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POST DATE 01/09/2010 |
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Exhibition: Postcards from Australia: Mapping Climates of Change (posted 01/09/2010) |
September 16 - October 15
2010 See details here See invite/catalogue here |
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Festival: Stirling Summerset Art Festival 2011 (posted 01/09/2010) |
EOI Artists Entry deadline September 6 2010 January 29 - February 12 2011 See details here |
| Positions available: Casual
staff at BRAG
(posted 01/09/2010) |
The Bunbury Regional Art Galleries is seeking expressions of interest from people interested in casual work. From time
to time, the Galleries require bar staff, gallery attendants and occasionally administration relief workers. Hours are flexible but
casual employees may be required during normal working hours, on weekends and sometimes in the evenings. Anyone interested in working for
the Galleries on a casual basis should forward a copy of their CV and a covering letter to the Director, Bunbury Regional Art Galleries
64 Wittenoom Street Bunbury, WA, 6230. Please be sure to detail your availability in the covering letter.
If you have any queries or require more information, please contact the Director on either 9721 9656 or
sdye@brag.org.au
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| India Flint interview on
Quilting Arts (posted 01/09/2010) |
Read the interview here |
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Exhibition: Art in Bloom 2010 (posted 01/09/2010) |
September 17-19 2010 See details here |
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Workshop: Applying to Foundations for Arts Funding (posted 01/09/2010) |
October 12 2010 See details here |
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Workshops: FREE Business Arts workshops for 18-30 yr olds (posted 01/09/2010) |
various 2010 See details here |
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mail art: Artists' Notebook Project (posted 01/09/2010) |
Glennys Mann
2010 See details here |
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eNews: Craft Australia (posted 01/09/2010) |
See details here |
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Exhibition: Clay Feet - Sculpture (posted 01/09/2010) |
September 3 - October 3 2010 See details here |
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Exhibition: The Travelling Thread (posted 01/09/2010) |
August 22 - September 19 2010 See details here |
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Exhibition: Agnes St Airing of the Quilts (posted 01/09/2010) |
November 19 010 See details here (scroll down the page) |
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Exhibition: Beyond Garment (posted 01/09/2010) |
September 3 - November 28 2010 See details here |
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Workshops: Light and Colour - Albany (posted 01/09/2010) |
September 25-27 2010 See details here |
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Exhibition: To the centre - Where the heart is... (posted 01/09/2010) |
opening October 15 2010 Early and recent works - Margaret Ruane and Lia Overman See details here |
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Exhibition: stitched & bound (posted 01/09/2010) |
September 4 - October 3
2010 See details here |
| Sewing Day (posted 01/09/2010) |
This general sewing day is being
held in Floreat by the Western Suburbs Neighbourhood
Group of the Australian Sewing Guild (ASG). Bring a machine, sew, cut
out on the huge tables, make a quilt, embroider, finish a project.
Whatever you like! (Non members of the ASG may visit twice, then join) The group also holds evening meetings on the first Monday of each month - show and tell, information. September 21 2010 9:30am - 3:00pm Cost $10 pays for hall hire use e-mail link at the left for more details |
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Stubby Holder Design Competition - Fremantle Arts Centre (posted 01/09/2010) |
Entries due October 25 2010 See details here |
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Market: Bazaar 10 - Fremantle Arts Centre (posted 01/09/2010) |
December 3-5 2010 See details here |
| Workshops: Beginner's
Crochet - Granny Funk Crochet (posted 01/09/2010) |
Crochet Workshops in
Leederville and Roleystone September 2010 See details here |
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Fashion Talks 2010: (posted 01/09/2010) |
September 2010 (Morrison
is unable to attend) See details here |
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POST DATE 13/08/2010 |
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Exhibition: Julia Davis - Levelled Ground
(posted 13/08/2010) |
Mukinbudin Railway Station September 2 - 5 2010 See details here |
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Exhibition: Stitched and Bound
(posted 13/08/2010) |
Heathcote Museum and Gallery September 4 - October 3 2010 See details here |
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Workshops: Mind your Arts Spring Program
(posted 13/08/2010) |
City of Stirling September - December 2010 See details here |
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Exhibition: Fashioning Now
(posted 13/08/2010) |
Fremantle Arts Centre until September 19 2010 See details here |
