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BREAKING NEWS! - Some places remain available in RIVERSTITCH, February 6-10, 2012: a retreat workshop at The Brewery, 8 Richards Street, Goolwa, South Australia. Cost AUD$790 : tutors India & Violette Flint. Includes daily soup and bread lunches, class dinner at a local restaurant, talk at Goolwa library (with wine and sushi) and a small materials kit. Work with bio-regional dye sources and gentle stitching during a week-long explorative journey in a private garden in one of South Australia’s historic river towns. Take windfall-leaf collecting walks to create beautiful dye samplers, gradually piecing them together to construct a unique and exquisite garment. India will guide participants in dye and construction techniques while Violette wil share her cutwork lace and embroidery skills (pictured in “Second Skin”). Please email jenniworth1@bigpond.com for more information or to register.
2000 STOOKS OF GRATITUDE Evette Sunset and many others have made an installation during the lead up to the “Homage to Nature” outdoor sculpture exhibition, held at Hans Heysen’s beautiful property in Hahndorf during the Adelaide Festival of Arts. It’s a well attended event opening Feb 26th featuring 26 of SA’s best known land artists. THE SITE is a 40m diameter circle of waist high mixed wild grasses set on a north facing slope surrounded by lovely white trunked candle bark trees. The Idea- the work is a space both created and experienced by all those who came to pause within it, taking pleasure and meaning from their time here together with each other, the land, its creatures and weathers:
we bend to the earth
and as the trembling grasses
pass through our hands
listen, just listen
Mementos- DVD documentary and photographic cards will be on sale at the Cedars shop.
"CONTEMPLATING AN ARCHEAN LAND October 7-28, 2012. An exhibition from Alvena Hall and Ines Parker. Two textile artists respond to remote land-forms from the Flinders Ranges, Central Australia and the remote Kimberley with exhibition works transfigured by inscrutable mysteries beyond the specificities of mere location. Prospect Gallery, 1 Thomas St, cnr. main North Road, Nailsworth SA. Phone (08) 8342 8175. Prior to this show Prospect Gallery will host an exhibition from WILD FIBRE TEXTILE ARTSTS called Worn to the Edge: July 1 - 22 July. "Fabric worn to the edge of the body, wrapped to keep warm or worn on the edge, edges with creative stitching or layers of fabric once worn".
MORPHING NATURE is the title of the Baskety SA Inc. Fringe Exhibition at Urrbrae House Adelaide in the Waite Arboretum from Feb 24 – March 4, 2012. The official opening by Pat Michell will be held Friday 24th February – most works will be for sale. Gem Congdon is curator of the exhibition.
KIRSTEN FREDERICKS, ‘cover girl’ of the February edition of Textile Fibre Forum magazine will exhibit at ‘Norm and Elsie’s Art Safari from 8-11 March 2012 at the Adelaide Festival, Hajek Plaza, 33 King William Street, Adelaide.
The Embroiderers Guild of South Australia Inc runs Summer Classes suitable for many levels. Tutors for mid-January 2012 include Maree Talbot, C Thornton and J Steffensen, P Henschke and Di Fisher. Non-members welcome to enrol too. Some Cyber classes included. www.embguildsa.org.au contact@embguildsa.org.au Their next exhibition, titled Medieval Stitches will be held at the Guild’s Adelaide Gallery, 16 Hughes Street, Mile End from Friday 2nd March to Saturday 17th March. The exhibition is part of the Fringe Festival, held in conjunction with the Adelaide Festival of Arts. A Gift Shop will operate as well; tea and coffee to be available, and the Guild has access and facilities for the disabled. Entry fee is $5 single admission or $10 for a season ticket. More information available from Jan Miles: 08.8765.3210.
