THE TEXTILES ISSUE – contemporary Australasian Textiles
Join the World Crafts Council Australia board for an online conversation about contemporary textiles with the editors of the recent Art Monthly Australasia magazine, Julie Ewington, Anne Brennan and Blake Griffiths. Writers in The Textiles Issue explore different approaches to making, individual memory and cultural associations and teases out why textiles are so visible in contemporary cultural conversations, in exhibitions, biennials and triennials. The editors will give insights in their research and the surprises / difficulties / issues involved in making ‘The Textiles Issue’.
Julie Ewington is a curator and writer based in Sydney with a lifelong commitment to exploring work by Australian artists and a passion for textiles of many origins. She is Chair of 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Arts and a member of the Board of Samstag Museum of Art.
Anne Brennan is a freelance writer who has published extensively on craft, design and the visual arts. Her long immersion in craft and design, initially as a practitioner and then as an academic in an art school, has fuelled an enduring interest in the relevance of craft’s analogue processes in a post-industrial world.
Blake Griffiths is an artist and curator with a focus on textiles. His practice is informed by a research interest in textile thinking. As an arts worker, Blake has championed regional arts practice and is the current Head of La Perouse Museum.
Date: Tuesday 8 October 2024, 4pm to 5.30pm.
Registration: Zoom
Magazine: Art Monthly Australasia, THE TEXTILES ISSUE, Quarterly issue 339, Winter 2024. https://www.artmonthly.org.au/current
Hi, Thank you for your magazine. Its a great source of information.
Was the session on October 8th recorded or available anywhere online?
Thank you
Barbara Huntington
Our Cooees are unrecorded live events. Stay tuned for the next one.