YINALUNG YENU: women’s journey - An exhibition celebrating Australian Indigenous women. Discover Indigenous women’s contribution to the Australian community through a new exhibition - Yinalung Yenu: women’s journey - opened at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney in March, 2008 and it runs for almost a year. Yinalung Yenu: women’s journey will take visitors on a journey into the sometimes unknown and often unexplained world of Indigenous Australian women. A world of people, land, law and ritual, of ceremony and celebration, of social order, language, story, song and dance, art, lore, plants and animals. The exhibition also features the stories of six prominent Indigenous Australian women: doctors and twin sisters Dr Marlene Kong and Dr Marilyn Clarke; artist, designer and businesswoman Bronwyn Bancroft; lawyer and university professor Larissa Behrendt; and respected elders Aunty Beryl Carmichael and Aunty Sue Blacklock. Be inspired by the strength and expression of these Indigenous women who have become successful in contemporary Australian society and who have become role models for a new generation. Yinalung Yenu: women’s journey reflects the ways in which Indigenous Australian women’s knowledge and perspectives of their world were often ignored until recent times. Today, they are carving their rightful place in Australia’s Indigenous history and endowing the next generation of women with the knowledge to speak to their future for succeeding generations of women to come. Powerhouse Museum, 500 Harris Street, Ultimo, Sydney Telephone: (02) 9217 0111 or infoline (02) 9217 0444

Website: www.powerhousemuseum.com

Hours: 10.00am to 5.00pm (closed Christmas Day)

Admission: $10 adult, $5 child, $6 concession and $25 family.  Powerhouse Museum members and children under four admitted free.

    JANUARY 3-8 2009 - STURT Summer School: http://www.sturt.nsw.edu.au/ Classes in Felting, basketry, bookmaking, weaving and more – 25 choices in all. Phone (02) 4860.3083 of 4860.2080.

WAGGAs: WRAP is a diverse group of women on a journey of Wagga discovery, with WRAP standing for Wagga, Research, Adapt and Produce. The members have done the research phase and are now producing works for an exhibition at the Museum of the Riverina, The Botanic Gardens Site, Wagga Wagga to 31 August 2008. The show will then travel to Cowra Regional Art Gallery, Cowra, NSW from 13 September to 19 October 2008, and to Temora Rural Museum (30 Oct 2008 to Jan 9, 2009) and finally to Coo-ee Heritage and Visitors Centre, Gilgandra, NSW from 5-26 February 2009. The WRAP journey is being documented online: www.wrap-wagga.blogspot.com To find out more about waggas, visit the National Quilt registry at http://discover.collectionsaustralia.net/nqr/wendy.php You can contact WRAP via Email: wrap_wagga@hotmail.com or write to WRAP c.- PO Box 621, Balgowlah, NSW 2093; or ring Annette on (02) 9597.2982.

The 18^th Tamworth Fibre Textile Biennial gains Momentum with Valerie Kirk appointed to curate the exhibition, which will be shown from 15 November 2008 - 11 January 2009 at Tamworth Regional Gallery. Valerie Kirk is Head of the Department of Textiles at Canberra Institute of the Arts, Australian National University and is one of the country’s leading figures in contemporary fibre textile practice. Enquiries to the Director of Tamworth Regional Gallery, phone (02) 6767.5511. For the OPENING WEEKEND of Momentum at the Tamworth Regional Gallery there is an exhibition opening at 6pm Friday, 14^th November, followed by the weekend’s Public Program – both are free and all are encouraged to come along. Saturday, November 15^th: Artists’ talks, 10am-12noon, followed by a Panel Discussion, 2-3pm. Sunday, 16^th November: Artists’ talks, 10am-12noon.. More information is available from www.tamworthregionalgallery.com.au

