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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
View fullsize Calling all makers, creators, and experimenters—9x5 is open for entries. What can you fit into a 9x5 inch space? A painting? Sure. A tiny ceramic sculpture? Go for it. A Lego scene, embroidery, flash fiction, collage, poetry, papier-mâch
View fullsize 🐟 Snake Sense at the Cannery 🐟 That’s a wrap on our final FREE Snake Information Night for the season, and what a season it’s been! 🐟 You might be wondering why an arts centre is hosting snake workshops… But out here on the e
View fullsize 🏛️ Did You Know the Cannery Was Once a Fish Processing Plant? 🐟 Before it became Esperance’s home for art, music, and creativity, the Cannery was literally a working fish cannery — complete with conveyor belts, giant freezers, and the
View fullsize THE ART OF PORTRAITURE The Lester Prize Regional Tour opens in just two weeks at the Cannery Arts Centre. One of Australia’s most prestigious portrait prizes is coming to Esperance for the very first time. The Lester Prize celebrates contemp
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View fullsize 🐟 Creative Confidence Starts Early 🐟 🐟 When kids are given space to create, they learn to take risks, trust their ideas, and think in new ways. 🐟 Our workshops are about more than making art — they’re about building skills, confidence
View fullsize 🌿 Gather & Grow with Special Guest- Rachel from Bunnings 🌿 Join us at the Cannery on Thursday 22 May, 9am–11am for a morning of gardening, creativity, and connection! We’re excited to welcome Rachel from Bunnings as our special g