The Ville | Spring/Summer 22/33

HelloIt’s a privilege to be working on this land and I pay my respects to the Bibbulmun and Whadjuk communities and thank them for their generosity and welcome.

Home, work, family, friends, arts, sports, politics, beliefs, challenges, hopes and dreams – they all weave together to form the fabric of life. We invite you to join in our arts and culture program this spring and Melvillesummer.isacentre

for arts and culture. A bridge between north and south, east and west. Our programs are important – they sew connections inside and outside of our community.

We have created experiences that resonate beyond the event for you to feel, discover and explore.

Inside these pages you’ll find out about exhibitions, live music, museum programs, language sessions, architecture, art for children, author talks, art awards, books, film and public art.

We hope you will become familiar with new phrases like Melville Summer Music, TILT, Melville Storylines, ART BOX, Koolangka Waangkiny, Cold War to Dance Floor, Weekender Art Shows and Goolugatup Sounds.

Have a read and keep this paper in your favourite room. Then come and try something new – and remember this is just a taste of what’s on offer this spring and summer. Visit the website links throughout this program for full details and more information.

Everyone is welcome and we look forward to seeing you.

The City of Melville acknowledges the Bibbulmun people as the Traditional Owners of the land on which the City stands today and pays its respects to the Whadjuk people, and Elders both past and present.

City of Melville nagolik Bibbulmen Nyungar ally-maga milgebar gardukung naga boordjar-il narnga allidja yugow yeye wer ali kaanya Whadjack Nyungar wer netingar quadja wer burdik.

COME AND TRY SOMETHING NEW THIS SUMMER. EVERYONE IS WELCOME AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU.

Pete Stone City of Melville | Creative ProduCer

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Songs for Freedom 2022, captured by Linda Dunjey

Alexia Parenzee for Melville Summer Music, captured by Safire Beukes

Throughout spring and summer, Western Australia’s best singers, songwriters and musicians come together to create a live soundtrack just for you.

Each performance gives us something new to love about music. Warm afternoons and still summer nights spent with family and friends. Relaxing together, singing, dancing, finding new sounds to enjoy or maybe reconnecting with familiar favourites. Settle in for a season of music in Melville.

SONGS FOR FREEDOM

Discover the songs of an ageless culture and an ancient country. Songs for Freedom is a powerful performance written by the Ieramugadu (Roebourne) community on Ngarluma country. An unforgettable evening of song and story on the Derbarl Yerrigan Swan River, it’s a celebration of the music, people and country of the CreatedPilbara.incollaboration

with Big hART, City of Melville and Perth Festival, and directed by Grammy-award-winning artist Lucky Oceans, Songs for Freedom offers heartfelt messages of freedom and hope from the Pilbara mob, in their own words.

This year, Songs for Freedom is accompanied by Punkaliyarra: Sister in Law Dreaming Story, a new theatre work born on Ngarluma and Yindjibarndi country and presented at Yagan Mia Wireless Hill.

Join us as the city comes alive with a series of unforgettable musical performances.

WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF THIS PROGRAM. IT’S AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE THE BEST OF WA MUSIC AND I THINK THE COMBINATION OF THESE AMAZING ARTISTS PERFORMING IN BEAUTIFUL SPOTS IS GOING TO BE A HIGHLIGHT OF SUMMER.

TENDERMUSIC

IS THE NIGHT

Tender is the Night transforms venues, and this season Goolugatup Heathcote for a series of intimate, one-of-a-kind

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features a suite of songs by renowned local singer songwriters, with string scores written by classical composers and performed by the Tender Strings Quartet. Immerse yourself in the work of each performer and the beautiful arrangements of ten different composers, as each piece comes together for the very first time in front of a live audience.

Bring your own cushions, rugs, and a picnic to enjoy during the show (or grab your favourite takeaway). A magical evening to share with family and friends, Tender is the Night is a unique experience of the joy of making music.

MELVILLE SUMMER MUSIC

GOOLUGATUPFREE SOUNDS

Goolugatup Heathcote

Fri 11 Nov and 10 Feb | 7pm

A program of exploratory live music, appearing alongside each exhibition opening at Goolugatup Heathcote gallery.

