MAC celebrates the festive season with a cornucopia of contemporary craft secreted in 50 identical wooden boxes. This covert exhibition happens before the display in a twist of fate where buyers can purchase a secret artwork, sight unseen, and will only know who's artwork they have at the Opening of the Boxes on 11 November. There are only 50 covetable works of art, contributed by an impressive list of WA artists, to be ‘auctioned’ off to the first fifty buyers. 

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PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

An exciting selection of West Australian artists create installations to share their “gift” through display and residency, plus invite people to take part in workshops to create gifts for Christmas.  

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1 - 27 NOVEMBER | AMANDA ALDERSON, ANNA HADWIN & ANNEMIEKE MULDERS

Anna Hadwin's delightfully quirky crocheted critters pay MAC a visit

IN RESIDENCE | WED 16 AND SUN 20 NOVEMBER, 11AM-3PM

Annemieke Mulders presents her whimsical ceramic teapots and beakers

IN RESIDENCE | THU 17 AND THU 24 NOVEMBER, 10AM - 3PM 

FREE WORKSHOP | THU 17 NOVEMBER 10AM - 12PM 

Amanda Alderson shares her ‘Curious and Rare Article’ boxes 

IN RESIDENCE | FRI 18 AND FRI 25 NOVEMBER, 11AM - 3PM

FREE WORKSHOP | FRI 18 NOVEMBER 10AM - 12PM 

2 - 21 DECEMBER | HOLLY AND JILL O'MEEHAN OF GOLDEN WATTLE HOOKERS AND DENISE AND PATRICK BROWN OF VIBE CERAMICS

Holly and Jill O'Meehan aka 'Golden Wattle Hookers' crochet the gallery into a gloriously colourful installation

IN RESIDENCE | TUE 13 - FRI 16 DECEMBER, 11AM - 3PM

WORKSHOP | FRI 16 DECEMBER 12.30PM - 3PM 

Denise and Patrick Brown, the VIBE Ceramic Studio creators, share their latest hues in tableware plus mixed media works

IN RESIDENCE | TUE 6 - THU 8 AND TUE 13 - THU 15 DECEMBER, 11AM - 3PM

Artist in Focus

Caroline Lyttle reflects on life experiences through the lens of the garden, using paint and mixed media.

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Image: Caroline Lyttle, Life Force (detail), mixed media on paper.

Sandie Schroder and Nick Statham

Responding to their bushland environment and the ever present threat of bushfire, Sandie creates her work by burning cotton paper and wood panels to express vulnerability and beauty. Nick’s background in Landscape Architecture, design and love of wood is portrayed through his natural and geometric sculptural forms.

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Image: Sandie Schroder, Floral Ignition III (detail), pyrography on paper

Sarah Thornton-Smith

An investigation of the relationship between attributes of colour through constructions in paper, soft woods and metal foils rendered in gouache. Sarah, an artist and designer, presents an intimate experience of experiment and play.

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Image: Sarah Thornton-Smith, Poppin’ (detail), gouache on paper

Hundreds of primary school children from across the eastern region immerse themselves in a world of environmental discovery and problem-solving to come up with designs for the 2016 Mundaring Environmental Art Banners to be displayed in the town centre.

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Image: One of the Banner designs from 2012 MEAP by then Year 7 student, Verily Carter-Taylor from Mt Helena Primary School

Curated by Sarah Toohey

With a cornucopia of stitched objects assembled in a shrine to the sewing machine, A Needle Pulling Thread is an exhibition of works created by community groups, high school and primary school students working with textile artist Sarah Toohey. They tell stories of personal connections to the sewing machine and local history through stitch, fabric and embellishment.

Curated by Jude van der Merwe

Mundaring celebrates our regions sewing history with leading contemporary artists responding to the political, social and economic impacts of the invention and use of the domestic sewing machine (1850’s -1980’s) as well as selected historic sewing machines from the Collection of Charles Lithgow.   Featuring works by Angela McHarrie, Coral Lowry, Eva Fernandez, Geoffrey Drake Brockman, Judith Forrest, Linda van der Merwe, Mikaela Castledine, Nalda Searles, Paul Caporn, Stuart Elliott, Susie Vickery and Tee Ken Ng, the exhibition will be opened by fashion designer and artist Megan Salmon.

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Artist in Focus

Nominated by ECU lecturers as a student with exceptional potential, Aliesha explores the limitations of our ability to interpret the world through mixed media, print and sculpture.

IN RESIDENCE | TUE'S AND FRI'S 11AM - 3PM FROM 27 MAY – 24 JUN 2016

EXHIBITION OPENING | 7PM - 8.30PM FRI 24 JUN 2016

EXHIBITION | SAT 25 JUN AND SUN 26 JUN 2016

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Image: Aliesha Mafrici, Limitation, Artists Book (detail), mixed media on paper

Celebrating FUSION and the collective works created in a series of ‘whole of community’ workshops for all abilities, including people with high support needs.

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Image: Lionel Road Bus Shelter (detail) created by participants in Fusion workshop with Dan Duggan

Anthony Muia

Stepping Stones explores the power art has to expand and liberate us. Spilling into sculpture, audio and installation, the exhibition sees exposure to art as a form of self-help culture, utilising the gallery as a place of relaxation and contemplation. Through his multi-media work and ancient yogic meditation, Muia encourages us to slow down, be mindful and engage with art. 

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Image: Antony Muia, Father and Son (detail), mixed media on paper

Artist in Focus | Anne Williams

Renowned for her mastery of natural dyeing and a wide range of 2D and 3D textile and fibre techniques, Anne utilises recycled materials to express her passion for art as a way to engage with the thoughts behind everyday experience.

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Image: Anne Williams, As Many As It Takes (detail), hand stitched textile book. Photo: Josh Wells

Artist in Focus

Helen’s 30 year printmaking career has earned her an envied reputation for exceptionally created lino cut and etched print forms.

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Image: Helen Clarke, Mallee Country (detail), hand coloured etching

Celebrating her 100th birthday and a lifetime of creative endeavour, Trudy shares her observations of nature through gentle brushstrokes and expressive planes of colour.

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Image: Trudy Smith, Three Green Trees Dancing (detail), 2014, acrylic, collage and charcoal on canvas