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TAFTA’s APRIL Textile FORUM 2011 in Orange, NSW: April 10-16 2011. You CAN still enrol. A ballot for places was held in June but five excellent workshops remain available including:
- JASON COLLINGWOOD (UK) 3-End Block Weave
- JUDY DOMINIC (USA) Rock Paper Scissor
- TONY DYER Design – Stretching the Imagination
- BARBARA SCHEY Beautiful Boxes and Buttons
- KATH WILKINSON Free Style Applique Texture Maneouvering
Full descriptions of workshops and courses available from tafta@iinet.net.au or send an SASE to Orange FORUM 2010, PO Box 38, The Gap Q4061 requesting an enrolment form and full details on tutors and workshops. See also the website: www.tafta.org.au Please note that on-campus accommodation may not be available now although you can go on a waiting list – best to check. Orange has a wonderful variety of accommodation options if you need to find something off-campus to book, just in case – but don’t leave it too long as we coincide with Food Week in Orange. Confused or concerned? Email Sofia or Janet: tafta@iinet.net.u
The OPEN HOUSE at the 2011 April FORUM in Orange is Saturday morning 16th April: Kinross-Wolaroi School from 9:30am-12noon. All welcome including members of the public. The Open House features an opportunity to buy from Merchants, enjoy the Selling Bazaar and see Class Displays of works made throughout the week of the FORUM. No charge to attend.
You can buy from the Traders of the ‘Orange’ FORUM all week, 9am-5pm – come to the ANDERSON BUILDING on Kinross-Wolaroi Campus. La Barrista Coffee Shop is always open and exhibitions are also available to be enjoyed.
The artist behind Guerilla Embroidery, SARAH TERRY, presents 'Drawing
Threads'. An exhibition of stitched drawings and fabric paintings exploring the fine line between traditional craft techniques and fine art practice. Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, NSW to14th September, in the Upstairs Gallery where the opening times are: Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm Sunday and Public Holidays 12pm-4pm. Closed Mondays. Sarah Terry has been an Artist in Residence at Kinross-Wolaroi School in Orange for an extended period.
Craft NSW, 104 George Street, The Rocks, invites you to an exhibition of FINE BOOKBINDING Sabine Pierard, Ann Marie Yee and Penelope Lee, on until 12th September 2010. There will be bookbinding demonstrations on Saturday 4th September from 11am to 4pm. Craft NSW p: 9241 5825 e: gallery@artsandcraftsnsw.com.au
w: www.artsandcraftsnsw.com.au/Exhibitions.htm
TOMORROWS HEIRLOOMS the Annual Exhibition of The Embroiderers Guild of NSW Inc. Newcastle Branch takes place from 22-26 Sept at Newcastle City Hall, King Street, Newcastle. Demonstrations, Raffe, Café. Embroidered items for sale. Admission is $5.00. Wed-Sat: 10am-4pm; Sunday 10am-3:30pm.
WOVEN TAPESTRY Workshop with Marie Clews and Yvonne Eade: two-day or 4-day, Oct 21/22 and/or Oct 23/24. 9:30am-4pm daily. Beginners learn the basics, design and make a sampler. For the more experienced, more advanced techniques will be offered along with assistance with designs. Epping Creative Centre, Dence Park. Book through Yvonne Eade: ymg@bigpond.com Phone (02) 9816.2673.
OUR PLACE is an exhibition of prints, paintings and textiles by Pamela Ireland, Jacqui White, Linda Greedy and Pamela Fitzsimons. It will show at Cessnock Regional Art Gallery inc, 16 Vincent Street, Cessnock 2325 NSW to September 5, 2010. Ph: 02 4991 6619; Fax: 02 4991 6620.
WOMEN WITH CLEVER HAND S – Wagga Wagga Art Gallery (Main Gallery) 3 September - 31 October 2010. Women With Clever Hands: Gapuwiyak Miyalkurruwurr Gong Djambatjmala features fibre work by women artists from Gapuwiyak in northeast Arnhem Land, developed by guest curator Louise Hamby. A Wagga Wagga Art Gallery initiative. This exhibition is supported by Visions of Australia, an Australian Government program supporting touring exhibitions by providing funding assistance for the development and touring of Australian cultural material across Australia. Opening hours: Tuesday - Saturday: 10:00am - 5:00pm; Sunday: 12:00 - 4:00pm. Closed: Mondays, Good Friday, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Years Day and most Public Holidays.
