Rising Tides: Imagining Coastal Resilience - Art and Design Exhibition

How can art, science, and design come together to envision a resilient future coastline? Come and explore imaginative designs by landscape architecture students from the UWA School of Design, exhibited alongside captivating community artworks that celebrate the coast from Fremantle to Naval Base. The exhibition will be open for viewing daily between Sunday 27 April and Thursday 1 May between 10am and 3pm, at Hamilton Hill Memorial Hall (corner of Carrington Street and Rockingham Road).

This exhibition is an output of the UWA Oceans Institute’s innovative ‘Better Oceans Program’ research project to improve coastal resilience through creative methods of community engagement. As part of the project, community members from the Cockburn region were invited to create collages, textile artworks, and photographs that tell their stories about the Cockburn coastline. You will see their artworks and the story behind the art in this novel exhibition.

Landscape architecture students from the UWA School of Design created future visions for three points along the coast: The Fremantle Esplanade, Catherine Point, and Woodman Point, responding to community values and artworks. You will view their designs for these well-loved public places along a changing coastline.

If you would like to have a go at creating your own collage, come along on Sunday 27 April during the exhibition opening hours (10am-3pm). For more information and to register to attend the free drop-in collage activity please visit https://tinyurl.com/RisingTidesCollage.

Exhibition entry is free.

The exhibition 'Rising Tides: Imagining Coastal Resilience' will be open to the public between Sunday 27 April to Thursday 1 May 2025, from 10am-3pm daily. This research project is funded by the UWA Oceans Institute's Better Oceans Program. The 'Rising Tides Studio' was led by Daniel Jan Martin and Rosie Halsmith at the UWA School of Design. The project is an endorsed United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development Action. This event is supported by the City of Cockburn.