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Toy Stories
Nov
13
to Feb 12

Toy Stories

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Curated by Sarah Toohey

Toy Stories brings together artists, hobbyists, regional museums, and community groups in a showcase of contemporary and historic toys handmade in Western Australia from the early 1920s to today. The exhibition presents local craft, social history, contemporary art, and childhood experiences of past and present generations. It celebrates the imagination and creativity of hobbyist toymakers and professional artists alike; their optimism, humour, and unstoppable urge to play.

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HOLD
Sep
4
to Oct 30

HOLD

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Curated by Leanne Bray

HOLD pays homage to functional basketry and the purposeful application of craft skills. It celebrates the domestic intent of baskets and the unique artistry behind them, capturing the spirit of their maker. This exhibition brings together contemporary makers and examples of historical basketry to commemorate this foundational artform, combining cultures, geographies, time periods, and communities.

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HyperVision: Bloom
Aug
1
to Aug 21

HyperVision: Bloom

  • Midland Junction Arts Centre | East, West & Hallway Galleries (map)
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Presented by the City of Swan Hyper Team.

HyperVision: Bloom asks artists to submit works that discuss, display, and explore their interpretation of the word ‘bloom’. What has been their greatest period of growth, prosperity, or productivity? What does it really mean to bloom, to shine? What inspires growth?

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CRITICAL TIME
May
8
to Jul 17

CRITICAL TIME

  • Midland Junction Arts Centre | East Gallery (map)
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Tom Freeman, Andre Lipscombe, Joana Partyka and Gemma Watson

Time passes quickly, drags on, accelerates. Time is punctuated by momentous events. Time languishes in archives. CRITICAL TIME brings together artists who keep time, waste time, or chronicle time, charting tempos through meditative, accumulating, and reflective practices.

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Take Only Memories
Feb
20
to Apr 24

Take Only Memories

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Reece Cahill, Inez Edwards, Sarah McFarlane, Harrison Riekie

Bringing together the work of recent graduates from Perth’s tertiary art schools, Take Only Memories charts a pathway through landscapes as sites for history, communication, healing and contemplation.

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Out of the Sea
Feb
20
to Apr 24

Out of the Sea

  • Midland Junction Arts Centre | West Gallery & Project Space (map)
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SpatialCo (Leonie Matthews, Peter Hill & Fergus Egan), Tom Allum, Beth George, Kira Jovanovski, Matt Slocomb and Emerald Wise.

Responding to the iconic Canal Rocks site near Margaret River, artists and designers explore qualities of place at the edge of land and sea via a breadth of media; including laser scanning, photogrammetry, photography, drawing, video and sound recording.

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Yoowalkoorl - Come On, Come Here
Nov
14
to Jan 30

Yoowalkoorl - Come On, Come Here

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Bringing together Aboriginal artists from across Western Australia with connections to Aboriginal Art Centre Hub of Western Australia (AACHWA) and Midland Junction Arts Centre, Yoowalkoorl, meaning come on, come here in Bibbulmun/Noongar is a blend of exhibition and marketplace celebrating the work of Indigenous artists from across the state.

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