Exhibitions 2021
Converging Currents
When: Wednesday 27 October 2021 to Saturday 15 January 2022 // 10am to 4pm Wednesday to Saturday
Where: Wanneroo Gallery, Wanneroo Library and Cultural Centre, 3 Rocca Way, Wanneroo
What divides us, also connects us.
Situated on the Indian Ocean, Converging Currents explores cross-continent and local collaborations, migratory stories, the Wanneroo coastline and marine debris, histories layered in heritage houses, domesticity, to the crafts of the fishing industry.
The Wanneroo Gallery plays host to a suite of solo shows, collaborations and group exhibitions by artists living, working and connected to the region.
Story-rich, Converging Currents is embedded within the statewide Indian Ocean Craft Triennial and is bound by the rituals of the everyday. Craft Categories include Basketry, Ceramics, Fibre & Textiles, Jewellery & Metalsmithing, Paper and Woodcraft.
Artists
Contemporary 84, Claire Davenhall, Fiona Gavino, Marilyn Hamilton, Courtney Hill & Valerie Shaw, Susan Hoy & Judy Rogers, Jocelyne Leath, Wendy Lugg, Helen O'Hara, Olga Perova, Jan Rowe, West Australian Quilters Association, Koorliny Koort Boodja Yorgas.
Image credit
- Courtney Hill & Valerie Shaw, Detail, work in progress, 2021, Thread, emu feathers, found objects, 120 x 120cm, City of Wanneroo
- Courtney Hill & Valerie Shaw, Detail, work in progress, 2021, Thread, emu feathers, found objects, 120 x 120cm, City of Wanneroo
Happy Birthday Play School: Celebrating 50 Years
When: Wednesday 26th May 2021 to Friday 8th October 2021 // Wednesday – Saturday // 10:00am to 4:00pm (closed Sundays and Public Holidays)
Where: Wanneroo Gallery, Wanneroo Library and Cultural Centre, 3 Rocca Way, Wanneroo
Cost: Free (walk-in). Group bookings can be made via email: museum@wanneroo.wa.gov.au or phone: 9405 5920
The Play School TV show has captured the hearts and minds of generations across the world. As the longest running children’s program on Australian TV, Play School is now celebrating its 50th birthday!
Did you know...
- Play School first aired on 18 July 1966.
- Presenter Benita Collings recorded the highest number of episodes – 401!
- When colour TV launched in 1975, the Play School set was altered and the rocket clock debuted.
Come inside, it's Play School
The City of Wanneroo Gallery is proud to host the iconic touring exhibition, where you get to explore significant artefacts from the show that span across 50 years. See your favourite characters as you travel through time via historical props from the show, including the original windows, the rocket clock and flower clock.
The show continues to air each day and capture the imagination of children, inspiring them to learn, wonder and explore.
The Happy Birthday Play School exhibition is brought to you by the National Museum Australia, in collaboration with the ABC.
For Country, for Nation
When: 17 February 2021 to 27 March 2021
Where: Wanneroo Gallery, Wanneroo Library and Cultural Centre, 3 Rocca Way, Wanneroo
Cost: Free
A touring exhibition highlighting the long-standing tradition that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have of serving with our military forces.
Visiting hours
- Wednesday - Friday // 10:00am to 4:00pm
- Saturday // 10:00am to 1:00pm
- Closed Sunday and public holidays
For Country, for Nation is an Australian War Memorial Touring Exhibition.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have a long-standing tradition of fighting for Country, and continue to serve with honour among our military forces. They have also worked in ancillary, industry, and other home-front activities, and their communities have been thrust into the front line of theatres of war.
Image: Tony Albert, Coloured Diggers, acrylic on canvas, painted in Sydney, 2013, ART96531.001-004, Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial
The touring exhibition For Country, for Nation highlights these stories and explores themes of remembrance and tradition through family histories, objects, art, and photographs from across Australia, drawing inspiration from cultural traditions and symbols of warrior’s discipline, knowledge, leadership, and skill.
For Country, for Nation is thematic in structure. Within each theme are stories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander experience during wartime and peace.
Tours, talks and community bookings
Visit fcfn.eventbrite.com.au for details on For Country, for Nation tours and talks.
- Tour format: Self-guided (with a short introduction and orientation from gallery staff)
- Cost: Free
For a specialised tour or large group bookings, contact arts@wanneroo.wa.gov.au
Education and school bookings
A rare opportunity for your primary and secondary students to experience the nationally significant exhibition, For Country, for Nation. Examine the themes of wartime history and Australian society at the home front over time from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives.
- Tour format: Self-guided (with a short introduction and orientation from gallery staff). Reflection activities will be available for students while viewing the exhibition.
- Cost: Free
- Pre and post-visit education resources: The Australian War Memorial has a range of resources for teachers to use in the classroom, including case studies, inquiry questions, film and sound, and art. Visit their website at awm.gov.au
For Country, for Nation will be open on Tuesdays exclusively for school bookings in Term 1, 2021. Register your interest by contacting arts@wanneroo.wa.gov.au
Image: A young Reg Saunders surrounded by his mates of the 2/7th Battalion, AIF, in Queensland in 1943; 057894, Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial
