Join Victoria Martinez in an amulet crafting workshop, where poetic creativity merges with materiality. Craft personalized amulets from terracotta using homemade slips, exploring self-expression, community connection, and the fusion of storytelling with artistic expression. No prior experience required. 

Limited spots available. No prior experience required.

Sat 20 Apr | 11.00am - 3.00pm | Suitable for 15 yrs +

$105 | $94.50 Members | Materials Included. Participants are required to wear closed toed shoes.  

Visit artist, educator and textile designer Annick Akanni in her studio and join her mother Dottie for an informal gathering in the courtyard to learn the art of fibre and hair braiding.

“Whenever mum braids my hair, we talk about life and share stories together.”

Akanni’s practice involves sharing creative knowledge and skills through community art workshops for children, young people and families. Meeting and connecting with a diverse range of cross-disciplinary creatives invites conversation and the opportunity to learn about different cultures.

Sat 16 Dec | 11 am - 12:30 pm & 1 pm - 2:30 pm
FREE | Suitable for all ages

Join African Australian artist, educator and textile designer Annick Akanni and explore storytelling through connection, texture, pattern, colour and sensory discoveries.

Sat 25 Nov | 1 pm - 2:30 pm
FREE | Suitable for all ages

Learn how to carve your very own wooden spoon in a relaxed and positive environment.

Carving wood for some, is a creative and mediative process that you can do just about anywhere.

Neil Gray from (@greenwoodadventure) will guide you through the steps and techniques to carve a spoon from a wooden blank using only two knives. You’ll come out of this workshop with your personalised wooden spoon and the confidence to practise again and perhaps attempt other forms. In this calm setting Neil's calm nature will make it easy for you to gain the fundamental skills to get you started on your carving journey. Get ready!

Suitable for 12+ years

Class Details

Saturday 14 October | 10am - 2:30pm (4.5hrs)
$110 | $99 members | Materials and tools included | Short break in duration of class
Midland Junction Arts Centre 

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Always been interested in learning how to accurately draw a human head and test your skills on a live model?

MJAC is excited to present a one-day workshop where you are guided through the basics of classical human head drawing by experienced drawer, Nidas Arkusauskas. He will demonstrate a typical portrait rendering to establish a clearer understanding of the anatomy.

Nidas will dedicate time with each participant and share his insight and expertise, giving you the confidence to practice these skills further. This workshop is designed for both adults and teenagers with no prior drawing experience.

Includes a short lunch break. Tea/coffee and biscuits provided.

Suitable for 16+ years

Class Details

Saturday 14 October | 9:30am - 4:30pm (6hrs)
$150 | $135 members | Materials and tools included | Short break in duration of class
Midland Junction Arts Centre 

Join inspiring tutor and MJAC artist in residence, Martien van Zuilen to create gorgeous 3D hand-felted flowers, using fine Merino wool and novelty fibres. The felting skills and finishing techniques you will learn can also be translated to a larger scale, for future projects.

Sat 20 May 2023 | 10am - 4pm | Suitable for 16+ yrs
$90 | $81 members | Materials included

In this hands-on fibre art workshop, combine the splendour of unspun wool fibres with the structural integrity of coiling techniques, to create a vessel. After the coiling is complete, use the ancient art of felting to transform the works into firm, sculptural forms. Other applications for this wonderous combo of techniques will also be shown, to provide inspiration for future projects.

Sat 6 May 2023 | 10am - 4pm | Suitable for 16+ yrs
$90 | $81 members | Materials included

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

Join renowned textile artist, Jan Rowe for a day of spontaneous, creative exploration as you work with a range of materials and quilting techniques to create your own unique composition and textile artwork.

This technique-based workshop focuses on abstract composition as participants ask, “what if?”, experiment and stretch the limits of their comfort zone.

Sat 26 Nov 2022 | 9.30am - 4.30pm | Suitable for 16+ yrs
$100 I $90 members | Materials List >

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 the art of Japanese Shibori with textile artist in residence Phil Thomas. In this workshop you will prepare fabric for dyeing, learn a variety of folding and stitching techniques, use hot water dyes and a microwave to create some unique and beautiful fabric designs.

Sat 8 Oct 2022 | 9.30am - 4pm | Suitable for 16+ yrs
$100 | $90 members | Materials included

Create something intricate and beautiful using the Japanese Patchwork method known as Boro (meaning tatters or patchwork). Textile artist Phil Thomas will show you how to transform repurposed fabrics using hand stitchery and layering.

There will be selection of sumptuous fabrics to work with, kindly donated by Handcrafters House.

Fri 9 Sep 2022 | 9.30am - 4pm | Suitable for 16+ yrs
$90 | $81 members | Materials included - BYO special fabrics

Explore the ancient technique of pinching and burnishing to make a ‘love bowl’ with clay artist Jen Kerr in the MJAC Ceramics Studio.

Bowls will take between 30 - 60mins to complete. Bookings recommended as they take priority – if space available drop ins welcome.

Sat 27 Aug 2022 | 12.30pm - 1.30pm or 1.45pm - 2.45pm | Suitable for all ages
$10 | $9 members | Materials included

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 West Australian artist Neil Gray as he shares his passion for wood carving and his specialist knife techniques to create unique wooden artworks. In this workshop, you will learn traditional carving and shaping techniques using a selection of hand tools to create a beautiful and functional wooden spoon.

Sat 27 Aug 2022 | 11am - 3.30pm | Suitable for 13+ yrs
$99 | $89.10 members | Materials supplied

Image: Courtesy of Neil Gray

Explore the versatility of screenprinting and repurposed fabrics in this half-day workshop with Extricate artist Isaac Huggins. Make your own unique stencil design to enhance your fabric or clothing or use one of Isaac's pre-made paper stencils as you explore various silkscreen techniques, including paper-stencil printing, layering, how to achieve colour blending/gradients and the benefits of under-painting and post-print embellishments. 

Sat 27 Aug 2022 | 12pm - 3pm | Suitable for 16+ yrs 
$100 | $90 members | BYO found garment or fabric - prewashed, natural, untextured, mid/heavyweight fabrics are most suitable 
Midland Junction Arts Centre, 276 Great Eastern Hwy (Corner of Cale St) Midland WA

Images: By Isabelle Haubrich and courtesy of Isaac Huggins

Discover how to use a pottery wheel with local ceramicist Robbie Kerr. Robbie will show you how to centre a ball of clay on the wheel in motion to form bowls, mugs or plates. Choose your best 1-2 pieces to keep and they'll be turned, bisque fired and glazed for you by Robbie after class. 

Sat 6 Aug 2022 | 1:30pm - 4:30pm | Suitable for 13+ yrs
$120 | $108 members | Materials included
Midland Junction Arts Centre, 276 Great Eastern Hwy (Corner of Cale St) Midland WA

Image: By Veta Holmes