THERE’S a version of Mother’s Day that starts with a coffee and ends with a booking somewhere across town. And then there’s the Maylands version.
Outside Lyric Lane from 12pm, artist Ania will be set up with her easel, offering 15-minute portrait sittings for mothers and families. Simple, personal and immediate, the kind of experience that doesn’t exist in a shopping centre.
It speaks to something Maylands has long been known for. The suburb’s streets are lined with murals and public art, and the Maylands Historical and Peninsula Association — based in the old police station — has mapped it all.
• Get fired up with some pottery at ClayMake.
Their interactive Street Arts Walk lets you explore at your own pace, guided by the same people who can tell you that Maylands was once known as Pineapple Estate and much more.
In the basement at Lyric Lane, local musician Mick Heap will be performing a Mother’s Day show at 5pm. As a former owner of Esteban’s hair salon, Mick is well known and still very much part of the community.
His Beautiful Beasts performance can be booked with platters and drinks included, turning the space into an intimate step back into time.
• Beautiful Beasts, Mick Heap and Tim Parish.
Together, Ania and Mick reflect something Maylands has held onto. People who choose Maylands, stay and keep contributing to it.
That connection to the arts runs deeper than a single day. Maylands is home to organisations like West Australian Ballet and the WA Youth Jazz Orchestra, alongside local venues such as Roxy Lane Theatre, a mix of professional and grassroots spaces that continue to shape the suburb’s cultural identity.
• Ania’s Portrait Class at Mrs S
At ClayMake Studio, visitors can join a class, make something by hand and leave with more than a purchase. The community garden and surrounding creative spaces round out a suburb that has long invested in participation not just transactions.
The Maylands Business Association has brought many of these elements together as part of its Mother’s Day campaign, not as a single event, but as a network of experiences spread across the area.
It’s a Sunday worth making the trip for.
by SIMMONE SACHE