From the banks of the Derbarl Yerrigan Swan River to Centennial Park, Melville Summer Music brings live music into your backyard with a program of unforgettable free concerts across the city.

Fill your summer with music by local and touring musicians across a wide range of styles – blues, pop, indie, folk, rock, bluegrass, funk and soul.

Melville Summer Music is a fantastic family event, with plenty of space for picnics and a hand-picked selection of Perth’s favourite food trucks. With eleven dates across five beautiful Melville parks and reserves, Melville Summer Music is a great way to rediscover live music in the city you love.

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Being able to experience this music together with the art in the gallery is something special. It’s really memorable for people – they connect with the music in a way they might not at a traditional concert.

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To discover the full line-up of Melville’s music program, visit melvillecity.com.au/whatson Nov

Goolugatup Sounds showcases the best local and touring music talent in a series of performances at Goolugatup Heathcote. Each performance is created with an experimental approach to accompany the opening of an exhibition at the gallery. The result is a feast for the senses, bringing together the gallery’s spectacular visual art with curated musical acts that offer something a little out of the ordinary.

Kate Pass and Patrick Churnside at Songs for Freedom, 2022 captured by Linda Dunjey

Willagee 1 Oct | 5.30–8.30pm

Come along to the Willagee Community Centre to hear and watch the story of The Coolbaroo Club, an Aboriginal-run dance club that grew and thrived in post-war Perth, despite a hostile policy of racist segregation that excluded Aboriginal people from many places and activities across the

PANEL: FAKE NEWS AND THE FUTURE OF JOURNALISM

AH Bracks Library + Creative 9 Oct | 3–4.30pm Bookings

What is fake news? How does fake news impact journalism? Why do people believe misinformation despite evidence to the contrary? our panel of experts for an insightful discussion.

BREAKFAST WITH A SIDE OF HISTORY

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The inaugural Melville Storylines celebrates the beauty of storytelling in all its forms, from writing and spoken word to film and digital news media. A fearless program of over 30 literary and creative events, Storylines explores the art, the science and the magic of crafting a good story.

Join renowned storytellers David Milroy and Lucky Oceans as they explore the idea of Stories in Song in an evening of personal stories and open conversation. Hear the stories of the land we live on, with Noongar Elder Aunty Marie Taylor at Dyoondalup Point Walter, and the fascinating history of The Coolbaroo Club with Noongar Elder Aunty Roma Loo. Take a look Behind Closed

Doors with a viewing of the vintage radios and communication objects at Wireless Hill, guided by the museum storytellers.

The program also includes workshops and panel sessions for budding writers, with opportunities to meet established authors and artists. It looks at the way storytelling has changed in the digital age, and how the stories we tell can make us who we are. How does a book get written and published? What is that part of us that falls under the spell of fake news? How does your own story shape your identity?

A literary festival for everyone, Melville Storylines is an invitation to discover that we all have a story to tell.

For the full Melville Storylines program and to purchase tickets, visit melvillecity.com.au/melvillestorylines

On the weekends we washed our manes soaking up that vitamin D. The intimacy, the ritual of drying our thick black locks considered pretty unorthodox for our neighbours as they tried to get a glimpse through the crack in the fence. We’d fight for the title of ‘Longest Hair in Leeming’ as we hopped into the Tarago for another weekly ritual synonymous with the Khalsa parivaar… fruit picking.

An excerpt from Pardēs, a new work by Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa, poet and spoken word performance artist commissioned for Melville Storylines.

IT STARTS AS JUST A LITTLE TASTE AND TRYING SOMETHING NEW, BUT IT CAN LEAD TO BIG THINGS. THERE’S A LOT OF JOY IN THAT.

IT’S FOSTERING THAT LITTLE GEM OF CREATIVITY OR WONDER, AND SHOWING IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO EXPLORE AND LEARN.

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Roma and Sharon Loo for Melville Storylines captured by Rebecca Mansell

Karen Campbell, Kaylene Poon and David Milroy for Melville Storylines captured by Rebecca Mansell

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Explore the story of the city as homeowners across Melville open their doors to Melville | Contemporary Architecture and Sound Sessions.

