Colours of the Country- celebrating ten years of the Alice Springs Beanie Festival

The 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.
Look out for the beanies from the Pitjantjatjara/ Anangu lands around Alice Springs.

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.

Beanie festival tshirts, books and Aboriginal beanies are for sale as merchandise at the galleries.

Itinerary  

Benalla Regional Art Gallery, Benalla 3 Jul 2010 – 9 Aug 2010

Exhibition Available Slot 2 Approx dates (Sept-Oct 2010)

Exhibition Available Slot 3 Approx dates (Oct-Nov 2010)

Burnie Regional Gallery, Burnie 6 Dec 2010 - 31 Jan 2011

Clarence City Council, Rosny Park 10 Feb 2011 – 20 Mar 2011

Burrinja Cultural Centre, Upwey Apr 2011 – 15 May 2011

Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton 25 May 2011- 3 Jul 2011

Cessnock Regional Gallery, Cessnock Jul 2011 – Sep 2011

Exhibition Available Slot 9 Approx dates Mid Sept-Nov 2011

Cobb & Co, Toowoomba 3 Feb- 30 March 2012

Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Maitland 9 Dec-22 Jan 2012

Other Exhibition Times Available
Please contact Artback NT with queries in regard to the Travelling Exhibition on (08) 8953 5941

 
The exhibition travelled to  

South Australian Museum
18 May - 15 July 2007
North Terrace Adelaide SA 5000
Tel : (08) 8207 7500
www.samuseum.sa.gov.au

Floriade Festival
15 Sept - 14 October 2007
Commonwealth Park Canberra, ACT
www.floriadeaustralia.com`

Tweed River Regional Art Gallery
13 Dec 2007 - 3 Feb 2008
2 Mistral Road (Cnr Tweed Valley Way)
Murwillumbah South NSW 2484
Australia
www.tweed.nsw.gov.au/ArtGallery/ArtGalleryGeneralHome.aspx

Macleay Valley Community Art Gallery
5 Kinchela Street Gladstone NSW 2440
Tel: 6567 5092

Ararat Art Gallery
March 29 - May 4 2008
Town Hall, Vincent Street
Ararat VIC 3377
T el: (03) 5352 2836
www.arts.vic.gov.au/arts/general/archive/postcards/AAG.htm

Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery 27 June – 3 August 2008
First St Booragul NSW 2284
Box 1906 Hunter Region MC NSW 2310
tel +61 2 4965 8260 fax +61 2 4965 8733
email: artgallery@lakemac.nsw.gov.au
www.lakemac.com.au

Texas Art Gallery, Queensland
16 Sept - 25 October 2008
email:Retreat8@bigpond.net.au

Hawkesbury Art Gallery
12 December 2008 - 6 February 2009
Floor 1 Deerubbin Centre, 300 George Street, Windsor NSW 2756
T el: (02) 4560 4441

La Trobe University
14 March 2009- 19 April 2009
La Trobe University, Victoria 3086
Tel:(03) 9479 1111
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/

Bega Regional Art Gallery, NSW
1 May 2009- 30 May 2009

Cowra Regional Art Gallery, NSW
11 Jul 2009- 16 Aug 2009

Wagga Art Gallery NSW
1 Sept 2009- 11 October 2009

Shear Outback Museum VIC
20 October 2009- 1 February 2010
Images taken at the Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery
Thankyou to the following for assistance with the Colours of the Country exhibition:
Special thanks to Nicole Sarfati from ArtBack. Also thanks to 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.