Textile Exhibitions coming up in West Australia

Currently;    in Albany –

Kira Mead has her work on exhibition at a pop-up gallery

Smiths_cottage_Albany_Western_AustraliaSmith’s Cottage (1887) 34-36 Stead Rd, Albany (Open by appointment) Call: 0429 418 192   or email:  kira.goldmx@westnet.com.au

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Also available for sale, 

kits and

Fat Quarters of a different kind …. 

Hand dyed Wool Blanket Fat Quarters.

  Still in the South West; 

 WAFTA’s Memory & Commemoration on exhibit from March 5 to April 4 2016

in association with the Lake Grace Regional Artspace,  25 Stubbs St, Lake Grace. 

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 In conjunction with this exhibition Robin Inkpen   will be giving a locker hooking workshop Locker_hooked_sari_silk_by_Robin_Inkpen_West_Australia

Sunday March 20th – Get Hooked at Lake Grace with Robin INKPEN

To book and for a full workshop description go to Current Calendar of Events on this websites.

The Exhibition will travel from Lake Grace to 

Busselton

Art/Geo Gallery,

April 9 – May 15, 2016

Exhibition Opening, Saturday April 9th with Pop-Up Market Stalls between 1-4pm.

Eventbrite links for Booking & Payment will be active closer to the date for the following workshops:

Sunday 10th April  –   Fabulous Ferrous with Kerrie Argent

Saturday 16th April  –  Making Felt in the Third Dimension with Martien van Zuilen

Sunday 17th April  –  Reconstructing Fashion with Lorelie Smit

Saturday 30th April  –  Plants and Sacred Geometry with Pauline Melrose White

Sunday 1st May  –  Get Knotted with Rowan Rovere

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 While in the Perth Metro Area during March/April ;

comes the following from Jan Holland’s News at WAFTA;

Anne William’s first solo exhibition  Through the Singing of my Hands will be held at Mundaring Arts Centre, in Gallery 2

March 19th to April 17 2016

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Anne Williams – Artist statement ‘Housewives’ (sewing kits) were standard army issue for the ‘Nashos’ of the 1950s. They have been carried into battle zones all around the world. This one was issued to Pte. Ian Williams in 1956/7.

Concurrent with this exhibition, Gallery 1 is showing an exhibition for the Mundaring Shire Acquisition Award on the theme of Migration and Settlement. The Gallery is a great venue to visit with a gorgeous shop full of wonderful work by WA artists and crafts folk. Well worth the trip up the Hill.

Read about Anne’s journey into textiles in a very interesting interview by Louise Wells

 Also in News from WAFTA is

“Improbable Returns”

Elisa Markes-Young (mixed-media/textiles)

& Christopher Young (photo-media)

Heathcote Museum & Gallery,

Swan House, 58  Duncraig Rd, Applecross

Opens Friday March 4 2016

 The exhibition will continue through to April 10. Gallery will be open Tues to Fri 10-3 and Sat/Sun 12pm to 4pm   Closed on Mondays

To preview the exhibition    see http://www.zebra-factory.com/returns