Fabulous opening of the 2022 Stitched and Bound exhibition at the Lake Grace Regional Artspace yesterday afternoon.
A good crowd of 30 people came along to view the exhibition, have afternoon tea and took the opportunity to have a close look at the beautifully crafted quilts.
The opening speech was given by Tania Spencer
Don’t forget the exhibition is only at LG until 28th November so come early and don’t miss out
Opening Event will be this Sunday. See below for details
The exhibition at Midland Junction Art Centre is closed, all packed up and on the road to Lake Grace Regional Arts Space. It will on display there for the next two weeks, before moving on again to Heart Margaret River, opening on 5 December. Watch this space for precise timings…. Do support the regional tour!
The Stitched and Bound exhibition in on show at MJAC for one final week before embarking on a tour of 5 regional galleries across the state. Featuring 45 works by 38 textile artists that challenge conventional quilting, for textile enthusiasts this exhibition is not be missed!
Stitched and Bound is on display at MJAC until 5 November.
Janine Judge will be the Artist in Residence in the Veranda Studio until the close
276 Great Eastern Highway Midland Western Australia 6056
T: 08 9250 8062 | info@midlandjunctionartscentre.com.au
Open Wed – Fri 10am – 5pm, Sat 11am – 3pm during exhibitions | Closed Sun – Tue & Public Holidays
It was an exciting opening event at the Midland Junction Art Centre last Friday evening
The evening began with drinks and mingling, then MJAC Director Jennifer Haynes introduced Leanne Bray as guest speaker, followed by Marilyn Clarke Murphy who thanked all involved in the exhibition, artists and volunteers alike.
The exhibition is on till 5th November. Please take the time to visit and support our local textile and quilt artists. Remember to pop into the Veranda Studio to see the the Artist in Residence too!
The Exhibition opens to the public this weekend – Saturday 10th September
See below for more details…
In conjunction with the stitched and bound exhibition, Midland (MJAC) is offering a number of workshops with WAQA teachers.
The first will be ‘Boro – the Art of Japanese Patchwork’ with Phil Thomas in the Verandah Studio on 9th September 2022.
Fabrics kindly donated by #Handcraftershouse
For more information and to register go to: Boro – The Art of Japanese patchwork
To see the other stitched and bound workshops with Helen O’Hara, Phil Thomas and Jan Rowe go to:
Helen O’Hara will be the first artist in residence (AIR) at the Veranda Studio, Midland Junction Art Centre from 10/08/22 to 20/08/22. The studio will be open during gallery hours
www.midlandjunctionartscentre.com.au
276 Great Eastern Highway Midland Western Australia 6056
T: 08 9250 8062 | info@midlandjunctionartscentre.com.au
Open Wed – Fri 10am – 5pm, Sat 11am – 3pm during exhibitions | Closed Sun – Tue & Public Holidays
Helen O’Hara is a mixed-media, textile artist and art educator living in Western Australia. Helen is mostly self-taught although she trained as a primary school art teacher before emigrating from the United Kingdom to Australia.
She loves combining materials and techniques and re-purposing objects, materials and tools in new ways unimagined by their manufacturers. Helen’s art often combines printing of many types with drawing, collage and stitch.
Themes include nature, geology, cosmology and architecture represented in abstract ways. Helen also enjoys art journaling as a kind of everyday therapy.
She is a real collector and hoarder of art materials and scraps and has named her blog “The Hoarders Art Room” after this trait.
Helen plans to use her time in the studios to make some Gelli printed fabrics combined with lino cuts and other block printing and stencils.
“I want to make a quilt which I have the working title “If Klimt Was A Quilter”. I’m planning to make lots of patterned fabric in the style of Gustav Klimt and see where it goes from there. Maybe combining with portraits like in his “Mother and Child” or perhaps using the printed fabrics in an improvisational style, cutting and chopping them to make something like Klimt’s “Knight” which is part of the “Stoclet Frieze”.
https://thehoardersartroom.com/
For more information on the programme click HERE
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