ADMISSION FREE. 02 6926 9660 Email: gallery@wagga.nsw.gov.au
Website: www.waggaartgallery.org Address: Civic Centre Corner of Baylis & Morrow Streets PO Box 20 Wagga Wagga NSW
COWRA Regional Art Gallery (77 Darling Street, Cowra NSW) is featuring the work of BARBARA SCHEY in an exhibition titled The Eternal Now which is showing to October 10th 2010. Barbara Schey will be in Cowra for two weeks, giving workshops in schools and for adults. bscheyb@optusnet.com.au The gallery is open Tues-Sat, 10am-4pm and Sundays 2-4pm. www.cowraartgallery.com.au
Fairfield City Museum and Gallery Sydney is the venue for the launch of AUSTRALIA WIDE TWO, dates of 22 Oct – 5 Dec 2010. This will also be available as a virtual exhibition on the Ozquilt Network Inc website. The quilts will then tour until 20 June 2012: www.ozquiltnetwork.org.au Fairfield City Museum and Gallery, Cnr The Horsley Drive & Oxford Street, Smithfield NSW 2164. Open 10am–4pm Tuesday–Saturday, 1–4pm Sunday. Closed Mondays and public holidays. FREE ADMISSION Ph: 02 9609 3993. www.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/museumgallery This venue will also be used on 6 November for the OzQuilt AGM/conference Exploring the Art Quilt Practice. Details from www.ozquiltnetwork.org.au Keynote speakers: Belinda von Mengersen, Alison Muir and Jan Irvine-Nealie.
Museum of Sydney: an exhibition of the collages of JEANNIE BAKER: Mirror. Renowned children’s book author and artist, Jeannie Baker, is launching a new book, Mirror – "a visual story is told, contrasting the hurly-burly of life in Sydney with a remote village in Morocco, revealing similarities between two outwardly different cultures, ways of life and landscapes." This is a travelling exhibition supported by the Australian Government through the Council for Australian-Arab Relations (CAAR). Phone number for Museum of Sydney (cnr. Bridge & Philip Streets): 02.9251.5988. Or consult the Historic Houses Trust website: www.hht.net.au This exhibition can be seen at Newcastle Regional Library, Lovett Gallery from 4 Nov 2011 to 15 January 2012. And it will be at Blacktown Arts Centre from Nov 2012 – Jan 2013.
AUSTRALIAN COTTON FIBRE EXPO Narrabri, NSW has the dates of May 6-14, 2011. The Acquisitive Prize is $2500. In addition there is a First Prize in each of 8 sections worth $750 each. Also, the Students’ Section: Artistic Package has a value of $300 and there is a Mayor’s Award of $750 (for Narrabri Shire Residents only). Enquiries to Lexie Killen Phone (02) 6792.4859. Email: jjkillen@optusnet.com.au Entry forms from Anna Thomson Ph/Fax (02) 6792.1620. Email: cashel@westnet.com.au Entries close Feb 25th 2011. www.australiancottonfibreexpo.org.au
GRAFTON ARTSFEST Sept 25-30, 2010. Expand your creativity in Textiles with: Carol Wilkes (Paint Create and Stitch); Claire Brach (Meddling with Metal); Ken Smith (Wearable Art: A Body Piece) and Helen Stumkat (Felting as an Art Form). Each is a 6-day workshop. Also available: Painting & Drawing; Big Band; Songwriting; Calligraphy; Sculpture; Glass; Jewellery; Woodwork; Digital Photography and Youth Workshops. Phone (02) 6643.1528 or Email: info@artsfestgrafton.com You can register online via: www.artsfestgrafton.com
TEXTILES WORKSHOPS with John Parkes: expressions of interest are sought for one- and two-day workshops over summer 2010-2011 based in Swansea, Eastern Lake Macquarie, 100km north of Sydney, 30km south of Newcastle. The workshops centre on ways of finding inspiration in the everyday and transforming this into stitch and cloth projects. Contact John Parkes on 0449.288.249 or johnparkesjp@yahoo.com.au
BRONWYN HUNTER offers Felting & Dyeing workshops from her Lane Cove studio, Sydney. Phone (02) 9427.8387. Email: agoodyarn@optusnet;com.au www.agoodyarn.com.au
MARIE-THERESE WISNIOWSKI of Art Quill Studio offers a number of workshops from beginner to master class, based on ArtCloth. Phone (02) 4975.2177 or email: marie-therese@artquill.com.au
BASELINE Remnant Grasslands of Weereewa/Lake George by artists Beth Hatton and Christine James will be shown at Bega Valley Regional Gallery Zingel Place Bega from 24 Sept – 6 Nov 2010.
