Narrative Threads talk Sunday 20th May 2012

Regeneration - Contemporary Quilt Textiles is currently on show at Manly Art Gallery & Museum until 3 June 2012.  As part of the exhibition I have been invited to give an artist's talk together with Liz Williamson and Cecilia Heffer.  The talks are on this Sunday at 3pm at the gallery and are on the subject of Narrative Threads.  Narrative has always been an important element in my own work and my recent work has specifically explored cloth as archive.  I'm very much looking forward to exploring the links between contemporary textiles and the unique qualities of cloth and fibre to tell stories.  Hope to see you there! 

You can also see the exhibition catalogue here

Tamworth Textile Triennial 2011

Pictured: Article appearing in the current issue of Textile Fibre Forum Magazine, Volume 30, Issue 3, No.103, 2011, pp.52-53

I am very pleased and excited to have been selected in the inaugural Tamworth Textile Triennial, a national touring exhibition focused on contemporary textile practice in Australia.  The exhibition is curated by Patrick Snelling and selected artists include Martha McDonald, Elisa Markes-Young, Cresside Collette, Rodney Love, Cecilia Heffer, Brook Morgan and Belinda Von Mengersen amongst others. 


The exhibition opens on 30 September 2011 at 6pm at the Tamworth regional gallery. There will be a series of artist's talks over the opening weekend on 1st and 2nd October.  I will be giving a talk in the morning of Saturday the 1st October. The show will tour nationally through to the end of 2013 to the following regional galleries:


RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
Goulburn Regional Gallery
Manning Regional Gallery
Albury Regional Gallery
Broken Hill Regional Gallery
Stanthorpe Regional Gallery
Manly Regional Gallery 
Ararat Regional Gallery VIC


To keep up to date with the touring exhibition and events check out the Tamworth Regional Gallery website here