Each session invites guests to look at home design through a different lens, with a tour of one of the city’s architectural gems. Revealing iconic post-modern designs to contemporary builds that challenge accepted norms of space and connectivity, the sessions explore how our homes reflect the values of their time and how these values are well worth preserving.

Hosted by the home’s owners, each session includes a discussion by a design expert – often the original architect –offering insights into the ways design can help us respond to the contemporary challenges of a growing population and a changing climate. Guests are invited to stay for a live music performance and refreshments to complete this fascinating afternoon of design and discovery.

To see the full line-up of Melville | Contemporary Architecture and Sound Sessions, visit melvillecity.com.au/architecturesessions

EACH HOUSE TELLS A STORY; SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN IN THE SAME FAMILY FOR GENERATIONS. BUT EACH ARCHITECTURAL STYLE ALSO TELLS A STORY, ABOUT HOW OUR SOCIETY AND THE WAY WE LIVE HAS EVOLVED, FROM THE 50S AND 60S ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO TODAY.

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Cold War to Dance Floor

Cold War to Dance Floor follows the evolution of electronic music, from the laser-lit raves of the 90s all the way back to its origins in Cold War military technology.

Featuring a series of hands-on interactive exhibits and sound labs, the exhibition explores a little-known side of electronic music, in the beautiful surrounds of Yagan Mia Wireless Hill.

The old engine room of WA’s most significant wireless station will play host to the ‘engine room’ of the dance floor; the synths and drum machines that first exploded on the scene in the 1970s and 80s, propelling dancers across the world to stay up all night. Audiences will be taken on a fascinating journey of militarised science and technology that eventually caused a pop culture explosion in music, art and entertainment. Join us to celebrate the opening night with a live synth show, DJ and bar and your first chance to have a go on some of the vintage synths on display.

LOCAL HISTORY

Local History

Artefacts, photographs, recorded oral histories, old newspaper articles, maps, and even ancestry and genealogy contacts.

Jump online anytime or make an appointment to come in and discuss your enquiry in person. more information,

Our Local History Officer works Tuesdays and Wednesdays. They can be contacted on michelle.campbell@melville.wa.gov.au for advice and appointments.

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Curator Will Axten captured by Rebecca Mansell

CALENDAROCTOBER

Stories We Should Know: The Coolbaroo Club

Willagee Community Centre

Sat 1 | 5.30–8.30pm

FREE Bookings required Come along to the Willagee Community Centre to hear and watch the story of The Coolbaroo Club, an Aboriginal-run dance club that grew and thrived in postwar Perth. The event will also include a special in-conversation with City of Melville resident, Noongar Elder Aunty Roma Loo.

Art School with Tarryn Gill

Mandoon Helena Room, Heathcote Goolugatup Heathcote

Wed 5 and Thu 6 | 10am–1pm

TICKETED

Led by artist Tarryn Gill, children aged 8–12 will create, embroider and embellish their own jumper, inspired by her Guardian series of artworks.

Koolangka Waangkiny

AH Bracks Library + Creative Space

Every Thu | 10.15–10.45am

FREE Join Rickeeta Walley on Whadjuk Boodja to celebrate Noongar stories and language. Suitable for 2–5 year-olds and their parents, carers.

Weekender Art Shows

Canning Bridge Community Space

FREE

Fri 7–Sun 9 | 9am–5pm

Alexis Steyn Fri 28–Sun 30 | 9am–5pm

Val Brooks

Panel: Fake News and the Future of Journalism

AH Bracks Library + Creative Space

Sun 9 | 3–4.30pm

FREE Bookings required

What is fake news? How does fake news impact journalism? Why do people believe misinformation despite evidence to the contrary? Join our panel of experts for an insightful discussion.

Breakfast With a Side of History

Bluewater Bistro, Goolugatup

FriHeathcote14|7.30–8.30am

TICKETED

Enjoy brekkie with a difference!

Join Kaylene Poon for Continental breakfast with a side of history, as she discusses recent discoveries from the East Perth Cemetery.

Art Club

with Jessica Wraight

Canning Bridge Community Space

Every Mon 17 Oct–5 Dec | 3.45–5pm

TICKETED

Sculptor and painter Jessica Wraight willwork with ART CLUB members across the term from Oct–Dec to get creative in two and three dimensions.

