| |  |  | Hello <<First Name>> 'Curiosity & Rituals of the Everyday' will close in three days’ time at Fremantle Arts Centre (7 November) - don’t miss this exceptional show – open daily 10am-5pm. Join us for artist talks at Fremantle Arts Centre on the last day on Sunday 7 November with Sharyn Egan and Arif+Audrey Satar, starting at 11am in the Main Gallery, with special guest author Sisonke Msimang. IOTA FESTIVAL EVENTSScroll down for details of more artist talks, workshops, exhibitions closing soon, and new exhibitions opening. The IOTA21 festival parties on through November! Plan your diary using the online Festival Guide. The majority of events are free entry. If you are further afield, order the catalogue, browse interviews and reviews on our website, enjoy video recordings of presentations from the Futuring Craft conference , and of course follow us on Instagram and Facebook. We look forward to seeing you at an IOTA21 event soon! Best wishes,
- The IOTA21 Team | Image top: Weaving Eucalyptus Project by Liz Williamson and her collaborators from around the Indian Ocean (foreground); Gleaming Decay by Wuthigrai Siriphon (end wall), Fremantle Arts Centre. Photo: Robert Frith / Acorn Photo. P.S. When you share this news or exhibition photos in your social posts and stories, don’t forget to tag us @crafttriennial #IOTA21 #crafttriennial | | FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE: Curiosity & Rituals of the Everyday |  | Featuring artists from Australia, India, Kenya, Singapore, South Africa and Thailand:
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 Artist Talks: Sharyn Egan, Audrey Fernandes-Satar & Arif Satar SUN 07 NOV, from 11am-12.30pm, joined by author Sisonke Msimang – plus IOTA21 co-curators Carola Akindele-Obe & Maggie Baxter, and Fremantle Arts Centre Curator Glenn Iseger-Pilkington. This exhibition closes Sunday 7 November. Open daily 10am – 5pm. Free entry. Above: Remembering Kala Pani by Audrey Fernandes-Satar and Arif Satar, at Fremantle Arts Centre. Photo: Robert Frith / Acorn Photo. | | |  | You are invited to join Spare Parts Puppet Theatre for their 40th anniversary party - PUPPETS IN THE PARK Puppets in the Park will celebrate the magic of puppetry with free performances, workshops and activities throughout the fun-filled afternoon. Highlights of the afternoon include mesmerising performances of String Symphony, our giant interactive musical puppet where the community get to pull the strings, starting at 4pm and 5:30pm. There will also be drop-in puppet making workshops from 3:30pm to 5:30pm, as well as cheeky appearances from puppets roaming the park, and the unveiling of our newly constructed, winning puppet of the 2021 Design a Puppet Challenge at 5:00pm | Image: Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, String Symphony, Giant marionette puppet made from PVC pipe and rope, 4m x 2m x 0.5m, Photo: Luke Baker, Designed by Leon Hendroff | | |  | Join artist Maxxi Minaxi May as she discusses her work in the current exhibition Matter at Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery at UWA. Maxxi will also host a workshop for 13-17 year olds, however this is already sold out. Maxxi Minaxi May is a multidisciplinary artist who primarily works with sculpture, mixed-media, printmaking and installation. Her work Deconstructing Beauty (2003) is exhibited within the exhibition Matter: Works from the Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art . Register for the Artist Talk, 1pm. | | |  | The Sewing in the Forest Workshop with Nalda Searles follows the Exhibition Opening for “Weekends With Nalda”. More information and booking through SOUTHERN FOREST ARTS Image: Nalda working on Hirsute coat, 2021, Recycled red wool coat, gift of Lorraine Biggs, human hair, Dimensions variable, Nalda Searles collection, Photo: Rebecca Mansell | | DON’T MISS | CLOSING SOON!With so many fantastic exhibitions still to see, don’t miss these before they close! | |  | Image: Peter Kovacsy, Inner Space #1, 2019, Cast glass & karri timber, 62 x 35 x 12cm |  | Image: Courtesy of Geraldton Regional Art Gallery |  | Image: Lois Parish Evans, Future Fossil 1, Australia Wide Seven Quilts, Bunbury Museum and Heritage Centre and OzQuilt Network | | IOTA21 FESTIVAL EXHIBITIONS OPENING |  | Curated by Professor Ted Snell, from work by the Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group WA, COUNTERPOINT groups the artists approaches into a dynamic exploration of contrapuntal experimentation. The artists in COUNTERPOINT have created works that emphasise, clarify and contextualise their practice by contrasting or juxtaposing different elements. Developed from a theme of contrariety in balance, each artist has created works that emphasise or clarify their intent by contrasting or juxtaposing different elements Exhibition Opening: Wed 03 NOV 6 - 8PM Get it on! Sat 06 NOV 2 – 4pm: ‘Get it on!’ is an interactive event that invites the public to try on the jewellery. After an introduction by Curator Ted Snell, the artists will be available to tell you about the works, where the inspiration came from, and offer an insight into the working process. Image: Jill Parnell, Blue Bottles, Fine silver, vitreous enamel, 120 x 80 x 90cm, & 110 x 90 x 90cm, Image courtesy of JMGA WA | | |  | Curated by Rose Barton, HERENOW21: DISPERSION is an exhibition of regional Western Australian artists whose practice touches craft methodologies and mediums, whilst also pushing at traditional boundaries and unending the negative connotations of the word craft. The annual HERENOW exhibition showcases some of the most exciting and innovative work in Western Australia, with an emerging curator appointed to offer fresh perspective and insight on contemporary art practice. Featuring creative works by: Katie Breckon | Banjyi “Pansy” Cheedy | Jacky Cheng | Ruth Halbert | Stuart McMillan | Clare Peake Exhibition Opening: Fri 05 NOV 6PM register Access tour: Fri 05 NOV 5PM All those with diverse sensory or access needs and their carers are invited to this private tour of the exhibition featuring tactile engagement and auditory description. Please register here. | | |  | A new body of work by multidisciplinary artist Tineke Van der Eecken, explores the fibres of flora, fauna, and human systems in her show Tributaries. She presents jewellery, small fine metal sculptures and biological objects formed by corrosion casting, alongside arresting photographic images that represent the life and death thrum of fragile arterial systems: root, river, skeleton and vein. Image: Tineke Van der Eecken, Tread lightly #2 (detail), 2021, corrosion cast horse hoof courtesy of Dr Christophe Casteleyn and Dr Sofie Muylle, Department of Morphology, Ghent University, Wire Sculpture in Silver, 23 x 5.5 x 6cm, Photo: Yasmin Eghtesadi | | |  | Rodney Glick is a Western Australian artist who has been based in Indonesia since 2005. During this time, he has worked with a team of Balinese artists to create the body of sculptural work Everyone, Everyday. [Part of the grand re-opening of the Art Gallery of Western Australia. ] The Everyone part of his work features intricate wood carvings of people and religious deities mostly in elevated positions–always in a mundane setting or accompanied by unexpected props. The Everyday part of Glick’s work consists of objects: ceremonial offerings, tables, clothes, textiles, bricks, glasses. Perfectly crafted, they bring a degree of devout seriousness to a celebration of the everyday. Image: Robert Glick, Everything Happens to Everyone, 2018- 2021, Carved and painted wood with textiles, 210x60x80cm | | | | | 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. | | |
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