Anyone can learn to make felt from wool fibres. In this parent and child school holiday workshop, textile artist Helen O’Hara will teach you the art of wet felting. You’ll learn the basic techniques, make a decorated fun, felt mug-rug and then use a resist to create your very own small, felted vessel to take home.

Wed 5 Oct | 12.30pm - 2.30pm | Suitable for 5 - 10 years
$45 I $40.50 members (Child aged 8 - 10 yrs on their own)
or $60 I $54 members (Child aged 5 - 10 yrs and a parent/guardian)
Materials included - Please bring along an old towel

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

Join Extricate artists Jane Button, Louise Grimshaw, Isaac Huggins, Eveline Ruys, Kristy Scaddan, Shanti Gelmi, and Repositioning a Place in the Heart artist Annette Peterson for an afternoon of storytelling and sharing amongst the artworks in the Mundaring Arts Centre Galleries.

Sat 13 Aug 2022 | 1.30pm - 2.30pm | Suitable for 13+ yrs
FREE | Booking essential | Tea & coffee provided 
Mundaring Arts Centre, 7190 Great Eastern Hwy (Corner of Nichol St) Mundaring WA

Images: By Rebecca Mansell

People with disability, their families and friends are invited to participate in a free tactile tour of the artwork in Extricate with a DADAA guide. Individuals, school students, groups from disability service organisations and aged care homes are all encouraged to take up this opportunity.

Fri 8 Jul 2022 | 1:30pm - 2.30pm
Suitable for all ages | FREE
Mundaring Arts Centre, 7190 Great Eastern Hwy (Corner Nichol St) Mundaring WA

Images: Shanti Gelmi, Tensile (detail), 2022, ceramic, waxed linen thread, dimensions variable.

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

Images: Courtesy of DADAA

Hand craft your own colourful and unique piece of jewellery with the girls from ka:ke studio! Over three hours you’ll learn to design, cut, file and finish acrylic and metal shapes to create a pair of earrings or a necklace.

Thu 8 Oct | 10am - 1pm | Suitable for 13 -20 yrs
$45 | $40.50 MAC Members | Materials supplied

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Part of the Explore and Expose 2020 project

Grab your camera and join artist Duncan Wright for a photography field trip in the Shire of Mundaring. Meet at the beautiful Boya Quarry and learn to photograph the landscape with the site’s challenges of light and scale. No matter the type of camera you’re using, Duncan will show you how to prepare for and capture a great image. He can also help with any technical questions you may have.

This workshop is supported by Shire of Mundaring, the Mundaring Camera Club and NEAMI National. Participants who are residents of Shire of Mundaring or City of Swan are encouraged to enter their photographs taken into the annual Explore and Expose photography competition.

Sun 12 Jul | 3pm - 5pm | Suitable for 12+ yrs
FREE | BYO fully charged Camera

Design and carve your own custom rubber stamps for printing seasonal gift wrap, tags, and cards in this 3 hour workshop with Phoebe Todd-Parrish. No previous relief printing experience is required, just come with your ideas, holiday cheer, and any extra things you’d like to print on for the holidays. Kraft Paper, cardstock, rubber for stamps, tools and inks included.

Sun 8 Dec | 10am - 1pm | Suitable for 12 - 20 yrs 
$10 | $9 members | Materials supplied

Join Surface Tension artist Andrea Vinkovic to hand build your own sculpture in clay. Andrea’s ceramic sculptures are inspired by microscopic images of pollens, planktons, molecules and natural structures. Her skill and love of this natural ancient material is sure to have you exploring your ideas in 3D.

Works will be glazed and fired by MAC technician (choice of clear or white) and available for collection 17 – 22 December.

Sun 24 Nov | 12pm - 3pm | Suitable for 12 - 20yrs
$10 | $9 Members | Materials supplied

Create a painting of your pet with local artist Alastair Taylor. Bring along an image of a furry friend and Alastair will show you how to capture their personality in acrylic paint. This 3 hour workshop for teens will cover portrait compositions, colour mixing and brushwork. A selection of primed boards and paint will be supplied.

Fri 11 Oct | 10am - 1pm | Suitable for 12 - 20yrs
$10 | $9 Members | Materials supplied

Join artist Phoebe Todd-Parrish to learn the art of GIF animation. Draw your frame animation by hand and using your camera phone and a simple website, make a series of simple line drawings come to life!

Sat 5 Oct | 1pm - 4pm | Suitable for 12 - 20yrs
$10 | $9 Members | Materials supplied - Bring your own phone

Join artist and designer Grace Hummerston to make your own bangles and earrings from recycled Perspex. Learn to use a dremel to shape, polish and engrave your jewellery, then paint your pieces with fine brushes and artist quality paints to create your unique wearable art works.

Fri 4 Oct | 10am - 1pm | Suitable for 12 - 20yrs
$10 | $9 Members | Materials supplied