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View the 2025 Community Art Awards Exhibition from 21 May to 26 July 2025 at the Wanneroo Regional Gallery.

Opening hours

• Wednesday to Saturday // 10am to 4pm
• Closed Monday, Tuesday and Sunday

Each year, as part of the Community Art Awards Exhibition, the City showcases artworks featuring a diversity of talents in the categories of Painting, Works on Paper, Sculpture and Photo, Film and Digital Media.

The exhibition provides an opportunity for artists living in Western Australia to sell their artwork and take home a share of the $19,900 prize pool.

Plastic Free July is a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution – so we can have cleaner streets, oceans, and beautiful communities.

The City is running a range of free workshops throughout the month so you can learn more about what happens to your waste and find out how you can reduce you waste and live more sustainably.

What’s on in the City

Ditch the gladwrap! Fabric food cover sewing workshop

The Waste Education team are hosting a pop-up workshop where you can stop by and learn to create your own fabric food covers.

• Tuesday 1 July at Yanchep Central Shopping Centre.
• 10am to 11am, register online via Eventbrite.
• 3.30pm to 4.30pm, register online via Eventbrite.

Ditch the gladwrap! Fabric food cover set sewing workshop

The Waste Education team are hosting a free hands-on workshop where you’ll learn to create your own set of fabric food covers.

• 10.30am to 12.30pm, Saturday 5 July at Yanchep Library.
• Register online via Eventbrite.

Plastic Free It’s All About Play

Join us for a fun filled program packed with multi-sensory toys, craft, dress ups and tactile experiences designed to keep your child engaged and entertained as they learn through play.

• 9am to 11am, every Monday in July at Yanchep Library.
• No registration required, find out more via our website.

Community tour of the Cleanaway Material Recovery Facility and CLAW Environmental

Learn how your recycling is sorted and processed on this interactive tour of these two waste facilities.

• 8.45am to 3pm, Thursday 17 July, departing Wanneroo Civic Centre.
• Register online via the City of Joondalup website.

Earthside Eco Bums modern cloth nappy workshop

Learn what cloth nappies are all about, how they work and what you’ll need to get started at this free workshop.

• 11am to 12pm, Wednesday 30 July at Yanchep Library
• Register online via Eventbrite.

Get ready for fun during these school holidays!

We have a range of fun and exciting programs lined up for the school holidays.

Why not pop along to our libraries which have lots of fun activities going on.

Many of the City of Wanneroo’s school holiday programs are free, while others are provided at a minimal cost.

For more information on these activities, and many more click below!

School Holiday activities

Only suitable for: Adults 16+.

These two Saturday workshops are focussed on beginning to emerging writers and cover topics like:

• Honing your story idea
• Voice and point of view
• Creating memorable characters
• The elements of novels, like prose style and experimentation
• Writing process
• Getting the words onto the page.

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Over three afternoons on Saturday 16, 23 and 30 August 2025 (included in this price ) participants will receive tips and individual instruction on painting in Acrylics.

Guided by a professional artist Janey Emery, you'll learn practical techniques to bring your vision to life and leave with a finished piece you can be proud of. A canvas will be provided.

Register here

About Janey Emery

Janey has been painting fulltime since 1991 and has attained a high degree of respect in the art world from peers and art lovers alike. Janey has won numerous distinguished artistic awards for her work and has sold many paintings throughout Australia and overseas. Janey Emery is achieving the recognition her distinctive artistic talents deserve.

Materials to bring

A disposable palette, brushes and the following crylic paints (Mattise or josonya paints):

• Titanium white
• Ultramarine blue
• Yellow
• Carbon black
• Napthol red

Other desirable colours:

• Skin tone mid
• Australian olive green (green of any kind)
• Paynes grey
• Burnt umber
• Transparent red oxide
• Australian sienna or orange series 2

Art shops in the northern suburbs

• Art and Craft World -  U1/12 Boag Rd, Morley
• Jacksons Drawing Supplies -  76 Erindale Road, Balcatta
• Oxlades Art Supplies - 49 Guthrie Street, Osborne Park