2008

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August	– 13 August Blurring the Boundaries: Fashion Design Innovation in Contemporary Knitting Fairfierld City Museum and Gallery, Sydney. A showcase of an exciting new generation of national and international artists and designers who explore the ancient art of knitting and whose work blur the boundaries between art, fashion, craft, design and technology. This is a unique landmark exhibition designed to question the eternal debate as to what constitutes the art of dress. More details to come on website: http://www.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/default.asp?iNavCatId=11&iSubCatId=213
September	17 - 20 September Embroidders Guild of Tasmania 40th Anniversary Exhibition Punchbowl Centre, Launceston, Tasmania More info:hstatham@bigpond.net.au
October	October 2008 – March 2009 Floating Life: Indigenous Fibre Art The Gallery of Contemporary Art (GoMA), south bank of the Brisbane River, Brisbane, Queensland.A major exhibition of ‘fibre art that acknowledges the importance of this medium within Australian indigenous culture." The show will be titled Floating Life: Indigenous Fibre Art. 5 -11 October Fibres West 2008 Bunbury, W Australia Fibres West 2008 is the 6th regional forum to be held in Western Australia under the auspices of the Australian Forum for Textile Arts Ltd (TAFTA). A fully residential program is offered over the 5 days.The list of classes available and the standard of the tutors is incredible, tutors come from all over including India, USA and each state in Australia is represented. For more information check out the Fibres West web site and have a look at the Shirley Treasure link. http://www.fibreswest.com.au 9 October - 25 November The Weaver’s Forum Exhibition Foyer of Ray Walsh House, Peel Street Tamworth, NSW 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. What is Complex Weavers??? – see details at http://www.complex-weavers.org/index.htm

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