In addition, Glenys Mann is offering three 5-day workshops in conjunction with Momentum (details from www.mannmaid.com.au ) with Residential an option, for the dates of 17-21 November. Workshop tutors are Joan Schulze (Inventions in Transparent Machine Stitching, Exploring drawing, marks and lines); Ruth Hadlow (Making in Place: developing creative relationships with the natural environment - class limited to 10 people only) and Steve Gonsalves (Photography as a Creative Art Form). www.mannmaid.com.au

THE WEAVER’s FORUM will stage an exhibition, judged by Tom Moore, at the end of 2008. To be held in the Foyer of Ray Walsh House, Peel Street Tamworth (part of the Tamworth Regional Gallery) – 29 Oct - 25 Nov, 2008, 8.30am-5pm Mon.-Friday. An Inaugural Weavers Forum Prize of $250 will be awarded for "The Best Use of Colour" - also a Complex Weavers Award will be awarded for excellence in weaving a piece, original in both design and execution, with a complex interlacement of threads and fibres beyond plain weave. Workshop samples, kits or pieces woven under supervision or taken directly from published works are not eligible for the award. There is no requirement that the piece must be woven on a designated number of shafts or on a multi-shaft loom. The winner receives a certificate, a woven ribbon, one year membership (or renewal) to Complex Weavers and a copy of their newsletters. What is Complex Weavers??? – see details at http://www.complex-weavers.org/index.htm. COMMITTEE CONTACT DETAILS:

Helen Halpin – hhalpin@ozemail.com.au 02-4751 7441

Anne Miller – magnobook@hotmail.com - 02 9810 6639

Audrey Ford – amsford@iinet.net.au - 08 9304 5231

Trudy Newman – - ftnewman@myplace.net.au - 02-6766 1885

Glenys Mann will open the above exhibition on Wednesday, October 29^th at 2pm - all welcome.

GRAFTON ARTSFEST: www.artsfestgrafton.com

The Spring Grafton Artsfest will feature Miriam Koenig with "Felt and Beyond"; Patricia Black with "Shibori Silk"; Joan Ajala with "Marbled Papers"; Yvonne Twining with "Luxurious Leather Bags" and Miriam Miller with Proggy Hooky Rugs - dates are September 27 - Oct 2, 2008).

re-fabricating environments has NEW DATES; instead of being held in May/June this year, it’s now 31 October to 7 December 2008. And the new closing date for submissions is Friday 3 October 2008. Good news for those who need a few extra days to complete our works, with a few days to spare! And apologies to those who are on schedule – maybe a second quilt?! Contact Annabelle Solomon on amsolomon@people.net.au with any further inquiries.. Braemar Gallery continues to be the venue.

The Alice Springs BEANIE FESTIVAL travelling show, Colours of the Country, Celebrating ten years of the Alice Springs Beanie Festival Travelling Exhibition will be at Hazelhurst Regional Art Gallery, 782 Kingsway Gymea NSW 2227 from 23 Aug – 5 Oct, 2008. http://www.hazelhurst.com.au Its final showing thus far, in NSW will be at Hawkesbury Art Gallery Oct 2008 - Jan 2009 Floor 1 Deerubbin Centre, 300 George Street, Windsor NSW 2756 Phone: (02) 4560 4441

Coming up in GILGANDRA at the Cooee Heritage Centre, (Newell Highway, Gilgandra) from 4-28 August - LOOKING FORWARD, LOOKING BACK, a NSW Quilters’ Guild Inc Travelling Exhibition of Quilts. For more information Contact Libby Carr, Manager 02-6817 8700 or email tourism@gilgandra.nsw.gov.au You can also ring Tanya Coxsedge President, Gilgandra Alive! On (02) 6847.2104 or Email gandtcoxsedge@optusnet.com.au The Cooee Heritage Centre is open 7 days a week, 9am-5pm. There is an entry fee. www.gilgandra.nsw.gov.au

ATASDA (The Australian Textile Arts and Surface Design Association) has announced a number of workshops through its NSW branch, workshop held in Dence Park, Epping - contact Heather Hallinan on 02.9499.2584 or email: atasdanswworkshop@hotmail.com Details also available from www.atasda.org.au In addition to weekend workshops, Textile Tasters are being offered: "Tasters offer skills-based development in an environment structured to build ATASDA’s community as well as promote tutors. Some ‘Taster Tutors’ for these one-day mid-week (Wednesday) workshops include: Kirry Toose, Barbara Schey, Diane Groenewegen, Rod Byatt, Marie-Therese Wisniowski, Inga Hunter and Anne van der Kley.

