Trocadero Projects operates on the Traditional lands of the Boon Wurrung and Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation. We offer our respects to Elders past and present, and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.

Trocadero x The Living Museum of the West | Two Little Houses
19.11.2022—15.12.2022

TWO LITTLE HOUSES is group exhibition exploring crafts, decorative arts and textiles as objects of personal, social and cultural history.

Location: The Living Museum of the West, Pipemakers Park, Maribyrnong VIC 3032
Opening Hours: Thursday & Friday 11am–4pm, Saturday 1–4pm.


TWO LITTLE HOUSES is group exhibition exploring crafts, decorative arts and textiles as objects of personal, social and cultural history.

Featuring handmade objects and textiles, mixed-media dioramas and detailed drawings by local artists, this exhibition is fascinated with the dichotomy of public artistic practice and private, personal art-making. Two Little Houses explores a room as a shrine to oneself and a self-curated space.

Featuring works by Matilda Davis, Amie Green, Rumer Elisabetta Guario, Handbag Full of Worms, Madi Mercer, Ruby McCumiskey, Olive Snell, Morgan-Lee Snell and Emily Spratt.


EVENTS

School of Troc
Artist Talk and Workshop: Thursday 15 December, 3pm – 5.30pm
Registrations required via Eventbrite
This is a free event for people aged 18 and over

3PM Artist Talk: Join the exhibiting artists as they discuss their current work at Melbourne’s Living Museum of the West.
4PM Workshop: This is a still life drawing workshop facilitated by artist handbag full of worms. A casual drawing workshop aimed at engaging the creative muscle through drawing, handbag full of worms will be giving direction to beginners, and advice to those already familiar with drawing. All materials, along with drinks and snacks, will be provided.


ACCESS: Melbourne’s Living Museum of the West is wheelchair accessible with limited parking available directly in front of the Visitor Centre, on request. Regular parking is available in Pipemakers Park carparks nearby.

Trocadero would like to thank Melbourne’s Living Museum of the West for its generosity and community spirit in inviting us into its space and archives, as well as its ongoing efforts in documenting and sharing the unique heritage of the western region of Melbourne.