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View fullsize 🐟 Flashback to 2001 🐟 Back in 2001, a bold graffiti mural brought a burst of colour to the Cannery’s old brick walls—reminding everyone that creativity has many forms and street art is just as at home here as sculpture or ceramics. 🐟
View fullsize HAVE YOU FORAGED AT FORAGE🌱 Our Forage Community Garden is flourishing — filled with geometric patterned wicking beds, worm farms, and composting magic! Best part? It’s open for the community to harvest from anytime. 🌱✨ A huge thanks
View fullsize BEHIND THE PORTRAITS Flashback to the opening night of The Lester Prize Exhibition Regional Tour at the Cannery Arts Centre, where members and sponsors joined an exclusive tour with Casey Temby, from The Lester Prize. These tours offer more than a
View fullsize Over the years, we’ve loved showcasing an incredible range of exhibitions by local and visiting artists - and now it could be your turn. ✨ Thinking about your first solo show? 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Want to curate a group exhibition? 🖌️ Got a stash
View fullsize FREE CERAMIC WORKSHOPS with Jess Le Monnier! 🎨👐 We’re thrilled to be offering a series of free ceramics workshops with local artist Jess Le Monnier at the Cannery Arts Centre! Open to kids, teens, and adults, these hands-on sessions are desi
View fullsize 🙌 Paper Makers in the Making 🙌 Our Regional Arts Triennial artists have been busy testing out their workshop plans for this Sunday — and you're invited to join in! Using recycled paper, water, a blender, and some nifty frames, you’ll
View fullsize BEN HOWE: ARTIST IN RESIDENCE WRAP-UP What a week! From June 16–22, we welcomed artist Ben Howe to the Cannery as part of The Lester Prize Exhibition Regional Tour — and he made the most of every minute. Ben led workshops with Esperance
View fullsize ART BY ACCIDENT (SORT OF) Elaine Fewings has a knack for finding beauty where others see... the top of the fridge. In Love and Carelessness, she treats clutter with curiosity, turning the daily jumble into delightful compositions. It’s part n
View fullsize 🐟 Get in Early for 9x5 🐟 Our 9x5 Exhibition opens 13 November, and trust us—you’ll want to get in early! 🐟 With hundreds of one-of-a-kind 9x5-inch artworks on display, early visitors get the best chance to find their favourite&mdash
View fullsize ARTIST BEN HOWE IN RESIDENCY All the way from Ballarat, acclaimed artist Ben Howe has joined us as Artist in Residence for The Lester Prize Regional Tour Exhibition at the Cannery Arts Centre. Ben took out the 2024 Richard Lester Prize for Portrait
View fullsize Hands-on Papermaking Workshop Join us for a creative afternoon with local artists from the Regional Arts Triennial and learn how to turn recycled materials into beautiful handmade paper. ♻️✨ This free, all-ages workshop is your chance to connect wi
View fullsize What’s in your junk drawer? 🪈♟🎲🏅🛟🕰🔧⚒🧲🔑🗝🪄 Chopstick wrappers, lost buttons, old love notes? Elaine Fewings has turned her odds and ends into a whole exhibition and it’s delightfully chaotic. Love and Carelessness takes forgott