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

Learn to communicate your artistic practice to audiences, galleries and media with writer in residence Bec Bowman. In this interactive online workshop, Bec will guide you through a series of exercises to produce an artist statement and press release, guiding you on how best to promote your work. 

Wed 11 May 2022 | 6pm - 8pm AWST | Suitable for 18+ yrs
$35 | $31.50 members | Materials supplied
Online via Zoom

Have a series of professional artist portraits taken by local photographer Rebecca Mansell with the backdrop of Midland Junction Arts Centre’s studios. Portraits and studio shots are a valuable resource for promoting you and your arts practice and are often requested by galleries for exhibitions and awards. You are welcome to bring props such as artworks and we have a variety of settings such as ceramic, print, painting or drawing studios to choose from to personalise your shoot. 

Rebecca will contact you prior to your session to discuss style, setting and props.

Rebecca Mansell is a portrait, food and lifestyle photographer. In 2010 she graduated from Edith Cowan University with a BComms (Photomedia) and studied Photojournalism at Pathshala’s South-Asian Institute of Photography in Bangladesh, igniting her fervour for capturing people, their environments and their stories. See her work here.

Fri 1 or Sat 2 Apr 2022 | 30 minutes sessions, 11am - 3pm | Suitable for 18+yrs
$180 | $162 members for 5 images | $20 per extra image

Image: Photographs by Rebecca Mansell

Learn to professionally handle and install 2D artworks in this three hour introductory workshop with Fiona Gavino. Whether you’re an artist preparing for an exhibition, or looking to better look after your personal art collection, you’ll learn a range of art handling and hanging techniques with best practice for preventative conservation. This workshop will cover artwork height formulas and wall fixing methods such as hanging wires, direct fixing and tabbing.

Fiona Gavino is a nationally recognised fibre artist and educator who applies basket making materials and techniques to create sculpture and installation. From 2012-2020 she was the Professional Development and Training Officer for ART ON THE MOVE.

Sat 6 Nov 2021 | 11am - 2pm | Suitable for 16+ yrs
$65 | $45 members | Materials supplied
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Start the new financial year right with this essential book-keeping workshop for artists hosted by Liz Haselgrove from BOSS Centre. You’ll learn all you need to know about record keeping, invoices, tax and GST obligations to easily manage your arts business. Take home templates for Profit and Loss, Cashflow and Book-keeping will be provided.

BOSS Centre is a government funded small business support centre offering 1-1 sessions and workshops under the Entrepreneurship Facilitators Service. 

This workshop is offered both in person at BOSS Centre (just across the road from Midland Junction Arts Centre or online via Zoom Webinar.

If attending online participants will need a computer or smartphone with an internet connection to participate. Please contact our Education Program Manager Jess at edpm@mundaringartscentre.com.au if you have any queries about the Zoom platform.

Thu 29 Jul | 1:30pm - 3:30pm AWST | Suitable for 16+ yrs
$10 | $9 members in person | Afternoon tea included
BOSS Centre 12 Cale St, Midland WA 6056
OR $5 | $4.50 members online via zoom
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Join Master Printmaker Paul Trinidad for a practical session covering the basics of professional printmaking and registration methods with a focus on relief printing.

Responding to the work of Tom Freeman in CRITICAL TIME, you’ll carve and print large a linear design woodblock, with the opportunity to try out advanced carving and printing techniques. Suitable for beginner's to experienced artists, Paul will outline the correct method for using a printing press, with clear demonstrations on pre-use prep, press settings, in-use safety and post-use checks. . 

Sat 26 Jun | 11am - 3pm | Suitable for 13+
$50 | $45 Members | Materials supplied
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Learn to translate your art practice into words with Gemma Weston. In this 1h Webinar, you’ll learn to construct your own artist statement to accompany your artwork that can be customised for awards, grants, websites and exhibition applications. Gemma will discuss techniques for creating clear, concise, descriptive and individual language and examine how language can be tailored to different contexts. Participants will also have the opportunity to submit an artist statement of 300 words or less for individual feedback and editing. 