MOMENTUM the 18th Tamworth Fibre Textile Biennial touring exhibition will be at The Glasshouse in Port Macquarie NSW to 3 October 2010. More information is available from www.tamworthregionalgallery.com.au
SYMPOSIUM – November 13, 2010 at Tamworth Regional Gallery, 466 Peel Street, Tamworth NSW with an opening by Catriona Vignando, General Manager, Craft Australia at 5:30pm. The Symposium is being held in conjunction with the opening of the Tamworth Fibre Textile Exhibitions COLLECTION SURVEY which reviews thirty-five years of textile collecting. The Survey Exhibition continues to 23 December 2010. Inquiries to the gallery on (02) 6767.5459 or www.tamworthregionalgallery.com.au
FYREGALLERY $1000 Acquisition Prize for Braidwood Quilt Event 2010
Members of Braidwood Quilters Inc. are very excited to announce this year’s FyreGallery $1000 Acquisition Prize held in conjunction with the Braidwood Quilt Event, dates of Friday, Saturday and Sunday, November 26-28. The iconic Airing of the Quilts will take place on Saturday, November 27. The acquisition prize is for an art quilt that specifically celebrates the work "The Magic Pudding", a lithograph by Australian artist Susan Dorothea White. Suitable quilts of any size submitted in Category 1 of the Braidwood Quilt Event 2010 are eligible to nominate for the FyreGallery 2010 "Magic Pudding" Art Quilt Prize. Multifaceted artist Susan Dorothea White works in a range of media from acrylic and watercolours to mixed media, sculpture, assemblage, carving and bronze. Her printmaking techniques include lithography, etching and woodblocks. More details, the image and entry forms are available from www.braidwoodquiltevent.org.au by clicking on the "exhibiting" tab, and then clicking on to "entry form" which is included near the image of "The Magic Pudding" lithograph.
SANDRA FISHER Nature's Footprints. Altenburg Gallery Braidwood NSW 2622
Oct 1 - Oct 24 2010 website for updates: www.altenburg.com.au
"Having lived in rural Victoria and Braidwood NSW the natural environment has been an integral foundation for my life and my work. I have always drawn extensively from the textural, visceral and sensory elements to inspire my past and present works. This exhibition has brought together all the disciplines of my 30 years as an artist. Combining elements from my sculpture, painting, photography and computer, and using silk as another canvas, I again endeavor to show the utterly sublime beauty of the natural world with hopes to encourage us all toward its continued survival.
"In this current phase of my creative endeavors, research unearthed a blissful new field of dyeing materials, especially silk, using living plant materials provided by nature.
"Dyeing with plants and vegetables is an age old technique which modern artists like myself, are taking to a new level of contemporary style. I am governed by the seasons with my choice of plant material and I source only the best quality silks available. An opportunity to visit India in 2008 fueled my passion to develop my own techniques, to experiment with different weights and qualities of silk, to play with a variety of mordents and plant materials and to develop methods of producing distinctive designs.
"These designs allow me to incorporate another love – that of the female form. These artworks allow me to combine the sensual female forms with the sensual feel of silk. Enhanced by my digital photography I feel my wall hangings and artworks are like Nature encapsulated and allow me to continue my love of mixed media.
"Each garment, cushion cover or artwork is an original design created as if I were painting using plants instead of a brush and these natural plant dyes, which are non-toxic, are used in making eco friendly wearable art.
