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WESTERN AUSTRALIA
To keep current with news from Western Australia, visit the WAFTA website: www.wafta.com.au and click on NEWS. This site is regularly updated by the website manager. WAFTA stands for Western Australian Fibre and Textile Association and it’s a useful and active group, find out more via the website. All evening (General) meetings are held on the third Tuesday of the month (from Feb-Nov) at 7pm at Craft House, Clyde Street, Menora. You sign in and pay $4 at the door (non-members welcome; they pay $8). Fabulous supper provided. First evening meeting for 2012: 21st February at Craft House starting 7pm. Rther than have aguest speaker, the topic is Shibori Resist Techniques – all can try the methods although no dyeing will take place.
TO BE A CHILD: a vibrant exhibition of textile art by Ruth de Vos, 26 April to 5 May 2012 at the Central’s Showcase Gallery in Northbridge - open Wed-Sat (11-4:45pm), closed Anzac Day public holiday - and from 12 to 25 May at the Vancouver Arts Centre in Albany.” With a riot of colour and form the artworks were created in order to enjoy and capture the wonder of small children discovering this awesome world. Ruth de Vos has stitched these vibrant textiles which incorporate traditional quiltmaking techniques in a contemporary way to powerfully record the learning experiences of little children. This exhibition encompasses several years of work. Hundreds of pieces of fabric were hand-dyed by the artist to produce the required range of colours. Ruth enjoys the challenge of pushing to their limits her sewing machine and the range of materials and techniques she has available to her. www.ruthdevos.com.
30th STIRLING RANGE FIBRE WEEKEND (March 30 – April 1, 2012, Chester Pass Road, Borden)) & Porongurup Spin-In (March 29th at Porongorup Hall, Porongurup Rd, east of Mt Barker). www.denmarkwa.biz/fibre Phone (08) 9840.8098; 0427 689 028. Inquiries about accommodation welcome. Feature Craft for 2012 is Felting. Fibre arts explored including spinning, weaving, basketry, natural dyes and felting in beautiful locations adjoining National Parks.
AUSTRALIA WIDE TWO, an excellent selected exhibition of works by members of OZQuilt Inc continues to travel and will be at Bunbury Regional Art Gallery WA from 13 April – 20 May 2012.
STITCHED AND BOUND 2012 Exhibition of Contemporary Quilts will be staged from August 18 – September 23 2012 at Heathcote Gallery and Museum, Applecross, WA. It is an initiative of WAQA (Western Australian Quilters Association) which is held very two years to showcase original contemporary quilts. This will be the ninth in a series, and it is only open to WA textile Artists. Stephanie Knudsen is convenor of the exhibition committee; contact her via knudsen3@bigpond.com
ATASDA (Australian Textile Art and Surface Design Association) now has a WA Group (formed late in 2009). Regular monthly meetings commenced in February 2010 – the venue is Queens Park Recreation Centre, cnr. Centre St and George St, Queens Park 6107. The time is 1:30-4:30pm on the first Saturday of every month. Entry is $5.00. Each month there is a theme of the day, a demonstration, a talk or a hands-on session. ATASDA WA, PO Box 442, Karrinyup WA 6018.
MIRROR: an exhibition of the collages of JEANNIE BAKER. 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 traveling exhibition supported by the Australian Government through the Council for Australian-Arab Relations (CAAR). The exhibition is at the State Library of West Australia from 5th July – 28 September 2012.
