WAFTA
supporting and advocating Western Australian fibre and textile practice
Links and Resources (textiles)
Most of these groups and businesses are based in Perth, Western Australia.
OrganisationsAustralian Alpaca Association - WA Central Region
Australian Alpaca Association - WA Southern Region
Colour Society of Australia (WA Division)
Handweavers' Spinners' and Dyers' Guild WA
Machine Knitters Association of WA
Textile Clothing Footwear Leather Resource Centre (TCFWA)
Quilt and Textile Study Group of Western Australia
West Australian Quilters Association (WAQA)
WAQA Contemporary Quilters Group
FREE Community Artist Listing with CAN WA
Suppliers
Beautiful Silks (Victoria)
Cottonwool Creations - Paverpol products for sculpture
FibreCrafts (UK)
Look Likewise - selling Hemp WA products retail
(* suppliers offering generous discounts to WAFTA members, see full details here. Please support our local suppliers, confirm the discount you are seeking BEFORE purchase and show your membership receipt as proof of membership)
Online Displays featuring WAFTA Members' work
(Members, please tell us if your work is online somewhere and we will put your link here...)
Workshops and Classes
Beautiful Silks Workshops Listing
Blue Banksia Workshops Listing
Catalyst Textile Workshops or refer to Catalyst Blogspot
Cottonwool Creations - Paverpol workshops on Saturdays
Fremantle Arts Centre - Learning
Sewanista (Learn to Sew, Sewing Skills) - Sandra Bryans
Textile Workshops - Michele Eastwood
Textile Workshops - Pam Annesley
Victoria Park Centre for the Arts
West Australian Quilters Association (WAQA)
Further Education
Australian National University - Textiles
Box Hill Institute - Diploma of Textile Art
Central Institute of Technology - Art School: Fashion and Textiles
Curtin University - Bachelor of Arts Textiles
Curtin University (through Open Universities Australia)
Edith Cowan University - Communications and Arts
Sturt University - Australian Contemporary Craft Centre
University of South Australia - Textiles
Artists - Western Australia
Annei Errey
Cara Ratajczak
Eveline Kotai
Fiona Gavino
Jane Donlin
John Parkes
Judith Forrest
Joyce Tasma
Katrina Virgona
Lee-Ann Davis
Linda van der Merwe
Lucy Bromell
Lynn Marshall
Louise Snook
Michele Eastwood
Maggie Baxter
Olga Cironis
Pamela Booth
Ruth Vickers
Simon Rosengarten
Sarah Toohey
Susan Hayes
Markets
Perth Markets, WA Markets
ArtnAbout (Wanneroo Library and Cultural Centre)
East Fremantle Festival Market (George St, East Fremantle)
Fairbridge Festival (Pinjarra)
Fremantle Bazaar (Fremantle Arts Centre)
Hillarys Market (Hillarys boat harbour)
Made on the Left (various locations)
Mathilda's Market (Fremantle)
Mandjar Markets (Mandurah)
Miss Jonhson's Vintage and Handmade Market (Guildford Town Hall, Guildford)
Oxford St Market (Aranmore Hall, Leederville)
Perth City Farm Artisans Market (City Farm Place, Claisebrook)
Perth Upmarket (Perth Town Hall)
PICA Artist Car Boot Sale (Perth Cultural Centre,Northbridge)
Popsicle (William St, Northbridge)
Retro Market (The Burlesque Lounge, William St, Northbridge)
Unwrapped (various locations)
Village Art Market (Fremantle)
Galleries
Check with these galleries regularly as they show exhibitions/art of interest to fibre and textile enthusiasts
Association of Western Australian Art Galleries
Aldas Gallery and Project Space
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery
Perth Institute of Contemporary Art
The Gallery - Ellenbrook House
Bunbury Regional Art Galleries
Geraldton Regional Art Gallery
Other Resources
Art Monthly - Artnotes (use issue search for WA)
Australian Business Arts Foundation (AbaF)
Australian Textile Arts and Surface Design Association (ATASDA)
Canberra School of Art - Textile Links
Culture Portal (Australia) - Visual Arts
National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA)
Remida (Recycled Industrial Waste Items)
Surface Design Association (SDA)
The Australian Forum for Textile Arts Ltd (TAFTA)
Visual Arts Copyright Collecting Agency (Viscopy)