| Colours of the Country- celebrating ten years of the Alice Springs Beanie Festival | |
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Alice Springs Beanie Festival is pleased to announce that a travelling
exhibition, 'Colours of the Country' has been developed in partnership
with Artback. The exhibition is currently on tour in Australia and will
also be heading to New Zealand. The beanies- largely comprising our collection-
have been selected to show the development of the beanie within our festival
from the practical and fun through to the works of artistic merit. Many
techniques have been used to make these pieces including crochet, knitting,
felting, sewing and beading. Many thanks to Artback for their assistance in touring this collection. Please support our show and get
along to any venues near you and take your friends, your Nana and any
one else you can find. |
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| Itinerary | |
Ararat
Art Gallery Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery
27 June – 3 August 2008 Texas Art Gallery, Queensland Hawkesbury Art Gallery To be confirmed: La Trobe University Bega Regional Art Gallery, NSW Cowra Regional Art Gallery, NSW Wagga Art Gallery NSW Riddoch Art Gallery Territory Craft |
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| The exhibition travelled to | |
South
Australian Museum Floriade Festival Tweed River Regional Art Gallery
Macleay Valley Community Art Gallery |
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| Thankyou
to the following for assistance with the Colours of the Country exhibition:
Special thanks to Nicole Sarfati from ArtBack. Also thanks to Nicky Schonkala, Liz Scott, Merran Hughes, Heather Smith, the Nixon and Nicholson clans; Especially Nell for behaving during our meetings and the artists who created the beanies. Thankyou to the following for loaning beanies to our collection Valmai McDonald, Liz Scott, Adi Dunlop, Megan Jack, Shaz Harrison-Williams, Jude Mapleson, Nancy Hall, Debbie Swanick-Howarth, Betty Murphy, Betty Brown, Gay Epstein, Merran Hughes, Jo Nixon, Nicole Sarfati, Beverly Parkin, Margot Lee and Emma Lee. Thankyou to the following for sponsoring beanies to our collection The Alice Springs Town Council, Chief Minister, Hon. Clare Martin, MLA, Northern Territory, The Minister for Central Australia,Hon. Elliott McAdam, MLA, Northern Territory, The Minister for Central Australia, Hon. Elliott McAdam, MLA, Northern Territory, Hon. Marion Scrymjour, Minister for the Arts, Northern Territory, Judy Preston-Stanley. |
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