Our next Exhibition is Textile, entitled  “Gathered Threads” which is an invitational exhibition curated by textile artists Dijanne Cevaal and is partially funded by Amaga which runs from 4 June until 3 July . The exhibitors have been invited  from around Australia  but quite a few have connections to the region.  The exhibition runs in conjunction with some textile workshops facilitated by Cheryl Cook and Dijanne Cevaal  which will run on 11/12 June and 25/26 June, which are free ( as they have been funded by Amaga), apart from a materials fee of $10. The aim is to create a textile hanging for Arc to  celebrate our 40 years, though there will be enough material provided for you to also take something home- we will be covering a number of different techniques as well as assembling a joint textile piece for Arc. There are only two places left in this workshop and will now be advertised to the wider community. please find the workshop information following

Textile Workshops

Workshops; 11/06-12/06

               25/06-26/06

 The workshops have been funded by Amaga (Australian Museums and Gallery Association). The brief is to teach textile techniques as well as create a textile piece for public display to become a part of the ARC Yinnar collection. You will contribute to the community piece but will also have the opportunity to dye/print and stitch pieces for yourself to take home

There is a small materials fee for the cost of dyeing materials as well as printing ink of $ 10 per person ( this is for the materials you will take home for your own use)

Your Teachers ;

Cheryl Cook: felter and teacher https://www.artybirdaustralia.com/tutor

Dijanne Cevaal: textile artist, writer and teacher http://origidij.blogspot.com/

 It would be good if you could attend all four days of the workshops the program includes:

 Day 1 ( 11 June 2022) ; natural dyeing of 100% natural fabric ( eg cotton, wool, silk) with natural dye materials and indigo.

Day 2 ( 12 June 2022); monoprinting and printing on the  aforementioned dyed fabrics

Day 3 (25 June 2022); stitching samples, design of community textile artwork

Day4 (26 June 2022); assembling of community piece

 You will need to bring:

Your normal sewing kit, including stitching needles and scissors and thread and embroidery threads if you have them)

For day 1- fabrics that are 100% natural fibres. You can source cotton/silk/wool in op shops, nb techniques will not work on synthetic materials or materials that have a percentage of synthetic content. Pieces of fabric to be around 50cm x 50 cm or smaller and you can bring several. There will also be some fabrics provided by Cheryl and Dijanne

Kitchen gloves (not the latex ones as they are too flimsy for immersing fabric in the hot dye pots)

BYO Lunch.