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Newsletter April 2019

Congratulations Anne Kelly on your most successful exhibition Articles of Ancestry, which opened last Thursday at Timeless Textiles gallery.

Local fibre artists Wilma Simmons opened Anne's exhibition with the following beautifully chosen words:

"How fortunate we are to have Anne Kelly show this amazing exhibition of textile art, Articles of Ancestry, her first solo Australian exhibition here in Newcastle. How fortunate we are also to have Timeless Textiles and Anne Kempton and her vision to bring us such highly respected, admired and renowned artists as Anne Kelly.   I particularly feel very fortunate not only to be here tonight, but to live in this age of high technology … I first met Anne in person two years ago on her first visit to the gallery and to Australia, but knew her through her work online and via social media some years before - amazing to think that without the internet, we would have missed out on these extraordinary cultural and artistic influences in our lives.  I am very excitedly happy to be here tonight. Anne Kelly like her art work is a world treasure - you will find it difficult to keep up with Anne and the demands of her global creative commitments - in the last fortnight alone, Anne has been working and teaching in India, UK, here in Australia and next week in New Zealand. Congratulations on Articles of Ancestry… this remarkable body of work and its textile artistry is already amazing all who see it. Yesterday, there were quite a number of visitors in the gallery, and one surprisingly asked me “How old is this artist?” and I thought perhaps a bit of an impertinent and irrelevant question, but this was followed with “She must be pretty old because it would take a lifetime to create this work, and to reach this level of deep understanding and empathy expressed in the motifs and stitching.” And I thought I probably couldn’t have put this much better. Anne’s “Articles of Ancestry” speaks and calls to us as a community and as individuals - to our sense of identity. When asked to describe Anne’s work, its complexity and depth prompted me to say it is happy, sad, poignant, beautiful, compelling and even confronting. Anne’s work is even more - it is important artistically and culturally.  The further the world moves on from significant life changing events in the past, the more we forget and some are even tempted to deny just how those events affected generations before us.  Anne’s stitched and layered textile art works remind us that not only is history real, but it also is deeply personal and meaningful to humanity, to generations now and in the future ".


 Anne chats about her exhibition here, so settle in with a cuppa and have a listen.

If you are not able to get into the gallery  by May 5th, you can view her exhibition here.
 

UPCOMING EXHIBITION: Brooching the Subject #3

Don't we all just  love a brooch.... the annual Brooching the Subject is on again from May 6th - 12th, with the opening on Thursday May 9th 6-8pm where the winners will be announced. This years judge is Jenny Florey,  a fine local fibre artist.

You can enter into the People's Choice, and you may be in the running of a  $25 gift voucher from Timeless Textiles gallery. Voting will commence on Monday 29th April 2019. You can use this link to vote after Monday 29th.

Thank you to the many people who created a brooch ..its a beautiful colourful line up again this year.
Eira Chidgey

Upcoming exhibition

Go Your Own Way exhibition with Eira Chidgey

This exhibition is an interesting collaboration of past work from 2007, when I was at the start of my creative career, and recent work produced within the last 12 months. Now in my 30s and living on the other side of the world with two small children, this exhibition is a celebration of the confidence you grow on the journey through life, and the liberation to just go your own way. 


Go your Own Way  opens Thursday 16 May (6-8pm) until Sunday 9 June 2020.
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Lorna Crane

Surface, Shape and Stitch with Lorna Crane

Challenge yourself by building a series of works shaped and layered in paper and cloth. 

Where forms will be created that speak of a sense of time and place. And where memories are captured through a variety of mixed media techniques on cloth then stitched with a modern boro aesthetic. 

  • Dare to be different by experimenting with a variety of surface design techniques including monotypes, hand painting, stamping and collage, then layer to build a series of unique fibre works 
  • Create your own narrative by revealing memories in marks, stitch, lines, texture, shape and light in your desired mediums.

 

This workshop will be an opportunity to discover the spaces in between your thoughts - ‘the thinking and the non thinking spaces that  relate to that breath in between’  with a open and adventurous approach, this will be a fun packed three days!

 

Suitable for all skill levels.    

Dates: 9.30 am – 4.30 pm 18/19/20th May 2019

Cost: $460 including a delicious morning tea and lunch

Venue: Timeless Textiles Gallery

BOOK IN NOW
Happy and safe Easter to everyone. Timeless Textiles  Gallery will be closed  from Good Friday 19th April and will reopen on Wednesday 24 April 2019.
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