2003 Beanie Festival Round Up

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The 2003 Alice Springs Beanie Festival
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The 2003 Alice Springs Beanie Festival was a wonderful long weekend, with two major exhibition areas, an exciting program of workshops, spinning demonstrations, weaving workshops, a cafe, and entertainment for family and friends.

'The Flashest Beanies in Australia' Exhibition was displayed in the Sitzler Gallery at the Araluen Centre for Arts and Entertainment, Alice Springs.
For the first time in history the beloved beanie competition beanies were exhibited in the Araluen Galleries next door to the other art greats. Move over Albert Namatjira! Move over Sydney Nolan!We think we had more traffic in our gallery.

Winners of the 2003 Alice Springs Beanie Festival Competition

Best use of colour.
Winner: Shaz Harrison-Williams
Special mention: Margaret Hubert

Most sculptural beanie.
Winner: Jenny Maddern
Special mention: Aukje Boomstra

Spirit of the land.
Winner: Keryn Taylor
Special mention: Frances Hutson

Most stylish beanie.
Winner: Amanda Justice
Special mention: Witjula

Best use of environmentally sustainable materials.
Winner: Stephanie McIntosh & Simone Trelear
Special mention: Fiona Walsh

Most imaginative beanie.
Winner: Kerry Elsome
Special mention: Bhoomi Redpath

Most festive beanie.
Winner: Krystina Schwaizer
Special mention: Yazmina-Michele de Gaye

Centralian Prize for makers in the region.
Winner: Nungalka Stanley
Special mention: Jude Mapleson

Beanie that incorporates a design of Australian native flora and fauna
Winner: Meg-an Jack
Special mention: Lynn Stone

Best Tea Cosie
Winner: Aukje Boonstra
Special mention: Merran Hughes

Two Committee Prizes for wonderful and unusual work:
Bhoomi Redpath: Quoll in Winter on Mt Wellington
Penny O'Neill: Snake Wizard
2003 Winning Beanies
Opening of the Flashest Beanies, Araluen Centre 
 

Many Thanks to the Judges
Suzette Watkins Director of the Alice Springs Cultural Precinct
Alderman Annette Smith, Alice Springs Town Council
Jenny Bellew, Marketing Coordinator of Cleckheaton Wool
Sharon Aris. Knitter and Author of 'Its My party and I'll Knit If I Want to.'

Thanks
Many Thanks to the organisations who fund and give the Festival in kind assistance including the staff of the Araluen, Red Hot Arts, NT Arts and Museums, NT Tourist Commission, Alice Springs Town Council, Cleckheaton, NPY Women’s Council, Ernabella Arts and many more. Special thanks to all our volunteers and all those who contribute beanies.
Special Thanks to Joanna Nixon, Adi Dunlop, Merran Hughes, LIz Scott, Libby, Annie Farthing, Pamela Blaydon, Dan and Megan Murphy, both of the Charmaines, Mary-Ann, Sonya, Kate and all the Araluen staff who helped us enormously, and all the other volunteers and participants.

About the Alice Springs Beanie Festival in 2003
The Alice Springs Beanie Festival is a non- profit community group, with ties to many local organisations in the Northern Territory. All income derived from the Festival is used to fund the Festival events, and fund fibre workshops in remote communities and in Alice Springs.The Alice Springs Beanie Festival is held each year at the Araluen Cultural Precinct in Alice Springs.

Our aims include promoting the beanie as a unique regional art form. In particular we aim to promote indigenous textiles from Central Australia. We also aim to have a lot of fun and teach people about the joys of crochet and knitting and other hand skills.
 

Wool Donations Needed
If any individuals or groups have wools or fleeces they no longer want, please send them to Ernabella Arts. They will be put to good use in the community's art centre.
Send Donations directly:
Ernabella Arts Inc
PMB via Alice Springs 0872 Australia.
 


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