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Exhibition: Seven Deadly Sins
(posted 13/08/2010) |
AQC Quilt Challenge April 14-17 2011 See details here |
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READ: about the visual artists resale royalty scheme
(posted 13/08/2010) |
See details here |
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Exhibition: City of Stirling Photographic Award
(posted 13/08/2010) |
City of Stirling Entry Deadline October 6 2010 See details here |
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Course: Advanced Grant Writing Seminar
(posted 13/08/2010) |
Mantra on Murray September 17 2010 See details here |
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E-books: CANWA special publications
(posted 13/08/2010) |
CANWA Voices from the Wheatbelt See details here |
| Workshop:
Shana James (posted 13/08/2010) |
Kings Park Festival Linocut Flowers in the style of Margaret Preston September 18 2010 See details here |
| Workshop:
Fiona Gavino & Sharyn Egan (posted 13/08/2010) |
Kings Park Festival Basket Weaving with Plant Fibres September 18 2010 See details here |
| Workshop:
Graham Hay (posted 13/08/2010) |
Kings Park Festival The Paper Clay Revolution September 11 2010 See details here |
| Workshop:
Brenda Sinclair-Jones (posted 13/08/2010) |
Kings Park Festival Wrapture Art September 4 2010 See details here |
| Workshop:
Trudi Pollard (posted 13/08/2010) |
Kings Park Festival Earth Treasures September 10 2010 See details here |
| Exhibition: Rosella Namok (posted 13/08/2010) |
Holmes a Court Gallery August 13 - September 12 2010 See details here |
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Exhibition: We Australians (Perspectives) (posted 13/08/2010) |
Application Deadline November 1 2010 See details here |
| FREE E-books (posted 13/08/2010) |
Free craft e-books, click the links below Beaded Bracelets Quilt Embellishments Portrait Painting Jewellery Making Tools Knitting Techniques Crochet |
| Exhibition:
Art in Bloom 2010 (posted 13/08/2010) |
Art Gallery of WA September 17-19 2010 See details here |
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POST DATE 23/07/2010 |
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| Event: Boddington
Field of Quilts 2010 (posted 23/07/2010) |
September 26 2010 See details here |
| Retreat: Westknit 2010 (posted 23/07/2010) |
Machine Knitters Association of WA
September 10-12 2010 See details here |
| Retreat: 28th Stirling Range Fibre Weekend
& Porongorup Spin-In (posted 23/07/2010) |
Fibre arts
including spinning, weaving, basketry, natural dyes, held in two
beautiful locations
Porongurup spin-in April 14 2011 at Porongurup Hall, Porongurup Rd, east of Mt Barker Stirling Range Fibre Weekend April 15-17 2011 Stirling Range Retreat, Chester Pass Road, Borden phone (08) 9840 8098 for a mail-out, including information about accommodation www.denmarkwa.biz/fibre |
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POST DATE 22/07/2010 |
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| Workshops:
Pollard Designs 2010 Workshop Series (posted 22/07/2010) |
Various dates 2010 See details here |
| Web: Propel Youth Arts (posted 22/07/2010) |
keep checking this great site See details here |
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POST DATE 17/07/2010 |
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| Exhibition Call: WAFTA
Members' Exhibition 2011 (posted 17/07/2010) |
Moores Building Contemporary Art
Gallery, Fremantle entry deadline June 10 2011 See details here |
| Web: Hand & Lock
Embroidery finalists 2010 (posted 17/07/2010) |
my goodness! embroidery has
evolved... amazing international talent See details here |
| Web: Craft Australia
enews (posted 17/07/2010) |
special edition of Craft
Australia's enews Isuue #53 - July 2010 Focus on - Textiles See details here |
| Volunteers Wanted: Art
Gallery of WA - Peggy Guggenheim Exhibition (posted 17/07/2010) |
Art Gallery of WA,
Northbridge October 9 2010 - January 31 2011 See details here |
| Video: Who does she
think she is? (posted 17/07/2010) |
See video excerpt here |
| Video: Renate Hillier
- On Handwork (posted 17/07/2010) |
Here is a link to a 4 min
documentary about handwork in the 21st century. Very thought provoking! See video here |
| Workshops: Grampians
Texture (posted 17/07/2010) |
Residential Workshops in the
Grampians, Victoria February 26 - March 3 2011 See details here |
| FREE Gallery Space (posted 16/07/2010) |
for U25's at YMCA HQ
Gallery, West Leederville See details here |
| Shop: Madam Bukeshla (posted 17/07/2010) |
Full of wonderful fabrics! 16 Wray Ave, Fremantle See details here |
| Exhibition: Fashioning
Now (posted 17/07/2010) |
Fremantle
Arts Centre, Fremantle July 24 - September 19 2010 See details here |
| Camera Recycle Project (posted 17/07/2010) |
Ongoing 2010 Throw your old unused digital cameras to this WA organisation. View details here |
| Perth: Six Thousand (posted
17/07/2010) |
Six Thousand Keep an eye on this website for the latest on pretty much everything hip in Perth. www.sixthousand.com.au |
| Fiber Art Calls for Entry (posted 17/07/2010) |
Ongoing Keep an eye on this website for the latest information on Fibre Art calls for entry. Instead of listing them here individually, we are referring you to their site. It is also on our links page. www.fiberartcalls.blogspot.com |
