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Many have reached out asking for more ways to connect over the weekend, and we couldn't agree more. To kick things off, we’re happy to welcome you to the debut of Sunset Sunday, the first of what we hope will become a favourite in the calendar.

This is your invitation to come along and enjoy a delectable grazing board and sip on refreshments as The Bank Gallery transforms into a sanctuary for “Sunset Sunday” this May.

The Bank Gallery, - 8 Macpherson St. Carnamah

Sunday 3rd May 4:30pm to 6:30pm

Relax in the lounge, explore the immersive exhibition of resident artist Emmaline James, and meet the creator herself before surrendering to a captivating performance by internationally renowned concert pianist Donna Coleman.

There is no cost or booking required to attend Sunset Sunday, just come along.

We’ve enjoyed putting this together, if it's something you like, we'd be love to turn this into a regular get-together.

About Emmaline James' Exhibition:

This exhibition presents a selection of recent works by multidisciplinary painter and sculptor Emmaline James, developed following her return to Vancouver, Canada in 2025. Working across drawing, painting, collage, encaustic and sculptural forms, James reflects on how movement through different places and cultures can expand perception and awaken new ways of seeing the world.

About pianist Donna Coleman:

The Bank Gallery will come alive as internationally renowned concert pianist Donna Coleman presents a concert featuring music ranging from J.S. Bach to Bill Evans, Percy Grainger to George Gershwin, and selected works from the Ragtime repertory in the USA and Australia.

Audiences will be treated to artistry and skill in a program that showcases the passion and beauty of music. This is a unique opportunity for local audiences to experience what Donna Coleman refers to as ‘dancing with the piano’, right in the heart of the community.

All are invited to join Emmaline for morning tea or lunch, pop into her studio at The Exchange in Carnamah or take part in a creative workshop. There’s no cost or booking required for any of these events and creative workshops, just come along to one or all!

First up...

Thursday 23rd April 10am - 1pm (includes morning tea)

Morawa CRC, 46 Winfield Street, Morawa

(more dates coming soon!)

Exhibition Launch

Sunday 3rd May 4:30pm to 5:30pm (includes light refreshments)

The Bank Gallery, 8 Macpherson Street, Carnamah

About Emmaline

As a multidisciplinary painter and sculptor, Emmaline’s practice explores the intersections of place, memory, and human connection. Working with collage, drawing and painting, she creates layered works that map lived experience through personal photographs, reflective journaling and fragments of landscape. Her recent work explores encaustic painting, where molten wax and pigment create luminous surfaces that hold and preserve imagery. Developed during time spent in Vancouver, Canada, her series Learning to Fly reflects on how travel, memory and environment shape personal identity and creative awakening. Influenced by the montage practices of Hannah Höch, the spiritual abstraction of Hilma af Klint, and Homi K. Bhabha’s concept of the “Third Space,” where meaning emerges between cultures and perspectives, her artworks become small maps of connection; where memory meets shared experience.

About Emmaline’s Creative Workshops

In this exciting workshop, the focus is on mapping place, memory, and the subtle connections that shape our lives through the luminous and tactile process of encaustic painting. Emmaline will guide participants through the process of creating their own layered collage artwork on board that will be sealed in encaustic wax. You are invited to bring photocopies of personal photos, while drawing and imagery are further inspired by the surrounding landscape that influence our sense of belonging. The session is a welcoming space for creative exploration, conversation and community connection, where art becomes a way of seeing ourselves, each other, and the places we inhabit with fresh awareness.

You can find out more about the Threads in Common program here.

All are invited to join Martien for morning tea or lunch, pop into her studio at The Exchange in Carnamah or take part in a creative workshop. There’s no cost or booking required for any of these events and creative workshops, just come along to one or all!

Tuesday 24th February 10am - 1pm (includes morning tea)

Morawa CRC, 46 Winfield Street, Morawa

Wednesday 25th February 10am - 1pm (includes morning tea)

Arts & Crafts RSL Hall, Russell Street, Perenjori

Sunday 8th March 10am - 1pm (includes morning tea)

The Co-Op Gallery Coorow, Main Street, Coorow

Tuesday 24th March 10am - 1pm (includes morning tea)

The Exchange & Gallery Mingenew, 50 Midlands Road, Mingenew

Thursday 26th March 10am - 1pm (includes morning tea)

Gardiner Street Art Collective, 97 Gardiner St, Moora

Friday 1st May 5.30pm - 7.30pm (includes light refreshments)

