Weaving Connections: Basketry and Fibre Arts Forum

03/03/2022

Very eloquent and meaningful public engagement project...

Learn about artist Greer Taylor's 'Ghost Trees' project, which was part of Sculpture in the Garden 2021 at Wollongong Botanic Garden.Video by Tad Souden.

30/11/2021

Central Highlands of Victoria Textile Artist Ilka White visits WA to embark on an inspiring project.

https://garlandmag.com/loop/reclaim-the-void-weaving-country-whole/?fbclid=IwAR0X-uOQsN2fsW-3lXZ8AGK3EaGhYTMq6G3nuUx9ThTIZankKjY-tA0uFKk

Ilka White presents a collaboration between Vivienne Robertson and Kado Muir that seeks to repair country with a giant textile artwork.

16/10/2021

This movie of Nalde Searles talking about her current exhibition in WA is very moving...

Presented as part of the Indian Ocean Craft Triennial, supported by Lotterywest. A crucial figure in the development of contemporary fibre sculpture in Australia…

28/08/2021

Congratulations to the Artists and Centre for getting this project going during the pandemic.

Boon Wurrung artist Mitch Mahoney and Yorta Yorta artist Donna Blackall present a unique series of eco-sculptures, developed at FCAC by over 200 community members. Culminating in the form of canoes and woven fishing nets, these sculptures represent the six seasons of the Kulin Nations using Indigeno...

05/08/2021

Here is a short video of Tammy Gilson, who lives and works near Ballarat and shares her Wadawurrung cultural practice with us...

Celebrating the crafts and folk arts practitioners of the regional Victorian city of Ballarat - and supporting a sustainable future for the creative sector

11/07/2021

If you are in Bendigo there are 2 exhibitions to visit.

Mok-borreeyn Woorranak Yaneekan-weereeyt. Proud Sister Journey at Exhibit B, until July 26. This window space is at Bendigo Bank Central (formerly Fountain Court).

Weaving Women at the Capital Theatre Foyer until August 27.
https://www.bendigoregion.com.au/arts-culture-theatres/space/the-capital

13/06/2021

Fingers crossed that we can go to this show in Melbourne later this month...

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06/06/2021

Lovely to see this work at the Australian Design Centre...

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24/11/2020

This short video highlights the very abundant and beautiful Coorong region in SA. Thanks to the Ngarrrindjeri people for sharing this cultural information about how you have managed and shared water resources over many generations.

07/11/2020

Looking forward to NAIDOC Week: things to do...

From a Deadly Denium Workshop to painted car bonnets, weaving workshops to Indigenous Dance Awards, streamed music, markets, and dawn beach smokings - this is the quintessential NAIDOC list to keep you connected.

28/07/2020

Aunty Bronwyn Razem and Katja Nedoluha have developed a COVID-19 Arts Response Project called Wayapawarr Watnanda Marangee, or We All Come Together in a Meeting in Gunditjmara language.

They are inviting anyone anywhere to help create a giant tapestry of woven 'meeting places' to show our resilience and connection in these anxious and insecure times:

Wayapawarr Watnanda Marangee is our COVID-19 Indigenous Weaving Project in response to the pandemic. We invite everyone to engage their hands and hearts, and be part of creating a giant tapestry of woven circles that connects anyone, anywhere in this time of insecurity and anxiety.

21/07/2020

It is great to see that Aunty Marilyne Nicholls has been commissioned to make a public artwork for the Hepbrun Shires new Hepburn Hub at the Rex... This commission will involve collaboration with Canberra Glassworks - https://canberraglassworks.com/