BOUQUET OF MEDIEVAL STITCHES is a Members’ Exhibition from The Embroiderers’ Guild of South Australia Inc showing March 2-17 at 16 Hughes Street, Mile End (Adelaide). Open 10am-4pm daily except Thursday when they are open 10am-8pm. Details from (08) 82341104 or www.embguildsa.org.au
The Museum of The Embroiderers’ Guild of South Australia Inc., features embroidered textiles from countries around the world among other things. Museum Open Days are:- Tuesdays: 10am-2pm. Embroiderers’ Guild of SA premises: 16 Hughes Street, MILE END SA Ph: 82341104. Website: www.embguildsa.org.au Email: contact@embguildsa.org.au Nov/December: Beading is featured along with a display from the Ethnic Embroidery Study Group; and Ribbon Embroidery.
Craftsouth has made the move to new premises at Level 1, 38 Hindley Street in Adelaide. All other contact details (phone, PO address, email, etc) remain the same as previously. Please drop in to say hello and see the new space.
For full program information visit www.craftsouth.org.au/inform.
Basketry SA Inc. will stage its next major exhibition at Urrbrae House from 24 Feb – 4 March 2012. Contact Gem Congdon: (08) 8522.1347.
FRUIT OF OUR FINGERS is the title of the Handspinners and Weavers Guild of South Australia’s Fringe exhibition, on from 1-18 March (open Wed, Thurs, Sat, Sun from 11am-3pm each day). Venue – The Little Glory Gallery, 196 South Road, Mile End (Adelaide).
2012 National Regional Arts Australia Conference, Goolwa | Call for Participation. Applications for speakers, presenters and projects are now open for the Regional Arts Australia National Conference, the largest regional arts event in the country and the meeting place for some of Australia’s most innovative artists, companies and creative communities. Presented 18-21 October 2012 in Goolwa, South Australia by Regional Arts Australia, Country Arts SA and the Alexandrina Council, the conference is ‘part conference, part festival – all art’ and will reflect and celebrate the host community of Goolwa. Following the success of Junction 2010 in Launceston, the eighth biennial conference will bring people together from around Australia to share new developments, trends, ideas and practices in the arts and culture. Please check the RANSW website for more information on how to register your interest. Call for participation closes 28 February 2012
CALL FOR ENTRIES "BraArt" : “BraArt” Exhibition March 23rd 2012 – April 29th 2012 to be held at the Murray Bridge Regional Gallery in the Vicki Nottage Sculpture Court. “Bra Art” is an inspirational exhibition of Arty Bra’s & Bra inspired Art to tantalise, enjoy and amuse, made by a diverse range of Artists with proceeds benefiting Breast Cancer Charities. If you would like to create art to be donated to the exhibition with profits from the sale of your art being donated to breast cancer charities, please email Samantha Pope on samsartisticcreations@yahoo.com.au or goto www.samanthapopecreations.com for full details.
To apply for an ANNE AND GORDON SAMSTAG International Visual Arts Scholarship (tuition, travel and US$30,000 stipend for students and recent graduates) contact the Samstag Program, SA School of Art, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide SA 5001 – phone 08.8302.0195 –Email samstag@unisa.edu.au Website www.unisa.edu.au/samstag/ Entries close in June each year, for the following year.
FAN (Fibre Artist Network) is a group of fibre artists, friends and those interested in textiles. “We wish to encourage the sharing of ideas, exhibitions, information, books, historical connections, show & tell, etc. We hope to exhibit and have workshops regularly.” FAN meets every three months on the second Monday of the month (Feb, May, Aug, Nov), anyone welcome. Convenor: Suzanne Gummow )- (08.8268.7005); Email suzannegummow@bigpond.com Meetings are usually held at Marden Senior College, Marden Road, Marden (Adelaide) in the Art Room, 7pm open; 7:30pm start. Cost of $3 per person. Plenty of parking available.
RED THREAD COLLECTIVE provides a supportive and encouraging network for emerging textile artists establishing a professional art practice. The collective provides the opportunity to form networks with other artists, discussing their ideas and sharing skills whilst making their work in an open and constructive environment. RTC meets every fortnight on the first and third Wednesday of the month, anyone welcome. Convenor: Kara Growden - 0419 174 352; Email k.growden@live.com Meetings are held at Box Factory Community Centre, Regent Street South, Adelaide in the Hurtle Room, 6:30pm start - 9pm. Cost of $2 per person. For more information and professional development news visit redthreadcollective.blogspot.com