The Exchange Carnamah, 4 Macpherson Street, Carnamah

About Martien

With a creative practice spanning four decades, Martien van Zuilen specialises in various textile-making techniques to create distinctive, narrative works of art. She often incorporates other artmaking elements, such as basketry, mixed media, and a range of everyday and natural materials. Foremost in Martien’s practice is the creation of works that come from a felt connection to, and experience of place and the significance of community. Honouring traditional techniques and using minimal equipment, what matters is an intentional engagement with the process of making and the potential that lies in the unexpected. Based in Boorloo/Perth, Martien combines her arts practice with work in the not-for-profit arts & culture sector. Her work is included in numerous international publications, books, and specialist arts magazines. This is her fourth residency with North Midlands project.

About Martien’s Creative Workshops

Join us to explore the creative potential of the art of weaving; combining yarns, colours and patterns to weave a unique work of art. Martien will share various easy-to-learn techniques, using simple and innovative weaving looms and frames. A rich abundance of sumpteous yarns, fabrics and natural materials will do the rest, enticing you to craft your ‘story cloth’, using the art of weaving as metaphor; a creative and playful process that links the warp and weft of life a creative and playful process that mirros an exploration of how we connect to ourselves, to others, our surroundings and community. There is also the opportunity to contribute to the creation of a new, community-designed woven artwork. We look forward to seeing you!

You can find out more about the Threads in Common program here.

BOLD INTENTIONS

Featuring works by Mid West artists Tymia Councillor, Mina Elliott, William Pike, Cam Fitzgerald, Mark Miragliotta, Helen Reynolds, Leah Vlatko, artists of Yamaji Art, and audio-visual content by Amanda Forward.

Showcasing dedications to Country and its seasons, the cyclical journey of the natural world, odes to the ocean, to soil, and warnings of how humans can impact the ecology of our planet, borrowing from the past to re-interpret an artificially intelligent future, bees, honey and pollination, fibres and skins, seed pods, ochres, the connective tissues that weave the past and the future together.

This exhibition, a collaboration between Geraldton Regional Art Gallery and North Midlands Project, was curated by Wiggy Mitsuda under the mentorship of Briony Bray. It is part of the Regional Arts Triennial of exhibitions across regional Western Australia under the common overarching theme of Radical Futures.

Mid West locations and dates for Bold Intentions:

CARNAMAH - Amangu Country -The Bank Gallery @ 8 Macpherson St
14 February - 17 April. Open daily, Tuesday to Friday 10 am - 3 pm

MINGENEW - Amangu Wattandee Country - Exchange+Gallery, 50 Midlands Rd
24 April - 30 June. 9 am to 3 pm Monday through to Friday

NORTHAMPTON - Nhanda Country -The Hampton Gallery @ 189 Hampton Rd
4 July - 31 July

GERALDTON - Yamaji Country - GRAG @ 24 Chapman Rd
26 September - 22 November

Martine Perret + Local Youth
in Mingenew

Photographic artist Martine Perret undertook a series of workshops with Year 5 + 6 students at Mingenew Primary School during her residency with North Midlands Project in late 2025. Martine explored techniques with the students and provided them with a disposable camera to create photographic stories of themselves in their community. The workshops also cultivated the social and emotional wellbeing of students through creativity and the arts.

Their photographic works are showing at The Exchange+Gallery at 50 Midlands Road in Mingenew, which is open 9am to 3pm Monday through to Friday each week.

Multi-Year PrograM
Across the North Midlands

2025 to 2028 is going to be an IMMERSIVE time in the North Midlands with the 'Threads in Common' exploring community. Through a focus on wellness, culture and creative arts, the aim is to foster healthy conversations about community, identity, diversity, and inclusion. Weaving together our Threads in Common, nurturing respect and connection through understanding.

We recognise that threads, when joined together, engender strength and buoyancy. Understanding, Exploring and Embracing who we are as individuals and a community benefits our wellbeing and our social fabric. This, in turn, fosters and supports local networks for personal pride, a sense of place and belonging. The impact lies in a greater appreciation of, and harmonious relationships between, people from all backgrounds, cultures, gender, skills, and life experiences in our communities.

Over next few years, we'll be exploring and gaining a deeper understanding of...

2025 - Ourselves, our identity, personal pride

2026 - Others, culture, traditions, language, gender, skills and life experiences

2027/28 - Community, ever changing, through difference we are stronger

Click here to find out more

Exhibition: THE BIG BOOK

Coming Soon to Mingenew + Moora in 2026

This exhibition by DADAA celebrates three years of storytelling through printmaking, textile and photographic etchings - showcasing the shared stories and creative journeys of participants in the Ink and Thread project.