Melville Art Awards

Exhibition Opening Wireless Hill Museum

Opening Night Fri 28 | 6–8pm Exhibition runs until 20 Nov

FREE The 46th annual Art Awards exhibition will take place at Wireless Hill Museum and will showcase artworks by established and emerging Western Australian artists, including local talent living in the City of Melville.

Melville Summer Music

Yagan Mia Wireless Hill

Sat 29 | 5–7pm

FREE Odette Mercy and Her Soul Atomics and Melville Art Awards exhibition –open late.

Muggle Magic Workshop

Willagee Library

Wed 26 Oct | 4.30–5.30pm

Bull Creek Library Thu 27 Oct | 4.30–5.30pm

FREE Bookings required Put on your robes and join us in the library for a little bit of magic – muggle style.

AHLibrariesBracksLibrary + Creative Space, Willagee, Bull Creek and Civic Square Libraries

From school holiday programs to mental health workshops, there are plenty of activities happening across all Melville libraries this October. For full program, visit melvillecity.com.au/libraries

NOVEMBER

Weekender Art Shows

Canning Bridge Community Space

FREE

Fri 4–Sun 6 | 9am–5pm

Rhoda Kirk

Fri 11–Sun 13 | 9am–5pm

Kelly Muller + Natalie Wagland

Fri 18–Sun 20 | 9am–5pm

Susan Sheppard

Fri 25–Sun 27 | 9am–5pm

Judi Smith

Melville Summer Music

Goolugatup Heathcote Lowerlands

FREE Sat 5 | 5–7pm

Albert Loss + Angie Colman

Sat 19 | 5–7pm

Soukouss Internationale

Perth Makers Market

Goolugatup Heathcote Sun 6 | 9.30am–3.30pm

FREE

Stone to Art Attadale Foreshore

Fri 11–Sun 27

FREE

Over 16 days on Attadale Reserve, five Australian sculptors will create public artworks using Western Australian sandstone and granite in front of a live audience.

TILT Exhibition Opening Emma Buswell

Goolugatup Heathcote Opening Night Fri 11 | 6pm Exhibition runs until 29 January FREE An annual exhibition that invites a WA-based artist to respond to the unique natural, built and social history of Goolugatup Heathcote.

Goolugatup Sounds

June Jones Goolugatup Heathcote Fri 11 | 7pm FREE

Naarm-based songwriter and producer June Jones is renowned for her passionate art synth pop and joins us to celebrate the release of her third album.

Melville | The Contemporary Architecture and Sound

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Sat 12, Sun 13, Sat 26, Sun 27 | 4–6pm

TICKETED

Jacaranda Festival

Applecross Village

Sat 19 | 9.30am–3.30pm

FREE

Applecross Rotary will once again take over a much-loved section of Ardross Street in the heart of Applecross Village, to deliver a fantastic, family-friendly day of fun and entertainment.

Tender is the Night

Goolugatup Heathcote Sun 27 | 6–9pm

TICKETED Grace Barbé + Mathas

Koolangka Waangkiny

AH Bracks Library + Creative Space

Every Thu | 10.15–10.45am

FREE

Join Rickeeta Walley on Whadjuk Boodja to celebrate Noongar stories and language. Suitable for 2–5 year-olds and their parents, carers.

AHLibrariesBracksLibrary

+ Creative Space, Willagee, Bull Creek and Civic Square Libraries

From coil baskets to gift wrapping workshops, there are plenty of activities happening across all Melville libraries this November. For full program, visit melvillecity.com.au/libraries

CALENDARDECEMBER

Melville Summer Music

Centennial Park

FREE

Sat 3 | 5–7pm

Adrian Dzvuke + Alexia Parenzee

Sat 17 | 5–7pm

Bob Evans

Cold War to Dancefloor

Exhibition Opening

Wireless Hill Museum

Opening Night Fri 9 | 6–8pm Exhibition runs until 19 Feb

FREE

Join us to celebrate the opening of Cold War to Dance Floor with a live synth show, DJ and bar, also featuring a series of hands-on interactive exhibits and sound labs.