"The process of collecting plants, bundling, tying the fabric, and then, discovery of unwrapping, is a meditative process beyond my imagining. The world of plant dyeing has opened another wonderful panorama of creative possibilities and my hope is to inspire all to take another look at our wonderful Mother Nature and perhaps, as they say, to occasionally stop and smell the roses."
The next Meroogal Women’s Arts Prize will be held in August 2011 and has the theme of ‘Made by hand’. The house, ‘Meroogal’ is located in Nowra and owned by the Historic Houses Trust of NSW; it was home to a number of generations of women. Meroogal contains many examples of making by hand, mostly from necessity but also for pleasure. For each biennial Arts Prize, a theme is set. Details for 2011 from www.hht.net.au/museums/meroogal
One-Day Extravaganza of STUNNING STITCHERIES & EXQUISITE EMBROIDERIES. Friday, 10th September from 9:30am-5pm. Entry $5. Heininger House, Ribbonwood Centre, Princes H'way DAPTO. Enquiries wollongongembguild@y7mail.com This is a project of the Embroiderers Guild NSW Wollongong Group.
TAYENEBE – Tasmanian Aboriginal women’s fibre work exhibition is a travelling show through Visions of Australia, and will be at the Australian National Maritime Museum from March –May 2011. Tayenebe is a south eastern Aboriginal word meaning ‘exchange’. Over the past three years more than 25 Tasmanian Aboriginal women, aged from 7 to 87, have journeyed together across the island in a determined process of cultural retrieval. "The impetus for the tayenebe project has been the desire to reconnect with the cultural craft of Ancestors. Thirty-seven Aboriginal woven-twined baskets created during the 1800s from lily, iris, sedges and rushes that survive in museums internationally are particularly inspirational for these makers." The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, the National Museum of Australia and Arts Tasmania co-managed the project to ensure that the women involved had support and opportunities to express ideas from making to exhibition to writing and planning future work.’ There is a catalogue available from http://museumshop.tmag.tas.gov.au/store/viewItem.shop?idProduct=101
The NEW LOOK Be Creative by the Sea will comprise of three small, intimate retreats over 2010-2011 for Textile Artists, Quilters and Embroiderers offering creative indulgence in affordable luxury by the sea via 3-day workshops with a tutor of choice. Coming upfrom 29 April to 8 May 2011 there’s Something Special – International Parade with three international guest tutors from talented Aussies. Opal Cove Resort, Coffs Harbour NSW. Information from Wendy Martin: becreative07@westnet.com.au www.becreativebythesea.com
Gilgandra at the COOEE Heritage Centre, Newell Highway Gilgandra NSW (open 7 days a week, 9am-5pm); free entry. What tickles your fancy Quilt Exhibition from the Quilters’ Guild of NSW, 4-27 Sept 2010. Snapshots Art Quilt Exhibition from ZigZag November 2010 (works by Susan Mathews, June Brown and Yvonne Voss). Also, the Newcastle Creative Embroiderers and Textile Artists will be in the foyer for the month of November with Textile Metaphors. Ring (02) 6817.8700 for more information about any of these shows.
DONALDSON FAMILY EXHIBITION 2010. All are warmly invited to the 5th Donaldson Family Exhibition in October 2010. Four siblings, Sadhana Peterson, and Karin, Chris, and Michael Donaldson, have been exhibiting their artistic work together regularly every four years since 1995, at the BDAS gallery in Short Street, Bowral. The dates for the show are: OPENING: Friday 15 October 2010 at 6:30 pm with drinks, nibbles and music. FIESTA: Saturday 23 October with afternoon tea, music and poetry from 2 pm. The exhibition closes on Sunday 24 October, at the end of the day. For further information, or to leave your mailing address for an official invitation to be sent closer to the event, contact Sadhana through her website
http://web.me.com/sadhana/sadhanas_site/Welcome.html
The exhibition this year will include:
Sadhana - stoneware ceramics, textiles, costume and video footage of her work. Karin - prints, mixed media and constructions.
Chris - silver gelatin monochrome photographs of the UK and digital images of Peru.
Mike - digital photographs of Africa, and Western Australia's Burrup Peninsula and Kimberley regions. Mike will also give illustrated talks on the ancient rock art of those areas, with examples from his recently released rock art books.
