Showcase

‘Showcase’ will profile the creativity, skill and talent of artists and arts organisations in Western Australia through media, social media platforms and outdoor screens across the city.

A lady weaving a rug sitting on the desert.
Photo: Artist Lucy Ridsdale stitching a rag rug outside of Leonora; northern Goldfields; August, 2021. Photo by Vivienne Robertson.

Ngalia Heritage Reference Council and participating artists, need lots of rugs, around 5,000. The project aims to go global and make a giant carpet to lay over a mine pit. 

Supported by Lotterywest through the Creative Communities COVID-19 Recovery program. 

Grant: Creative Communities COVID-19 Recovery Program

A group of people holding their woven rugs near some rocks.
Photo: Community participants with rugs from Reclaim the Void project. Photo by Nic Duncan.
Woven rugs placed on rocks and ground.
Photo: Rag rugs from Reclaim the Void project. Photo by Nic Duncan.
Page reviewed 28 November 2023