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It’s hard to believe, but we are coming close to the end date of the international exhibition 'Curiosity & Rituals of the Everyday' at John Curtin Gallery (closing 31 October) and Fremantle Arts Centre (closing 7 November). If you are in Western Australia, do not miss your chance to see these exceptional shows. And if you are further afield and cannot get here, order the catalogue, visit our website,, follow us on Instagram and Facebook, and watch some videos on Vimeo - we are gradually uploading more content every week.

IOTA FESTIVAL EVENTS

There are plenty of IOTA21 exhibitions and activities to enjoy through October and into November. Make sure to plan your diary using the online Festival Guide. The majority of events are free entry.

Highlights coming up in the next week are: Indian Ocean Stories special tour with Maritime Archaeologist Corioli Souter on 22 October (only a few places left) at Boola Bardip, the Makers’ Film Festival on 24 October at the Maritime Museum; We Must Get Together Some Time (WMGTST) in Mandurah with artists talks and a book launch; and SKY CAVE at PICA.

Scroll down for details of this week’s highlights and exhibitions soon closing. Please share with your friends and colleagues. We look forward to seeing you at an IOTA21 event soon!

Best wishes,
- The IOTA21 Team

Image top: Curiosity & Rituals of the Everyday exhibition view, John Curtin Gallery, featuring works left to right: Anniketyni Madian, Tjanpi Desert Weavers Judith Chambers & Nancy Jackson, Madhvi Subrahmanian. Acorn Photo.

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MAKERS FILM FESTIVAL WA MARITIME MUSEUM FREMANTLE SUN 24 OCT

The Makers' Film Festival 2021 (MFF) is a new collection of 24 short films screened in two sessions. It focuses on how we employ the dexterity of our hands to create functional objects, art and to tell the stories of our lives. Encompassing a broad range of craft, design and making disciplines the stories are presented in mini documentaries, artist profiles to ingenious animations and music video.

Many of the makers and craft artists featured in IOTA’s international exhibition and festival program are included.

INDIAN OCEAN STORIES | MARINE ARCHAEOLOGY WA Museum Boola Bardip FRI 22 OCT 5 - 7pm

Join Corioli Souter, Curator of Maritime Archaeology at the WA Museum Boola Bardip, for a fascinating talk about Indian Ocean artefacts and stories. Find out their significance and how and why they were chosen for display in the Connections Gallery.

Corioli will also be revealing the design concept of the gallery and how the theme ‘our place in the world’ was developed in partnership with communities.

Limited to 20 places only, book now to avoid disappointment

IOTA21 FESTIVAL EXHIBITION FEATURES

WE MUST GET TOGETHER SOME TIME Contemporary Art Spaces Mandurah & Alcoa Mandurah Art Gallery [17 OCT - 14 NOV]

We Must Get Together Some Time (WMGTST) is an artists’ collective practicing 'slow-making', through active and passionate long-term creative engagements with non-urban places and non-human worlds. Across two venues in Mandurah (Contemporary Art Spaces Mandurah and Alcoa Mandurah Art Gallery), and through workshops and creative events, the WMGTST artists use skilful practices and materials including textiles, natural materials, found objects, ceramics, video, and creative writing to create finely crafted works.

Featuring creative works by: Nandi Chinna | Helen Coleman | Jane Donlin | Sharyn Egan | Gerorge Karpathakis | Todd Israel | Annette Nykiel | Perdita Phillips | Nien Schwarz | Michelle Slarke | Dianne Strahan

Artist Talks and Book Launch: Sat 23 Oct 1.30pm at Contemporary Art Spaces Mandurah

Book Launch: Fossil III fictiõnella artist's book by Perdita Phillips - Fossil iii is a limited edition artist’s book which is part of the world-wide Lost Rocks publishing project. The book is based on journeys around Perth to fossil sites and fossil collections. The living fossils of Lake Clifton are visited in a text that explores the lost and found through history, anecdotes and pictures.