OUT OF THE BLUE: Members of ATASDA are again exhibiting in the magnificent venue of the Palm House Gallery, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney from 14-26 August, 2008. Details from Kirry Toose: kirrytoosedesigns@yahoo.com.au or fax (02) 9456.5529.

ART TEXTILES - Public Conference - Saturday, 13th September 2008, from 9am - 5pm. The Australian Textile Arts & Surface Design Association Incorporated

(ATASDA), with support from the College of Fine Arts (COFA), The University

of New South Wales, presents Art Textiles, a one-day conference.The aim of this conference is to expose the concepts and techniques of those who are at the forefront of new developments in textile art. Speakers will raise major issues that are presently challenging practitioners in advancing the concept of art cloth in the fine arts. The keynote speaker of the conference is Jane Dunnewold, a renowned Art Cloth artist from San Antonio (Texas, USA). She is a leader in the field of Art Cloth and an international award-winning fibre and textile artist, author and speaker. Her lecture, ‘The Concept of Art Cloth’, will straddle her philosophy of cloth as art, innovations in art cloth design and the deployment of novel techniques in Art Cloth. This will be her first visit to Australia. The other invited speakers consist of studio artists, textile designers, academics and fine art researchers at COFA, the Australian National University, Macquarie University, RMIT University, The University of Newcastle and Art Quill Studio. It is expected that there will be an accompanying viewing of the conference speakers’ works as well as a separate exhibition of COFA students’ works.

The program will be of benefit to fine art students, studio artists, fibre and textile craft practitioners, wearable art designers, traditional and contemporary fibre and textile groups, fine art educators, curators, art critics, archivists, collectors and technologists.

Venue: COFA lecture theatre EG02, UNSW College of Fine Arts, cnr. Oxford St & Greens Rd, Paddington. Cost $80.00 (includes light lunch), $70.00 ATASDA members, $40.00 student/pensioner concession. Enquiries and Registration Contact

art.textiles.conference@atasda.org.au or see http://www.atasda.org.au

or write to: Art Textiles Conference, P.O.Box 709, Turramurra, NSW 2074

Planning for 2009: How about the Biennial Gathering of Basketmakers of Australia in Broken Hill from 19-24 March (2009) coordinated by Virginia Kaiser and the Basket Makers of NSW. Email Virginia at leebolds@hotmail.com or phone her on (08) 8088.6168; mobile 0418.423.229.

The Southern Papermakers Inc are guest exhibitors (with Parchment Network Australia) for INKSPIRATION at Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Ars Centre, Gymea from 13 August – 2 September 2008. This same group stages workshops as well: contact the President, Kathy Salter on salter@1earth.net . All meetings are held at the Woodturners Hall, Como Road, Oyster Bay.

INTERNATIONAL MILLINERY FORUM - 2009. The intended dates for a repeat of the very successful 2007 event in Wagga Wagga, NSW are to be 17-22 January, 2009 - included will be hands-on workshops, seminars and demonstrations, a trade expo, cocktail party, hat parades and a Gala Dinner. IT’S ON AGAIN!
Following the tremendous success of the inaugural event in February 2007 the International Millinery Forum is set to be bigger, better and brighter in 2009.
Hands on workshops by world renowned milliners, fashion and millinery seminars, trade expo, lunch slideshows, cocktail party and hat parades – all in just 5 days in beautiful regional Australia.