Perth Makers Market

Goolugatup Heathcote

Sun 18 | 9.30am–3.30pm

FREE

Chinese Language Rhyme Time

AH Bracks Library + Creative Space

Fri during school term | 9.30–10.00am

Bull Creek Library

Wed during school term | 10.30–11am

FREE

Come along to enjoy Rhyme Time in Chinese language. These sessions are filled with stories and rhymes in Chinese language but introduced in English.

AHLibrariesBracksLibrary + Creative Space, Willagee, Bull Creek and Civic Square Libraries

For the full program of events and activities in December, visit melvillecity. com.au/libraries

Birak Art Box

Dec School Holidays

TICKETED

Unpack a box of fun with ten activities for little art lovers.

JANUARY

Melville Summer Music

Piney Lakes Reserve

FREE Sat 14 | 5–7pm

WA Badass Gospel Choir + Luke Dux and Atomic Lunchbox Sat 28 | 5–7pm

The Hamilton Hillbillies vs The Lost Followers

Art School

Jan School Holidays

TICKETED

Spark your imagination in ART SCHOOL, our creative learning school holiday program. Featuring professional artists in diverse workshop opportunities, ART SCHOOL is the holidays done differently.

Koolangka Waangkiny

AH Bracks Library + Creative Space

Every Thu | 10.15–10.45am

FREE Join Rickeeta Walley on Whadjuk Boodja to celebrate Noongar stories and language.

Vinylpalooza Special Edition Record Fair

Yagan Mia Wireless Hill

Sat 22 | 11am–3pm

FREE It’s back – dig deep in the crates for some tasty synth-based vinyl to the sounds of a live vinyl spin set all day long.

Read Aloud

Civic Square Library

FREE

Remember the joy of being read to? Short stories for seniors. Check melvillecity.com.au/libraries for dates and times.

AHLibrariesBracksLibrary + Creative Space, Willagee, Bull Creek and Civic Square Libraries

For the full program of events and activities in January, melvillecity.com.au/librariesvisit

FEBRUARY

Beijing Realism

Darren Jorgensen + Tami Xiang Goolugatup Heathcote Opening Night Fri 10 | 6–9pm Exhibition runs until 26 Mar

FREE

An old Chinese poem tells of how tree branches wanted to pierce the sky, but only managed to poke a few small holes. This timely exhibition presents four significant Chinese and Chinese–Australian contemporary artists working in photography, video, and installation.

Liftlore (Folklore)

Tim Meakins

Goolugatup Heathcote

Opening Fri 10 | 6–9pm Exhibition runs until 26 Mar

An exhibition by Tim Meakins which satirically explores the folklore allegories surrounding one of the world’s most famous prehistoric sites, Stonehenge.

Goolugatup Sounds

Goolugatup Heathcote

Fri 10 | 7pm

FREE

A program of exploratory live music, appearing alongside each exhibition opening at Goolugatup Heathcote gallery. Attendance is free, and all are welcome.

Melville Summer Music

Kadidjiny Park

FREE Sat 11 | 5–7pm

Dulcie + Cecilia Brandolini Sat 25 | 5–7pm

Joan and The Giants + Kohesia Quartet

Perth Makers Market

Goolugatup Heathcote Sun 26 | 9.30am–3.30pm

FREE

Hindi | 10.30–11am 1 | Weekly 3:45–5pm

MARCH

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TICKETED

A new theatre work that explores ancient and contemporary stories of Aboriginal women’s power, told by young women and senior women from the Ieramugadu (Roebourne) community.

Songs for Freedom

Dyoondalup Point Walter Sun 5 | 5–9.30pm

FREE Songs for Freedom returns to the City of Melville for a glorious evening celebrating the living culture, stories and songs of the West Pilbara. Join us from 5pm for cultural activities and stay for the concert at 7pm.

Melville Summer Music

Yagan Mia Wireless Hill

FREE Sat 11 | 5–7pm

Carla Geneve + The Struggling Kings Sat 25 | 5–7pm

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Tender is the Night

Goolugatup Heathcote Sun 12 | 6–9pm

TICKETED Joni in the Moon + Natasha Shanks

Read Together

Play Readings Civic Square Library

FREE Do you enjoy the theatre? Join in and read a curated selection of plays in a friendly group environment. Check the library program for dates and times.

