members | Materials Provided.

Image: Andy Quilty and Youth Futures Community School printmaking workshop at Midland Junction Arts Centre, 2024. Photo by Duncan Wright.

Explore the combination of intuitive mark-making and low-fi materials to create unique monoprints in this 2.5-hour workshop for adults. Using graffiti markers, relief ink, and found materials like junk food packaging and cardboard, you’ll experiment with low-cost, expressive and efficient techniques to investigate the intersection of drawing and printmaking.

Inspired by Happy Meals and Scooter Skids: Art from the Outer Suburbs on show at MJAC from Sat 1 Mar 2025, as part of Perth Festival, this hands-on session offers insight into the creative processes behind the exhibition by Andy Quilty and students from Youth Futures Community School Midland, Armadale Senior High School and Warnbro Community High School.

Sat 8 Mar 2025 | 9:30am - 12pm | Suitable for 19yrs+

$55 | $50 MAC Inc. Members | Materials provided

Image: Andy Quilty and Youth Futures Community School printmaking workshop at Midland Junction Arts Centre, 2024. Photo by Duncan Wright.