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View fullsize EOI Info Chat – This Tuesday! 🎨💬 Got an idea for an exhibition or creative project? Join us for a relaxed info session to chat through the 2025 Expression of Interest process. 🗓️ Tuesday 17 June ⏰ 5:30pm 📍 At the Cannery Meet our new Art
View fullsize 📈 Reminder for Small Biz Owners ✨🤓 Fancy a Lester Prize piece in your reception? Or a stunning local artwork brightening your office walls? The $20K instant art asset write-off is still available — but only until 30 June 2025 ⏰ If your bus
View fullsize The Cannery building was constructed in one week using bricks made by hand on site. No prefab, no shortcuts—just grit, muscle, and a vision for a fish cannery on the bay. That same brick shell now houses exhibitions, gigs, and workshops. From s
View fullsize THANK YOU, MT BURDETT FOUNDATION Last Friday we opened The Lester Prize Exhibition Regional Tour at the Cannery Arts Centre and what an extraordinary night it was. 39 powerful portraits from across Australia now grace our gallery walls, showcasing t
View fullsize 🖼️ Thinking of Exhibiting in 2026? 🖼️ Curious about how to apply for an exhibition at the Cannery? Come along to our Exhibition EOI Info Session on Tuesday 17 June at 5.30pm at the Cannery Arts Centre. 🤝 Meet our new Artistic Directors, Alex Des
View fullsize BRINGING THE BEST TO ESPERANCE For the first time, The Lester Prize is landing in Esperance and it’s a big moment for the Cannery Arts Centre and regional arts lovers alike. This national portrait prize tour makes world-class art accessible t
View fullsize Are you a local emerging artist ready for your first show? 🎉 Got a mate you'd love to collab with? 🤝 Thinking of a cool school holiday installation for kids? 🧒🎈 Or maybe you're from out of town and keen for an open studio + stay in our on-site fl
View fullsize 🐟 Gallery Closed This Week 🐟 We’re hard at work behind the scenes installing The Lester Prize - while the gallery is closed to the public this week, the Cannery team is buzzing inside, getting everything ready for this nationally recognised
View fullsize 👀✨ EOIs for 2026 Exhibitions Are Open! ✨ 👀 We’re shaking things up at the Cannery Arts Centre with a fresh approach to our 2026 exhibition program — and we want you to be part of it. With the appointment of new Artistic Directors - Al
View fullsize ❤💛🖤 Bridging Now to Next 💛🖤❤ Reconciliation is a journey we walk together - shaped by courage, truth, and unity. This National Reconciliation Week, we reflect on the theme Bridging Now to Next, honouring the deep connections between past, presen
View fullsize 🎨 Steve Cooke Scholarship 25/26 🎨 Are you an emerging artist looking to grow your practice? The Steve Cooke Scholarship is your chance to dive into a full year of creative learning — with free access to our Art Lab workshops from July 2025 t