AHLibrariesBracksLibrary + Creative Space, Willagee, Bull Creek and Civic Square Libraries

For the full program of events and activities in March, melvillecity.com.au/librariesvisit

MuchLEARNING more than books

LEARNING IS ABOUT TRYING NEW THINGS, AND LIBRARIES DO THAT REALLY WELL. WE’RE TEACHING PEOPLE TO SEND EMAILS, OR TO PAINT WATERCOLOURS, OR TO DELIVER POETRY AT A LIVE EVENT. MOST EVENTS ARE FREE, AND THEY REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO EXPAND YOUR HORIZONS AND CHALLENGE YOURSELF.

Singing and storytelling. Art workshops. Nursery rhymes in Mandarin and Noongar. Book launches. Philosophical debates and panel discussions. Movies and poetry recitals. There’s a lot more than books at your local library.

This spring and summer, the city’s libraries are alive with a series of events and community programs that celebrate the changing role of libraries in our lives. Far more than a place to browse the bookshelves, libraries are centres of learning, creativity and community.

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What goes on in your backyard at night? Melville Libraries’ wildlife cameras open up the secret world that goes on all around us, every night. Available to borrow from your local library, the cameras offer a rare glimpse into the lives of the nocturnal native animals who share our homes and gardens. Run in collaboration with Piney Lakes Environmental Education Centre (PLEEC), the program helps identify and protect the native wildlife in the city.

MAKING NOISE

Our libraries are places where stories are told and ideas are exchanged, and it’s often far from quiet.

Melville’s bi-monthly library events program includes authorin-conversation talks, Music @ the Library, Reconciliation in Conversation, Sustainability and Art for Adults, along with feature events like book launches, panels and guest speakers.

From tinkering on an Edison robot with your children, to mastering a language, to making a coil basket, there’s always something to do at the library.

You could even read a book.

FULL PROGRAM ONLINE

AH Bracks Library + Creative Space, captured by Luke Latty

This reads

SEVEN WHEREWITHAL WAY

An exciting read this year was Samantha Ellen Bound’s Seven Wherewithal Way. This book featured enough magic and adventure to capture a young person’s imagination to join the characters on a fun filled quest. My next highly anticipated release is Maria Tureaud’s spooky debut novel The Last Hope in Hopetown.

Charlie, Library Team Leader

LET’S WILDFLOWERSCOUNT

I have been enjoying some vibrant Australian picture books which make me want to head outdoors. The board book, Let’s Count Wildflowers by Perth-based Tracey Gibbs is a wonderful way to share spring with your baby. The bold colours of Hilary Bell’s picture book, Summer Time, have me longing for days at the beach.

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EXILES

After seeing the movie some time ago, I finally got around to reading Australian author Jane Harper’s awardwinning bestseller The Dry recently. It was an absolutely riveting read which didn’t disappoint! I now can’t wait to read Harper’s latest offering in the outback noir genre, Exiles, as well as continuing with my favourite author Fredrik Backman’s poignant novels, including his latest release, The Winners

Helen, Librarian

Mystery f i C tion EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY HAS KILLED SOMEONE

The intriguing title, Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson pulled me in and blew me away. I loved every minute of this witty and brilliantly clever mystery. I can’t wait to get my hands on Richard Osmand’s The Bullet That Missed and Anthony Horowitz’s The Twist of a Knife.

Samantha, Library Customer Experience Officer

HORSE

My favourite authors keep on giving – Geraldine Brooks with her story Horse about an American champion called Lexington and the young, enslaved boy who loved and protected him was beautifully written as always; now I’m looking forward to Alex Miller’s A Brief Affair and Diana Reid’s Seeing Other People

Christy, DevelopmentCollectionLibrarian

DINNER WITH THE SCHNABELS

A real stand-out book this year was Toni Jordan’s Dinner with the Schnabels – a humorous and heartrending look at an Australian family in a post-pandemic world. I’m looking forward to reading Maggie O’Farrell’s The Marriage Portrait, which is set in Renaissance Italy and inspired by Robert Browning’s poem My Last Duchess Emily, Librarian

ARISTOTLE AND DANTE DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE

I’ve been reading the captivating and beautifully written Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz. An incredible yet realistic YA (Young Adult) coming-of-age story about finding yourself. It has me excited to read The Boy from the Mish by Gary Lonesborough next.

