Drop in at the Art Gallery to craft your own spider fun and learn plenty of spider facts with a facilitator from the WA Museum. Make your very own custom spider and find out about the incredible little critters around WA!

Event Details:

Date: Saturday 18 October 2025

Time: Drop in from 10:00am to 11:30pm

Location: Geraldton Regional Art Gallery, 24 Chapman Road Geraldton 6530

Cost: FREE

While creating your spiders, get inspired by the incredible Maria Fernanda Cardoso: Spiders of Paradise exhibition currently on at the Geraldton Regional Art Gallery.

Exhibition developed and toured by the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.

Maria Fernanda Cardoso: Spiders of Paradise presents new works from Cardoso’s Spiders of Paradise photographic series (2018–ongoing), alongside her acclaimed video work On the Origins of Art I-II (2016). Cardoso’s subject is the tiny Australian Maratus spider – measuring less than 5mm in size – and their unique, brightly-coloured abdomens, which form part of their elaborate mating rituals. Across a suite of large-scale photographs, the exquisite multi-coloured patterns of various species of Maratus are presented as individual portraits. Produced in collaboration with scientific imager Geoff Thompson and entomologist Andy Wang from the Queensland Museum, each image is comprised of over 1000 individual photos, which together reveal stunning nuances of colour and form in incredible detail.

Thank you for to the Western Australian Museum for running this event at GRAG.

This workshop is supervised by at least 2 staff who are required to hold current Working with Children Checks.

Please note that photographs and footage will be taken throughout the evening. These will be used by the Gallery for publicity and reporting in our publications, on our website and in social media. Young people aged under 18 years must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

The Geraldton Regional Art Gallery is managed and funded by the City of Greater Geraldton with support from the State via the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries and Lotterywest.