Group exhibition to end 2026!

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ReCollect Exhibition Details
MIX Artists reimagine and retell stories from the Museum’s collection.
Where: Pop Up Galleries, Museum of the Great Southern, Albany Western Australia
When: 13 November 2026 – 3 January 2027  Open daily 10am – 4pm
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Public Program
In ReCollect, MIX Artists have been inspired by significant objects and stories displayed in the permanent exhibition of the Museum of the Great Southern.
MIX Artists would like to find out about an item or object that is significant to you. Tell us about a special item from your personal collection and share your story about why it is important to you.
Bring it along to the museum where it will be photographed and catalogued for the Community Collection Wall within the ReCollect exhibition. You do not need to leave the item with us. We would just like to photograph it with a polaroid camera for a temporary display.
Where:  Co-op Building, Museum of the Great Southern
When:  Wednesday 25 November 1-3pm     Sunday 6 December 11-1pm

Artists Talks
Come and hear from the artists:
Saturday 21 November 11am
Artists: Lynley Campbell, Merry Robertson, Robyn Lees, Lizzie Riley and Kerrie Argent.
Sunday 6 December 1.30pm
Artists: Annette Davis, Catherine Higham, Nat Rad, Terri Pikora, Linda Chambers and Ann Copeman.

Paintings of the nearshore

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Littoral is a joint exhibition by Albany artists Nat Rad and Theo, marking the first time they have presented their work together after participating in numerous group exhibitions. The inspiration for this collaboration arose from independent creative research, which revealed a shared interest in the concept of the ‘nearshore.’ Through their individual artistic practices, both artists ventured out to document the area surrounding Menang Koort (King George Sound) on the Albany coast, focusing on the unique shapes, colors, and movements found within these landscapes.

100 Chawan- touring!

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Looking forward to the translation on 100 Chawan exhibition into The Painted Tree Gallery, Northcliffe 3-30 July. Very thankful that the soundscape created for the 2025 exhibition, Vancouver Arts Centre, is included.

Worth a trip to Northcliffe in July!

The Understory Art & Nature Trail and the Painted Tree Gallery are both located at the Northcliffe Information & Visitor Centre

Encylopedias re-imagined

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“Bound and Unbound” – Museum of the Great Southern 5-26 January 2026

https://visit.museum.wa.gov.au/greatsouthern/bound-unbound-encyclopedias-re-imagined

What can you do with a set of 1962 Encyclopedia Britannica? Give them to artists!

“1962 seed of knowledge”

Vol 4 Brain – Casing 1962 Encyclopedia, wind fall collected Bushy Yate – Eucalyptus conferruminate seed pod.

I was born in 1969. In my lifetime I have experienced the ‘discovery’ and wonder of the Great Southern’s flora and fauna. Of course this is not new to First Nations people, who continue to build on their connection to country to this day.

The Maple leaf shape represents immigration, embedded with a unique seed pod of the Great Southern into a book of knowledge with the title “Brain”.

“1962 vol 17”

Vol 17 P-Plant 1962 Encyclopedia, red silk hand twisted thread, water colour paint.

Knowledge is absorbed in many ways. I prefer visual learning and tactile experiences. With some fun added!

The ‘beads’ are made of ‘P’ words I enjoy from volume 17, threaded with red silk. A necklace of words starting with P.

A4 works for MIX Artists (At top of page)

In 1962 the Albany Cottage Hospital, on the site of the Vancouver Arts Centre, closed and a new larger hospital opened in Spencer Park. This is the same year of the Encyclopedia’s offered to artists. While the new Albany hospital wasn’t entered into the volumes I was offered, the  connection to the medical information I found has produced A4 works exploring this important event in Albany’s history.

Last days of Littoral

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It’s been a month! Last days to see the exhibition at Albany Historical Whaling Station.

Littoral will close this Sunday afternoon.

Thank you friends for taking the time to contact us with words of encouragement ❤️

A joint project

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Working with the artist Theo to install our paintings in the Parry gallery space was exciting!

We spent a while laying out the best possible location for each painting, considered the final placement after coffee and made a few changes. Once hung, we adjusted lighting and secured the wall labels before a huge sigh of satisfaction.

Incredibly pleased with the exhibition. Thank you to our wonderful friends and family for your support ❤️

Littoral exhibition open!

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“The Littoral is also an environment of flux and change par excellence. If the movement of tides suggest a cycle of repetition, the ecosystem of the shoreline reveals instead a triumph of adaption, diversity, and restless change…………. elements of geography, legality, and literature are all firmly anchored and intimately connected in our consciousness. But they are not destiny. They can be re-imagined, retold, and seen afresh.” Introduction to Littoral readings: Representations of land and sea in law, literature, and geography. Desmond Manderson and Honni van Rijswijk

Littoral exhibition

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Nat works in oil on canvas and linen and uses masking tape to cover both vertical and horizontal areas between layers of paint, revealing the previous layer when removed.

Theo uses acrylic on canvas and canvas paper and constructs the landscape with defined horizons while playing with the vertical structure of water lines within the compositions.