The list of tutors alone is something that you will never experience again...
Eugenie Van Oirschot – The Netherlands
Jean Carroll OAM– Sydney
Peter Jago – Melbourne
Peggy Stone – Sydney
Liz Evans – Canberra
Phillip Rhodes – Melbourne
Carol Wilkes – Queensland
Jane Stoddart – Sydney
Neil Grigg – Sydney
Waltraud Reiner – Sydney
Louise McDonald – Melbourne
Serena Lindeman – Melbourne
Maris Herr – Wagga Wagga
Georgina Conheady - Melbourne

Delegates have the option to register for the extremely full 5 day program, which will cost them $700 (non residential Gold Fee) or they can elect to attend certain days or activities only. (Residential Gold Fee estimated at $950 per person). The problem will be electing which workshops to participate in – there is too much to select from! The brochure is currently being finalised and is due to be released in July 2008. To receive your copy and ensure you do not miss out on registrations please forward your email address and details to the Event Coordinator on millineryforum@bigpond.com or 0439 192 193. We hope to see you at this superb international event celebrating all things hats!!!!

www.internationalmillineryforum.blogspot.com You can email Linda Tillman, the event coordinator on millineryforum@bigpond.com or phone her on 0439.192.193.

BRAIDWOOD AIRING OF THE QUILTS ON SATURDAY, November 22^nd only and……………………………….. BRAIDWOOD QUILT EVENT 2008 ACQUISITIVE ART PRIZE. Braidwood’s Quilt Event and its well known outdoor "Airing of the Quilts" has continued to grow annually since 1995 and is now recognised both nationally and internationally. This year the fourteenth annual event will be held on the weekend of November 22 and 23 (although the "Airing’ for the quilts is on the SATURDAY only, November 22^nd). A special feature introduced three years ago is the $500 Acquisitive Art Award sponsored by Cheryl Hannah, Director of FyreGallery. This year the work is to be inspired by one of a group of Australian women artists. As in the past two years, the acquisitive award will coincide with a special exhibition FyreGallery during the month of November. The Australian women artists featuring in the 2008 exhibition are included in the following list -Thea Proctor, Adelaide Perry, Vera Blackburn, Lisette Kohlhagen, Napier Waller, Christian Waller, Eileen Mayo, Eveline Syme, Frank Weitzel, Jesse Trail, Ethel Spowers, Ethleen Palmer – all artists who created masterpieces of printmaking from the 1800s to the late 1900s in Australia. FyreGallery will offer a $500 acquisition prize for an art quilt that celebrates "Woman", inspired by one of the artists listed above. Suitable quilts of any size submitted in Category 1 of the Braidwood Quilt Event in 2008 will be eligible to nominate for the prize. Quilt artists can contact Braidwood Quilters on (02) 4842 2626 or through the website www.braidwoodquiltevent.org.au .

WORKSHOPS AT THE SILKEN TENT 2008, 7 Clyde St, Braidwood NSW.

Workshops are held during Autumn and Spring. These seasons see Braidwood at its best – not too hot, not too cold and ideal for a weekend away. A list of places to stay is given below. Most Workshops run over a weekend with a brief introductory /orientation meeting over coffee, wine & cheese on Friday evening beforehand.

The cost is $150 per workshop. There is a 20% discount for Students and Pensioners. A deposit of $50 is necessary to secure a place. Please contact Gill Burke – 02 4842 2579 gilly@braidwood.net.au should you feel there might potentially be a health problem with your chosen workshop. The bulk of materials will be provided. Morning and afternoon tea is provided on Saturday and morning tea on Sunday. For lunch there are the many cafes of Braidwood. In addition to the listed weekend workshops there are two longer, more complex workshops on offer. Each would run over eight days and give participants a chance to build on existing skills. Details follow the workshop details below. Numbers would be limited. No date has been set for these, not least because of uncertainties about when people can take a whole week off. June, July or early September are possibilities. Perhaps even late January/early February. Cost would be $500 plus some materials cost and your accommodation in Braidwood. Contact Gill with expressions of interest and possible dates