Events

Fibre Arts Australia is highlighting the contemporary practice within Art Textiles as an art form in this, the inaugural Art Textile Biennale. It has long been a dream of the founder of Fibre Arts Australia, Glenys Mann, to highlight art textiles and with the assistance of her business partner, Nonie Sutcliffe and the generosity of the director Crystal Stubbs and her team at the East Gippsland Art Gallery in Bairnsdale, the dream has materialised.

Makers Collective brings together a diverse set of materials with the singular perspective of each artist. Silks dyed using ancient Japanese methods, the rich textures of handwoven fabrics and the inlaid perfection of marquetry; the translucence of fine porcelain and ceramics, along with handcrafted jewellery and beautiful home furnishings. Extraordinary designs from six innovative artisans.

Second Look exhibition reflects on how handmade textiles are collected, valued, cherished, loved, treasured and used by makers. Some exhibitors have saved, stored, cared for and archived pieces made in the past and are presenting them for a second time.

A solo photographic exhibition in November 2021 documenting the aftermath of the recent 2019-20 Australian bushfires using the discontinued and extremely rare Kodak Aerochrome false-colour infrared film.

Three artist/makers get together.

Jan Downes, Barbara Rogers and Catherine Rogers.

A solo exhibition by Seaneen Kelly of large scale paintings and works on paper exploring the correlation between colour and physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being.

Barbara Rogers is a Sydney textile artist with over 40 years’ experience in textile design and fashion. Rogers now works primarily in shibori, an ancient Japanese resist dye technique from which she has developed her own unique methods.

Covid lockdown sketches from 2 architects, half an hour with an idle coffee and all within the 5km radius of Paddington.

Between sea and sky, heaven and earth, neither here nor there.

The circle is the most common geometric motif on cloth. Its symbolism is ancient and universal, a sign of eternity, of oneness, of the cycles of human life and the natural world.