Amy, Library Customer Experience Officer

POWER PLAY

Power Play by Tim Higgins is an eye-opening account of the hurdles jumped by Elon Musk to build the world’s first mass-market electric vehicle. Bringing Tesla to market was a fifteen-year struggle in the face of opposition from rivals, investors, and whistle-blowers. My next read is Cadre Country – How China became the Chinese Communist Party.

Chris, Library Admin Officer

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Art in the heart of Melville

Melville’s visual art program is a celebration of art, showcasing work by Western Australian artists at all stages of their careers across the city’s galleries, museums and studios. From personal explorations of identity to prestigious awards, experience the power of art: beautiful, moving, pleasurable and challenging – sometimes all at once.

ART AWARDS AND PRIZES

Melville showcases diverse and ambitious new art in a spectacular series of prizes and awards. The Melville Art Awards return for their 46th year at Wireless Hill Museum, with entries from hobbyists to established professionals. The second biennial Digital Art Prize engages Australia’s best digital artists in a celebration of art that lives on the screen. Goolugatup Heathcote will also host the 2023 Melville Contemporary art prize, a rare opportunity to come and see the work of Western Australia’s best contemporary artists across a wide range of practices, styles and formats.

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My dad told me the other day they call him ‘the Mayor of Duncraig Road’. He doesn’t have any vestments. Just a crumpled outdoorsy sun hat, khaki greens, and in recent years, a set of lurid electric blue arm covers that protect his thinning skin from the sun. When I say ‘they’, I refer to the clients whose lawns, gardens and pathways he has carefully maintained for some 25 years. My dad is a gardener. eMM a b us W ell

TILT, Goolugatup Heathcote’s annual invitational exhibition, challenges artists to respond to the site itself. This year, artist Emma Buswell explores Applecross as a place where different lived experiences of class come together in a way that’s not always comfortable. Incorporating a range of mediums, Buswell’s work explores the different experiences of the people who live in Applecross’s wealthy streets, and the others – like her dad –who work there maintaining their mansions and gardens.

CREATIVE RESIDENCY AT HICKEY STREET

The Hickey Street Creative Residency Program is a hub of creativity in the heart of the city. Located in two cottages at the bottom of Yagan Mia Wireless Hill Park, it offers artists temporary accommodation and studio space in this unique historic precinct. A precious space dedicated to art and artists, it gives them the time and space to ideate, develop their practice, take inspiration from the surroundings or create a new body of work.

WEEKENDER ART SHOWS

Weekender Art Shows allow local artists to manage a gallery space on their own terms. A fantastic place to buy art for the home, it’s a unique opportunity to view and purchase work outside the traditional gallery scene.

PUBLIC ART

Melville is home to over one hundred pieces of permanent and temporary public art. At any time that suits, you can explore an array of diverse sculptural and mural works right across the city. Keep an eye on the Canning Bridge precinct this summer as five new works get installed in soon to be revealed locations.

To learn more about Melville’s Visual Arts Program, visit melvillecity.com.au/artsprograms and goolugatup-heathcote.com.au

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Emma Buswell is fascinated by the changes in the land as she walks through the suburbs from East Fremantle to Goolugatup Heathcote.

“The suburb shifts and changes as you get closer to Duncraig Road. The way the land is used and maintained changes. I’ve been collecting the litter and debris on the roadside – mostly smashed car headlights and broken glass. But that all stops around the Goolugatup Heathcote area, where i’m guessing people can afford to employ private landscaping and cleaning services. You see lots of service vehicles for cleaning and gardening businesses around there.”

This difference is at the heart of Buswell’s exhibition for this year’s TILT program. It also has very personal significance for the artist – Buswell’s father is one of the many people employed to maintain the area’s tidy streets and gardens.

