Artist and designer Sarah Zel Chescoe has created this interactive Hitching Post to reference the history of Mundaring using images, documents & maps from the Mundaring Hills Historical Society Museum and the Visitors Centre.

Internationally renowned potter Bernard Kerr christened the newly opened ceramics studio at the Midland Junction Arts Centre with a weekend series of workshops exploring the form, movement and people’s cultural relationships with horses.

Meet three of the Horse Drawn exhibiting artists and learn more about their works. 

Wow! We are in awe watching the creation of the huge 2.2m terracotta horse by artist in residence Kasirajan Subbaiah at MJAC as part of Habits of Horses! Kasirajan is one of the remaining potters from Aranthangi, Pudhukottai District, Tamil Nadu, famous for creating these sculptures as part of the Aiyanar Festivals. Open Wed - Fri 10am - 5pm and Sat 10am - 1pm. Looking forward to the unveiling of the completed terracotta horse at the Cultural Celebration 2pm - 4pm on Sun 10 Sep

We have just had a great drop-in workshop with the amazingly talented Katrina Virgona. Visitors joined her for an informal workshop and tried their hand at felting to create a small horse-inspired brooch using horse hair and other animal fibres.

Small groups were invited to visit MJAC to make little ceramic horses with Lee Woodcock using pinch pot and hand-building techniques. Inspired by Indian potter and MJAC artist-in-residence Kasirajan Subbaiah who is creating a 2.2 metre high terracotta horse, the students made their figurines with care and attention to detail.

The Habits of Horses Open Day on 20 August, opened the stable doors to a steady stream of visitors who enjoyed the ‘serious’ and the not so serious artworks on display at the Mundaring Arts Centre and the temporary horse sculptures at Mundaring Sculpture Park.

Lisa Hegarty, Mundaring Arts Centre and Habits of Horses volunteer, wrapped up the success of the Open Day on 20 August saying “The day was buzzing even before the hay barrels hit the ground. Lending to the anticipation were the horse’s whinnies in the dusty arena, the rolling green grass set for hobby horse racing, the live displays and the art. Call it a passion of the heart, call it a love of these great animals, but everyone there was ready to celebrate not only horses, but community too...

The opening of the Vahana: Vehicle of the Gods and Horse Drawn exhibitions yesterday afternoon marked the beginning of a transformation for Midland Junction Arts Centre into a hub for international art collaboration and cultural diversity as part of the Habits of Horses project. Visitors were treated to a fantastic performance of traditional Indian Dance by Ghirija Jayarraj and students from the Tamil Association of WA. Thank you to all of those that joined us in celebration! 

Click on the link below for info on what's happening at MJAC as part of the project and to see more images from the Opening!

A relaxed and community spirited crowd of around 3,000 people flocked to the Perth hills to take part in the Habits of Horses Open Day on Sunday 20 August. Take a look through the photos by clicking on the link below, to get a feel for the day! 

There was no “reining in” the enthusiasm of the Mundaring Men’s Shed members as they put their shed full of equipment to good use, creating artistic objects for the Habits of Horses Project.  

Working alongside artist Sarah Zel Chescoe, the members created two unique hitching posts for the Mundaring community as well as team of hobby horses for the Great Hobby Horse Race held at the Open Day, 20 August in the Mundaring Sculpture Park.