Images: (top) Dianne Strahan, Bundles, Courtesy of Annette Nykiel (bottom) Fossil iii, Courtesy of Perdita Phillips on Instagram (@perditaphillips)

Supported by Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries & The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development

SKY CAVE Perth Institute of Contemporary Art - PICA [22 OCT - 9 JAN]

SKY CAVE is a major presentation of new work by Fremantle-based artist Amy Perejuan-Capone. Her largest solo exhibition to date, SKY CAVE continues Perejuan-Capone’s exploration of the family archives documenting an ever-present pursuit of flight.

The exhibition showcases the breadth of Perejuan-Capone’s artistic practice, featuring ceramics, textiles, video and a dramatically-scaled installation of historic hang gliders. The result of an ongoing conversation and collaboration between the artist and her father, a hang-gliding pioneer, SKY CAVE deftly weaves together personal and social histories to explore the complexity of family narratives and the transference of skill, memory and points of connection across generations.

• Exhibition Opening: Thur 21 OCT 6:30pm – 8:30pm

• Tactile Tour with DADAA: Sat 23 OCT 11am - 12pm

• Exhibition Tour: Sat 23 OCT 2 - 3pm

• Family Kite-Making Workshop: Sat 6 NOV, 11am - 3.30pm

• ESCAPE - Super8 Film Night & Catalogue Launch: Sat 20 NOV 7pm - 8.30pm

Images: (top) Amy Perejuan Capone, 2019, Per aspera ad astra (Through Hardship to the Stars), detail (bottom) Amy Perejuan-Capone, Sky Cave, 2020, Image courtesy of the artist

JOHN CURTIN GALLERY: IOTA21 Series

• Bohemians, Craftsmen and the New Woman, presented by Dr John Martin Wed 27 Oct, 12:30 – 1:30PM

Curiosity & Rituals of the Everyday features installations by Melissa Cameron | KAARU: Sanjib Chatterjee + Anjalee Wakanar | Kirit Dave | Sunny Dolat | Andile Dyalvane | Pierre Fouché | Jan Griffiths | Gaurav Jai Gupta | Shakuntala Kulkarni | Desmond Lazaro | Anniketyni Madian | Zizipho Poswa | Athi-Patra Ruga | Garry Sibosado | Uday Singh | Madhvi Subrahmanian | Monique Tippett | Tjanpi Desert Weavers: Nancy Jackson & Judith Chambers | Yee I-Lann – artists from Australia, India, Kenya, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa.

This exhibition closes Sunday 31 October. Open Monday-Friday 11am – 5pm; Sundays 12 – 4pm (note: closed on Saturdays).

Adopt a cow! Cows by Uday Singh are still available for purchase

Image: (top) Sunny Dolat, untitled, (detail), 2021, silk woven cloth, cotton weft, 154.9 x 271.8cm. Photo: Sue-Lyn Moyle. Image courtesy of John Curtin Gallery. (bottom) Ceramic cows by Uday Singh at John Curtin Gallery Photo: Acorn Photo

FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE: IOTA21 series

• Crafternoon with Betty Poulson FRI 22 OCT, 2:30 – 4:30PM

• Artist Talks: Sarah Elson & Susie Vickery SAT 30 OCT, 1pm & 2pm

• Diary Date: Leave the Lights on THU 04 NOV 6 - 10pm

View details & more events at FAC here

Curiosity & Rituals of the Everyday features installations by Sharyn Egan | Sarah Elson | Cyrus Kabiru | Ishan Khosla | Thania Petersen | Audrey + Arif Satar | Darrell Sibosado + DJ Kyle | Garry Sibosado | Jakkai Siributr | Wuthigrai Siriphon | Susie Vickery | Liz Williamson – artists from Australia, India, Kenya, Singapore, South Africa and Thailand.

This exhibition closes Sunday 7 November. Open daily 10am – 5pm.

Above: Installation View, Fremantle Arts Centre

DON’T MISS | FESTIVAL EXHIBITIONS CLOSING SOON!