“Growing up, I used to accompany my Dad to work a lot. He was a gardener who maintained a lot of the wealthy properties in the area. My understanding of that area comes from that experience of Dad as a worker coming in from a very different lived experience, which was just on the other side of the highway.”

Buswell sees greater significance in the work, beyond its response to the Goolugatup Heathcote site. “For this show, I’m imagining the present moment viewed from a distant future. How will future societies look back on us as a Western colonial society and how we use land, who has access to that land, and who is allowed to thrive?”

TILT will open at Goolugatup Heathcote on Friday 11 November at 6pm and will run until 29 January 2023.

I THINK, LIKE MANY OTHER ARTISTS, ART FOR ME IS A COMPULSION; YOU DON’T HAVE A CHOICE OF WHETHER YOU DO IT OR NOT – YOU JUST NEED TO. IT’S SOMETHING I’VE ALWAYS NEEDED TO VOCALISE MY THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS.

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Big fun for little artists

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ARTWHENCLUB

with Jessica Wraight

Canning Bridge Community Space

Every Mon 17 Oct to 5 Dec | 3.45–5pm

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Sculptor and painter Jessica Wraight will work with ART CLUB members to get creative in two and three dimensions.

ART SCHOOL with Tarryn Gill Mandoon Helena Room

Goolugatup Heathcote

Wed 5 and Thu 6 Oct | 10am–1pm

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Led by artist Tarryn Gill, children aged 8–12 will create, embroider and embellish their own jumper inspired by her Guardian series of artworks.

ART SCHOOL Jan School Holidays

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Young creatives work with different artists every school holidays in different venues across the City. Check the website for upcoming ART SCHOOL progams.

ARTTICKETEDBOX

A box of creativity delivered to your door every school holidays. To find out more, go melvillecity.com.au/artstuffto

Those first 50 Art Boxes – filled with activities designed by local artists and creatives – sold out almost immediately.

“The idea behind ART BOX is to introduce children and families to the breadth of creative practice – to show that art can be from and about anything. The activities are fun and interesting and often a bit weird,” says Hewitt.

One year on, 50 boxes have become 250, and ART BOX is now part of a suite of three art programs for children. ART CLUB

runs after school for eight weeks each term, while ART SCHOOL is a series of workshops that take place each school holidays. Like ART BOX, both new programs are facilitated by professional artists, who design activities based on their own practice.

“The opportunity to work with practising artists is what makes it so incredible,” says Hewitt. “Children are getting to see what it’s like working with high-calibre artists like Tarryn Gill and Bruno Booth. It really helps them explore what art is and what it can be, and to learn about their own creativity.”

The popularity of the programs in their first year is a mark of their success, says Hewitt. “It’s fantastic to hear how much families have loved the programs. I’ve had parents tell me it had completely changed the way their child engaged with art and creativity.”

MY SON RECEIVED HIS ART BOX THIS WEEK....WOW!! THIS IS TRULY AMAZING. I’M BLOWN AWAY BY WHAT YOU HAVE PUT TOGETHER. HE HAS JUST LOVED GETTING THE BOX OUT AND CREATING NEW THINGS EACH DAY. I HAVE ALSO SEEN HIS INTEREST TO CREATE OTHER ART PIECES REALLY SPARK UP TOO. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Melville Parent

When she started ART BOX, Creative Learning Producer Emma Hewitt hoped the project would give children a unique way to explore art and creativity over the school holidays.

Culture childrenfor

This year we’re expanding on our children’s program with bilingual rhyme time sessions and fun, inclusive cultural activities across the city.

Local Noongar woman Rickeeta Walley gives an introduction to Noongar language with Koolangka Waangkiny, Noongar language storytime. Each dual-language storytelling session includes simple Noongar songs and stories – either traditional or contemporary – along with a fun creative activity. Chinese language baby rhyme time introduces children to the culture and language of China, with familiar rhymes and songs in both English and Mandarin.

Children can learn about the local history of Yagan Mia Wireless Hill, with Museum Learning Programs for students in Years 2 and 3. Available for groups of up to 50 students, these exciting programs teach children about the geography and many-layered stories of this unique site. For more information and to book, head to, melvillecity.com.au/museumlearning

Koolangka Waangkiny,