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POST DATE 04/07/2010 |
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| Exhibition: City of
Swan Art Awards 2010 (posted 04/07/2010) |
Entry deadline October 15 2010 See details here |
| Exhibitions: Deep
Spaces (posted 04/07/2010) |
Travelling Textile
exhibition curated by Larkin Jean van Horn, USA Entry deadline May 1 2011 See details here |
| Gallery Space
Available (posted 04/07/2010) |
Artgeo, Busselton, WA Various 2010 See details here |
| Workshops: Embroidery (posted 04/07/2010) |
The Embroiderers' Guild
Of WA Inc. July-December 2010 See details here |
| Website: Craft
Australia (posted 04/07/2010) |
Keep an eye on current
Australian happenings See details here |
| Website: Artist Career (posted 04/07/2010) |
10 things every artist
should know See details here |
| Website: Arts South
West (posted 04/07/2010) |
The South West Visual
Arts Portal See details here |
| Market: We Heart
Vintage Perth (posted 04/07/2010) |
Flying Scotsman Hotel, Mt
Lawley Various Dates 2010 See details here |
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POST DATE 11/06/2010 |
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| Exhibition: Peggy
Guggenheim Collection (posted 11/06/2010) |
starts October 9 2010 See details here |
| Textile Tours:
Uzbekistan (posted 11/06/2010) |
September 13-30 2010 See details here |
| Workshops: Fibre Arts
Australia (posted 11/06/2010) |
various dates 2010/2011 See details here |
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POST DATE 18/05/2010 |
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| Exhibition:
Spin Cycle - Virginia Cunningham (posted 18/05/2010) |
Showcase at the Bunbury
Regional Art Galleries July 24 - September 12 2010 See details here |
| Workshops:
Drawing/Design Classes (posted 18/05/2010) |
Tutor Jane Stone various 2010 See details here |
| Workshops: Fibres West
2011 and Felt Convergence 2011 (posted 18/05/2010) |
Start saving now for this
back-to-back two week textile extravaganza in Bunbury, WA! Felt Convergence 2011: October 2-7 2011 Fibres West 2011: October 9-15 2011 www.fibreswest.com.au feltconvergencebunburywa.blogspot.com |
| Exhibition: 1st
Tamworth Textile Triennial (posted 18/05/2010) |
September 2011 See details here |
| April FORUM 2011:
Orange (posted 18/05/2010) |
April 10-16 2011 See details here |
| Geelong FORUM 2011:
(posted 18/05/2010) |
September 25 - October 1 2011 See details here |
| Expressions 2010 The Wool Quilt
Prize (posted 18/05/2010) |
September
10 2010 - January 10 2011 See details here |
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POST DATE 16/05/2010 |
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| Exhibition: Headland Art Award (posted 16/05/2010) |
September
11 2010 - October 9 2010 See details here |
| Arts Grants: YCulture Metro 2010 (posted 16/05/2010) |
ongoing 2010 See details here |
| Workshops: Nancy Crow New
Zealand (posted 16/05/2010) |
January 2011 See details here |
| Bothwell SpinIn 2011 - Tasmania
(posted 16/05/2010) |
See details here |
| Calls for Exhibition: Mundaring
Arts Centre 2011 (posted 16/05/2010) |
contact MAC directly |
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POST DATE 02/05/2010 |
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| Workshops:
Koala Conventions 2010 (posted 02/05/2010) |
Now booking - embroidery workshops October 2-10 2010 See details here |
| Workshops:
Beautiful Silks (posted 02/05/2010) |
various dates See details here |
| International Quilt
Study Center and Museum (posted 02/05/2010) |
Each month a quilt from the Center is displayed online. A wonderful resource for
quilters. Click here to view the current quilt |
| Workshops: Free Urban
Art in Armadale (posted 02/05/2010) |
each Saturday and Sunday See details here |
| POST DATE 24/03/2010 |
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The State of Craft in Western Australia (posted 24/03/2010) |
Nalda Searles on the list
of top WA Artists See details here |
| Friday Seminars at Symbiotica (posted 24/03/2010) |
Feel like a conceptual
challenge? See details here |
| Website: Print, Cut, Sew (posted 24/03/2010) |
Fabulous textile articles
online See details here |
| HandEye Magazine (posted 24/03/2010) |
Fabulous textile articles
online See details here |
| Interview with Louise
Snook by CANWA (posted 24/03/2010) |
excerpted from the February 2010
edition of CANWA's online newsletter "Around the Campfire" See details here |
| POST DATE 5/03/2010 |
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| Markets: Perth Upmarket now at
UWA (posted 5/03/2010) |
various dates 2010 See details here |
| POST DATE 13/02/2010 | |
| Fibres Stanthorpe (posted 13/02/2010) |
October 4-10 2010 View details here |
| Fibres Geelong (posted 13/02/2010) |
September 27 - October 2 2010 View details here |
| Braidwood Quilt Event (posted 13/02/2010) |
November 26-28 2010 View details here |
| WAFTA Meetings Update (posted 13/02/2010) |
Various 2010 We are introducing four Friday daytime meetings to the WAFTA meetings calendar in 2010. View details here |
| India Flint interview on
Quilting Arts (posted 01/09/2010) |
Read the interview here |
| India Flint video on ABC Arts (posted 13/02/2010) |
View the video here |