Ink and Thread was a three-year printmaking project linking communities across the Wheatbelt and Mid West. From the coast at Laneclin to inland townships, from Carnamah, Mullewa, and to the communities in-between, the project fostered connection, creativity and mental health through shared making and storytelling.

Artists Francesco Geronazzo, Lizzy Robinson, Neil Elliot, Dimity Gregson, Angela Rossen, and Clare B. Bushby contributed to the creation of these works with people in Carnamah, Perenjori, Three Springs, Mingenew, Lancelin, Geraldton, and Mullewa.

Exhibition: Lakes by Martine Perret

Coming Soon to Moora in 2026

During an Ebb+Flow residency in 2021, photographer Martine Perret captured aerial photography of lakes and the landscape in the North Midlands. Aligned to a new Threads in Common residency with North Midlands Project, these aerial photographs will be exhibited in Moora during 2026.

Exhibition: Metamorphis
by Stuart McMillan

Coming Soon to Mingnew in 2026

An exhibition of visual and sculptural works by interdisciplinary artist Stuart McMillan is showing at Gardiner Street Arts Collective during September and October.

The Exchange+Gallery at 50 Midlands Road in Mingenew.

Regional Youth LGBTIQA+ Program

YOUnity, an inspiring new initiative to amplify the voices of LGBTIQA+ young people living in regional and remote Western Australia. This free program, offered in 26 communities across the state, invites young people aged 13 to 24 to take part in storytelling through immersive art, cultural, and wellness experiences, fostering a strong sense of belonging and pride.

YOUnity isn’t just about creativity; it’s a project with impact, expressed through a celebration of works, advocacy, and legacy.

Showcase — YOUnity will culminate at the 2026 Perth Pridefest, featuring regional LGBTIQA+ youth voices, a large-scale collaborative flag artwork, and two songs composed by West Australian Opera.

Advocacy — Beyond creativity, the program gives young people a platform to spark change, influence conversations, and shape inclusive policies. In partnership with Youth Pride Network, their ideas and artworks will be transformed into meaningful advocacy.

Legacy — In collaboration with the Australian Museums and Galleries Association, creative works and reflections will enter collections across WA, preserving and amplifying regional LGBTIQA+ voices while strengthening visibility and cultural recognition.

YOUnity, supported by Healthway and the Government of Western Australia, was developed by North Midlands Project in collaboration with Youth Pride Network, and key partners West Australian Opera and the Australian Museums and Galleries Association.

Click here to find out more

Weekly- Wednesdays
@ The Exchange Carnamah

If you have a creative pursuit of any kind that you'd like to undertake socially in the company of others, please come to The Exchange in Carnamah on Wednesdays between 10am and 2pm.

Weekly - Thursdays
@ The Exchange Carnamah

If you'd like some help with the internet, tablet, or mobile! Drop-in between 10am and midday on Thursdays at The Exchange, 4 Macpherson Street in Carnamah.

Fortnightly - Thursdays
@ The Exchange Carnamah

Regional writring group Scribes of North Midlands meets at The Exchange in Carnamah fortnightly on a Thursday.

Workshops, Exhibitions + Events!

Click here to jump over to our Facebook Events page with all up-and-coming creative workshops, events special exhibitions, community projects plus everything in between.
North Midlands Project Events Page.

Creative Group SUPPORT

Are you thinking about starting up a new creative community group in the North Midlands, or need some assistance with one already running? Get in touch! We can help with planning, marketing, insurance and providing a space for the group to run activities. #StrongerTogether

Creative Hub

Strengthening our Creative Community Together

This resource is for artists, arts workers and arts enthusiasts to learn, participate, and connect with what they love. Click here to discover more. All ideas, feedback or content suggestions are warmly welcomed through the make it better contributor's portal

#StrongerTogether

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Share + discover arts activities happening in the Mid West

All are welcome to check out and post about creative activities, workshops, gigs, launches, exhibitions, projects and events happening in the Mid West.

If it’s creative and happening in the Mid West, click here and post away!

CREATIVE @ HOME

If you're at home, we encourage you to keep active, creative and connected with our expansive Act Belong Commit Creative @ Home program. Can you recommend an addition to the program? Would you like to do a live-streamed gig or workshop? Click here to get in touch!

Creative activities, online courses, virtual exhibitions and much more. Open 24/7 online!

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