Gemma is Perth Festival's Visual Arts Program Associate, overseeing the curation and delivery of the Festival's Visual Arts Program Partnership with Wesfarmers Arts. From 2013 - 2019 she was Curator of the Cruthers Collection of Women's Art at UWA's Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery and has also co-founded two 'artist-run' galleries, OK Gallery (2011-13) and Pet Projects (2015 - 2017). She publishes regularly on contemporary art. Her writing has recently been included in Monash University Museum of Arts' Certain Situations, a monograph on the work of Agatha Gothe-Snape and in journals Art Monthly Australasia, Artlink and Western Australia's Semaphore. Catch Gemma’s work as part of CRITICAL TIME under her “poorly concealed pseudonym”.

This online illustrated lecture and workshop will be hosted via Zoom Webinar. Students will need a computer or smartphone with an internet connection to participate. Please contact our Education Program Manager Ellen edpm@mundaringartscentre.com.au if you have any queries about the Zoom platform.

Tue 18 May | 6pm - 7pm AWST | Suitable for 16+ yrs
$15 | $13.50 members
Online via Zoom
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Image courtesy of Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery.

Learn the key elements of creating simple exhibition marketing material in this 90minute online demonstration with Monika Lukowska. Monika will walk you through her approach to creating an exhibition invite and poster, discussing font selection, image editing, eye catching compositions and preparing your files for printing. Monika will be using Adobe Photoshop for this demonstration, but the tools and principles covered in the lecture can be utilised in other software as well. A downloadable recording of this webinar will be provided to all participants after the workshop.

This online illustrated lecture and workshop will be hosted via Zoom Webinar. Students will need a computer or smartphone with an internet connection to participate. Please contact our Education Program Manager Ellen edpm@mundaringartscentre.com.au if you have any queries about the Zoom platform.

Tue 23 Mar | 6:30pm – 8:00pm AWST | Suitable for 13+ yrs 
$15 | $13.50 members | Online via Zoom
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Instagram is a useful, free marketing tool for your arts business. However, it doesn’t work for everyone and can damage your brand if you use it incorrectly. Join Lucy Southon from the BOSS Centre / Entrepreneurship Facilitators Service for this online session covering the basics. 

Topics include; Do I need an Instagram account? How to set up an Instagram account. Posting Photos to your grid, the difference between Stories, Videos and IGTV, hashtags and how to find the right ones for you as well as lots of easy wins to get you found easily. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to get your digital presence up and running.

This online illustrated lecture will be hosted via Zoom Meeting. Students will need a computer or smartphone with an internet connection to participate. Please contact our Education Program Manager Ellen edpm@mundaringartscentre.com.au if you have any queries about the Zoom platform.

Tue 9 Feb | 10am – 12:30pm AWST | Suitable for 13+ yrs
$10 | $9 members | Online via zoom
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Learn to professionally handle and install 2D artworks in this three hour introductory workshop with Fiona Gavino. Whether you’re an artist preparing for an exhibition, or looking to better look after your personal art collection, you’ll learn a range of art handling and hanging techniques with best practice for preventative conservation. This workshop will cover artwork height formulas and wall fixing methods such as hanging wires, direct fixing and tabbing.

Fiona Gavino is a nationally recognised fibre artist and educator who applies basket making materials and techniques to create sculpture and installation. From 2012-2020 she was the Professional Development and Training Officer for ART ON THE MOVE.

Sat 7 Nov | 10:30am - 1:30pm | Suitable for 16+ yrs
$50 | $45 members | Materials supplied

“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance” - Aristotle 

Join Bernard Kerr for an intensive masterclass in assemblage and ceramic decoration. Develop your ability to create complex vessels and/or sculptures, and deepen your understanding of the use of colour and decorative texture in contemporary ceramics. Over four weeks and 26 contact hours, Bernard will lead you through the labour intensive process of creation - from concept, design, construction, glazing to firing. Demonstrations include: press moulding; drape moulding, slip casting, coiling, pinching, slab-building, rotating core technique, bas relief and sprigging. This intensive masterclass is open to confident ceramicists. Only 10 spots available!

Bernard has been an artist and educator for over 40 years, working in ceramics, sculpture and painting in Perth, Indonesia and Melbourne.

This course includes a bisque and glaze firing. Please bring along your own apron, towel, sketchbook and wear closed in shoes. 1 bag of clay will be provided per student, BYO additional stoneware clay or purchase a bag from the ceramics technician. 

Tuesdays and Wednesdays 27, 28 Oct, 3 & 4 Nov | 9.30am - 3pm
AND Tuesdays 10 & 17 Nov | 9.30am - 12.30pm
$420 | $378 Members | Materials supplied