Dianne Finnegan : Textile Artist

23/08/2023

20/08/2023

Hanging the quilts for my exhibition “According To My Cloth” opening tomorrow 5.30pm at Crows Nest Uniting Church with live music interpretations from Keyna Wilkins: Composer/Musician ! Refreshments available as well. A few spots left! Just turn up! Hope to see you there! :)

14/08/2023

Cloth bush dyed by the Anindilyakwa women that I quilted for my exhibition next eeek at the Crows Nest Uniting Church. Their work is transformative.

05/08/2023

Panel discussion on Yolŋu homelands, organised by Agency Projects at Garma. Beautiful environment for a heartfelt discussion.

28/10/2021

Throwback Thursday! Here I am a while back, with Courthouse Steps quilt made of wool samples from a range designed by Australian textile artist Liz Williamson.

09/10/2021

A few weeks ago was going the be the date that Keyna Wilkins: Composer/Musician Keyna Wilkins and I put on a collaborative concert of music and quilt art called "Starry Night" in Waverton. Instead we've compiled this digital mini-concert.
Hope you enjoy!

Finnegan's Quilt Art:
Morning Star
Strange Scriblings
Southern Cross
Merge
Strandlines
Billabong
www.diannefinnegan.net

Wilkins' Compositions:
Blackhole
Floating in Space
Moon Orbit
www.keynawilkins.com

30/09/2021

Remembering my exhibition at Mosman Gallery in 2000. I made the quilts either end to raise funds for the Sydney Paralympic Game. Here I am giving a floor talk!

24/09/2021

Before COVID, Airena Nakamura, Keyna Wilkins: Composer/Musician and I were planning a joint concert of violin compositions and quilts around this time. One of the main pieces was going to be "Guluu". Enjoy this montage with a section from Movt 1! It was premiered at Sydney Opera House in March and is based on the Gamailaroi and Mandalbingu wild magpie legend, and we gratefully have permission to use it. Enjoy!

Full version on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3keyCvLFjHkJTjO1hplLR2
Full version on all streaming platforms: https://guluu.hearnow.com/guluu
Sheet Music: https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/products/guluu

16/09/2021

Throw Back Thursday! "Terra Nullius" quilt at Royal North Shore Hospital. Desert and scrape at dawn with smoke from a campfire.

09/09/2021

Throwback Thursday! Remembering my work "Riven" at Cafe Artespresso in Canberra a few years ago! Sawcut through granite.



Dianne Finnegan