Be inspired by Urban Art in this dynamic workshop with educator and street artist Dan Duggan. With over 20 years’ experience in the street art sphere Dan will discuss urban art and graffiti, creative tools and mediums and his own artwork.

Working closely with the artist, participants will develop a design using spray-paints, paint markers and traditional acrylic paint to transfer designs onto large scale MDF circles. Dan will demonstrate the various techniques and application methods, using aerosols, brushes, rollers, stencils, palette knives, squirt bottles and recycled materials to create interesting textures and add extra dimension to the final pieces.

The 90cm diameter circles will be used as suspended backdrops for the annual 'Worn Out Worn Art' Wearable Art Parade at MJAC on Sat 24 Nov. Come and see your resolved artwork displayed center stage for the performance and take your piece home the following week.

Please wear old clothes and enclosed shoes. Aerosols and paints will be water based and masks will be provided. 

Thu 4 Oct | 12.30pm - 3.30pm | Suitable for 12+ yrs
$5 | $4.50 MAC Members | Materials supplied
Swan View Youth Centre, Salisbury Road Swan View WA 

Learn the "tools of the trade" with renowned WA silversmith and jeweller Bethamy Linton. Create your own unique pair of textured and embellished earrings whilst learning roll-printing metal, cutting and assembling techniques.

Please wear enclosed shoes.

Sunday 30 September | 11am - 1pm | Suitable for 14+ years
$60 | $54 MAC Members | Materials supplied
Mundaring Hall Corner of Nichol and Jacoby St Mundaring WA

Brace yourself for a day of action, invention, creativity and history when Mundaring comes alive to the sound of hammers for the What a Tool Open Day.

Community groups, artists and businesses from across WA have come together to showcase the ‘tools of their trades’ and invite the public to soak up the atmosphere and have a go!

The Mundaring Hall and surrounds will be bursting with community group and business displays, forging and artisan demonstrations, interactive art activities, food and locally crafted things to buy. Read on >

Join artist Mary Ann Dawson and be a part of this exciting annual project. Get creative and paint one, or many, of the hundreds of canvas leaves that come together to form the Shire of Mundaring Christmas Tree. Once painted the canvas strips are stapled to the large steel tree which stands proudly in front of the Shire Administration building to herald the start of the festival season.

Thu 27 Sep | 10am - 12pm or 1pm – 3pm | Suitable for 8+ yrs
FREE | Materials supplied
Swan View Youth Centre, Salisbury Road Swan View WA

for the Avon Descent Festival

Join us in the Mundaring Arts Centre Tent and help artist Si Hummerston to celebrate this annual white water river event by creating a life-size Zodiac boat using cane. Learn how to construct a large scale 3D structure using tools and joining techniques to tape, tie, cut and wire the ‘inflatable’ boat together.

This collaborative community sculpture is a free activity ongoing throughout the day at this year's Avon Descent Festival. Fantastic fun for the whole family!

Sunday 5 August | 10am – 3pm | Suitable for all ages
FREE | Materials supplied
Avon Descent Festival Mundaring Arts Centre Tent, Lilac Hill, West Swan Road, West Swan

Presented by artist Jo Darvall as part of the National Australia Trust Heritage Festival

Mundaring Arts Centre is proud to present Like Water by Jo Darvall  in Gallery 1, 6 April to 27 May. To complement the stunning array of paintings reflecting Jo’s interest in the work of Kathleen O’Connor, Jo has organised a ticketed festival event at the Mundaring Weir, celebrating local history and this iconic site.

Celebrate the 2018 Australian Heritage Festival by joining the artist for this unique event. Guests will experience the historic Mundaring Weir Pump Station and art installation with C.Y. O'Connor descendants, Mike and Dr Kathryn Lefroy, and artist Jo Darvall; Listen to a music performance by an International pianist: Setsu Masuda and enjoy conversation and stories over a delicious Long Table Artist Lunch with local historians, artists and eminent writers Amanda Curtin. Tickets $80 per person plus Eventbrite booking fee, numbers are limited.

Sunday 22 April | 11am - 4.30pm | Suitable for 16+ yrs
$85.49 | Includes entry to the historic Pump Station and exhibition, presentations, music performance and lunch with dessert and wine, coffee and tea at MAC
Mundaring Weir Hotel, Mundaring Weir Road, Mundaring WA

Now in its 13th year, this year’s not-to-be-missed, Worn Out Worn Art Parade will be held at the Darlington Arts Festival 5.15pm – 6:15pm on Saturday 4 November.