ACT-BELONG-COMMIT: HOME IN THE MAKING Stirling Street Arts Centre [until 22 Oct]

Steeped in knowledge of traditional crafts, Stirling Street Art Centre members celebrate the handmade and rituals of the every day in all their making. Driven by form and texture each group draws from decades of collective knowledge shared each time they meet.

Featuring Creative Works by: Art Allsorts | Australind Art Club | Bunbury Hand Embroidery | Bunbury Felters | Bunbury Hand and Machine Knitters | Bunbury Patchwork and Quilting | Bunbury Studio Potters | Bunbury Webster Spinners | Bunbury Weavers | Creative Textiles | Dalyellup Art Group | Fabric and Thread | Nippy Mosaics

Image: Colleen Castledine, Colour Bommie, 2019, Handmade felt wool, 50 x 50 x 50cm, Photo: Rebecca Corps

HOLD Midland Junction Arts Centre [until 30 Oct]

HOLD pays homage to functional basketry & purposeful application of craft skills. Highlighting the egalitarian & domestic nature of this ancient craft, HOLD celebrates ideas of everyday ritual & explores the unique artistry and sustainability of fibre arts.

Featuring Creative Works by: Gemma Ben-Ary | Siân Boucherd | Leanne Bray | Kate Campbell Pope | Mikaela Castledine | Merle Davis | Fiona Gavino | Dawn Gamblen | Megan Juresa | Maxxi Minaxi May | Jan Mullen | Stella Picciotto Winn | Tania Spencer | Liliana Stafford | Martien Van Zuilen | Katrina Virgona | Louise Wells | Anne Williams | Cecile Williams

Image: HOLD Installation View, Sian Boucherd, Forgotten megaflora (purple lobed, inflorescence & green serrated), 2021, weeds, hand-dyed fair-trade raffia, dimensions variable Photo: Susie Blatchford

FINDERS KEEPERS Mundaring Arts Centre [until 31 Oct]

This pivotal exhibition FINDERS KEEPERS embraces both previous and new works by prolific Western Australian artist Nalda Searles, drawing together a captivating representation of the artist’s extraordinary practice over the decades.

Nalda Searles is one of Western Australia’s most highly respected sculptors. She has exhibited widely nationally and internationally in a 40-year career.

Image: Nalda Searles, Work in Progress, 2021, rope, wool blanket, cotton thread, dimensions variable Photo: Rebecca Mansell

The Indian Ocean Craft Triennial respects and acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands and waters where we operate and present in Western Australia – in particular the Whadjuk people of the Noongar Nation.

We respect their culture, the Elders past, present and emerging; and give thanks for the continuing contribution they make to the life of this region.

Follow us on social media, share news of the Craft Triennial with all your friends and colleagues – and let us know about your activities too by tagging us: @crafttriennial #IOTA21

We will be in touch again soon. In the meantime, do not hesitate to contact us with any queries.

Best of health to everyone,
The Craft Triennial team.

IOTA21: Indian Ocean Craft Triennial is supported by Lotterywest; and assisted by the State Government of Western Australia through the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries; the Australian Government through the Office for the Arts, Australian Cultural Diplomacy Grants Program, the Australia Council for the Arts, and the Australian ASEAN Council.

Exhibition partners: Fremantle Arts Centre and John Curtin Gallery.

Conference & Fashion partners: Curtin University's School of Design and the Built Environment, WA Museum, Business Events Perth and Regional Arts WA.

Festival partner: Mundaring Arts Centre.

Cultural partners include CENDANA, Royal Thai Embassy, Australian Cultural Fund.

Project partners include Midland Brick, Gemstar/Manning & Co, Maker&Smith, Garland magazine, World Crafts Council - Australia, Artforms and Publik.

Design & Print supported by: IZZI, Orla Larkin, Christopher Young, Advance Press, Scott, ImageSource

Accommodation partners: Alex Hotel, Tradewinds Hotel and Quest Apartments Fremantle.

Interested in becoming a corporate partner? There are great opportunities to leverage the Triennial to suit a variety of corporate aims. Contact us today about what’s possible.