From 13-26 September you can see an exhibition of contemporary embroidery, works submitted by The EMBROIDERERS GUILD OF NSW Inc for a show at the Society of Arts and Crafts, 104 George Street, The Rocks Sydney. This will be a selected exhibition. Information from Cathy Jack Coupland, phone (02)9745.3124; connorton2000@yahoo.com The exhibition is titled Stitch + Stitch = Magic.
TALKING TAPA Pasifika Bark Cloth in Queensland is a touring exhibition curated by Joan Winter and presented by Brisbane Multicultural Arts Centre or BEMAC). Works are from Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Dates in 2010: It will be at Manning Regional Gallery Taree to 5 September and at Bathurst Regional Gallery from 15 Oct – 28 Nov 2010.
See Object’s website: www.object.com .au Phone (02) 9361.4556). They have organized a touring exhibition: Menagerie: Contemporary Indigenous sculpture, which features 33 established and emerging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders whose works depict a variety of animals. Further information: object@object.com.au or www.object.com.au An excellent catalogue has been produced (172-pages, in colour).
BARBARA ROGERS is now operating a gallery (gallery Barometer) in Paddington Sydney, with a strong emphasis on the textile arts. See www.barometer.net.au The gallery is located at 13 Gurner Street Paddington phone (02) 9358.4968. Bus #389. Exhibition coming up: SCARF – Contemporary Shaped Resist Dyed Scarves from 8 September – 3 October, a group show from members of World Shibori Network Australia and New Zealand.
Sturt SUMMER School, Mittagong, NSW has the dates of 4-9 January 2011.. Courses in basketry, felting, weaving, painting, photography, botanical art, woodworking, ceramics, writing & more. Kay Faulkner is teaching ‘Swedish weaving’ and Lisa Frolund from Denmark will offer "Woven Light’ as a workshop – mix traditional weaving materials with threads that illuminate.. Accommodation available. Waverley Parade, Mittagong NSW 2575.Contact: Ph 02 4860 2080 or 02 4860 2083. www.sturt.nsw.edu.au
Sturt I & II, intensive studio weaving courses. Level II : Monday - Wednesday 23 August-10 November $1800 + materials. Learn to weave or to further develop your weaving skills. The intensive studio weaving courses runs for 12 weeks including a 2 week break with ten hours tuition each week. Class size is kept small and the course is spread over 3 days. Extra access for independent exploration can be available by arrangement. There will be ample time to work at one’s own pace and level in a relaxed community setting. Students will gain a solid grounding, confidence and understanding of weaving, and will be encouraged to experiment widely with chosen techniques. Using a variety of materials sampling will be translated into personal projects during the course. http://www.sturt.nsw.edu.au/course_short.htm
ATASDA NSW Workshops:. Download programs and enrolment forms for 2010 from www.atasda.org.au and email to atasda.org.au or post to PO Box 709, Turramurra NSW 2074. All events are held at Dence Park, Epping. Also ask about the selection of Textile Tasters, 1-day workshops with noted tutors on a variety of subjects. Contact Helen MacRitchie at nsw@atasda.org.au of c/- P.O. Box 709, Turramurra NSW 2074, or ring (02) 9487.4389. ATASDA stands for Australian Textile Art and Surface Design Association. General Meetings, often with speakers, are also held at Dence Park Epping.
The Illawarra Feltmakers Inc: All feltmakers are invited to join us in Shellharbour for a feltmakers gathering on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of every month, at the ShellCove Community Centre. It is a chance to relax with friends, chat, and make some felt. Bring everything you usually need for making your felt project. Bring
your lunch and anything you would like to share about the feltmaking you have been doing. We hope this is the beginning of some great friendships, and the
making of some wonderful felt. ShellCove Community Centre, Cnr Southern Cross Bvd and Hinchinbrook Drive, Shellharbour NSW 2529. 1st and 3rd Saturday of
the month: 10am–3pm. Contact: Anita Larkin Ph: 0242975902 e:anita@anitalarkin.com THE ILLAWARRA FELTMAKERS INC.
P O Box 4247, SHELLHARBOUR NSW 2529