The parade is a culmination of a year-long series of workshops where young people from across the Eastern region have pushed the creative boundaries to create dynamic Wearable Art from recycled and found materials.

A festival-style procession will begin the free showcase, leading audience members to the main stage at the Darlington Arts Festival to experience the incredible ‘sculptures for the body’ constructed in sessions at various school, community groups and at the Midland Junction Arts Centre.

Presented by Mundaring Arts Centre and the Local Drug Action Group, the Worn Out Worn Art project provides an outlet for young people’s creativity and self-expression. The project encourages young people to think outside the box exploring ideas, concepts and materials in innovative and unconventional ways.

Proudly supported by Local Drug Action Group, Act Belong Commit, Darlington Arts Festival, Shire of Mundaring and City of Swan

Saddle up and be a part of the Great Hobby Horse Race to be in the ‘running’ to win great prizes!

There are many ways to take part…

• Create your own Hobby Horse
• Create one at the Avon Descent Art tent on Sun 6 Aug > 
• Create one at the Habits of Horses Open Day Sun 20 Aug >
• Or imagine you are riding one, prizes given for imagination and flair!

On Sun 20 August artists will be “On The Green” at the Mundaring Community Sculpture Park from 10am and inviting people to come and make a Hobby Horse, have their face painted and create a Dressage Top Hat.

Hobby Horse Races will be held in a number of heats throughout the day with the Magic Millions Grand Prize Heat held between 2-3pm. Participants will jump over a series of stunning Hobby Horse jumps made by artist Denise Brown to be in the running for great prizes including prize packs from Magic Millions, Horseland, Hoofbeats Magazine and Jacksons Drawing Supplies. 

Magic Millions is excited to be a partner of The Habits of Horses Project providing 20 x prize packs of merchandise valued over $100 and a Grand Prize with merchandise and special VIP tickets. Magic Millions WA is proud of its reputation for it’s consistent supply of high class performers on the racetrack. The February 2018 Yearling Sale will again feature the cream of the crop of Western Australia’s yearlings and host a range to industry personalities as they vie for a chance to purchase there next champion. Complementing the Sale, the Magic Millions Race day is held annually at the beautiful Pinjarra Racecourse, including more than $400,000 in exclusive prize money for Magic Millions Sale graduates across two races.
www.magicmillions.com.au

Horseland is proud to support the Habits of Horses Project with a number of wonderful prize packs containing a cap, water bottle, lead rope, $15 gift voucher and product catalogue
www.horseland.com.au

Hoofbeats joins the Habits of Horses project supplying their wonderful publication plus subscriptions for the lucky winners
www.hoofbeats.com.au

As an ongoing partner of the Mundaring Arts Centre, Jacksons Drawing Supplies has generously donated 10 x$25 Gift Packs of wonderful art supplies to inspire your creativity
www.jacksons.com.au

HILARIOUS HOBBY HORSES

Bring a zany or woolly sock to the Avon Descent activity tent and craft your own hobby horse to take home.

Local artists will be waiting with loads of wonderful craft materials to show you how to…

• Braid a horse bridle and harness
• Decorate a felt or sock hobby horse head
• Attach your horse head to a stick (which can be painted or decorated with a wonderful selection of recycled materials to match)

Once your hobby horse is completed, we invite you to join us at the Habits of Horses Open Day Sunday 20 August at the Mundaring Sculpture Park (Jacoby Street Maundering) to join the great race, show off your creation and be in the running for a selection of prizes.

CREATE A RIVER RAFT

Join Maki to learn the craft of origami to create your very own river craft from paper. These beautiful little objects can be decorated or admired for their simplicity.

FELTED FLORA & Fauna 

Join renowned textile artists and create flat felt inspired by the stunning natural flora and fauna along the river line. Heather will show you how to create your own felted item that can be transformed into a brooch, bookmark or simply an object to take home and love.

Sunday 6 August | 10am - 3pm | Suitable for all ages
FREE | Materials supplied
Lilac Hill West Swan Rd West Swan WA

Join Gabriel to read through his most recent publication Captain Sneer the Buccaneer. After the interactive reading session Gabriel will invite the participants to draw the captain and other images from his book!

Tue 6 Jun | 10am - 11.30am | Children under 6 | Katharine Susannah Prichard Library Boya
FREE

Kylie will read through her latest children’s story 1,2 Pirate Stew and then then will invite the participants to join her in a fun colouring in session with images from the book.

Tue 23 May | 10.30am - 11.30am | Children under 6 years | Katharine Susannah Prichard Library, Boya
FREE