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Australia Wide Eight

AW8 Preview: Susan Mathews

10 July 2022 Filed Under: Australia Wide Eight, AW8 Preview Leave a Comment

Susan Mathews lives and creates at Ocean Grove, Victoria. Her drawings of Australian native flora and the natural environment are the basis for all of her work. She likes to underline the key role that drawing can play in creating original work in her classes. Over five decades she has experimented with numerous art and textile techniques. Printmaking is a major passion, and … [Read more...] about AW8 Preview: Susan Mathews

AW8 Preview: Tania Tanti

9 July 2022 Filed Under: Australia Wide Eight, AW8 Preview Leave a Comment

Tania Tanti is a Melbourne-based artist who likes to work in bold, solid, bright colours most of the time. She likes to take those quiet early morning opportunities to listen to the soul and let the instincts draw you to what colours and images speak loudest to you on any given day. Her work is semi-abstract and often features water, rivers, oceans and streams, along with … [Read more...] about AW8 Preview: Tania Tanti

AW8 Preview: Brenda Gael Smith

8 July 2022 Filed Under: Australia Wide Eight, AW8 Preview Leave a Comment

Calistemon Cascade - two rows of red triangles on a turquoise background by Brenda Gael Smith

Brenda Gael Smith creates textile paintings and sketches made from a rich palette of her hand-dyed fabrics complemented by extensive, textural stitching demonstrating the transformative power of stitch. Abstraction is a persistent and insistent force. Working improvisationally, Brenda captures the essence of her subjects to impart a sense of wonder of the natural world and a … [Read more...] about AW8 Preview: Brenda Gael Smith

AW8 Preview: Linda Steele

7 July 2022 Filed Under: Australia Wide Eight, AW8 Preview Leave a Comment

Linda Steele has been quilting since 1997 and started designing her own quilts over 15 years ago. In 2018 she started making contemporary quilts and she finds that abstract design is an ideal way of exploring emotions. She also enjoys using colour and says that using plain fabric allows the quilting to shine. She has previously made a pictorial series of work about the … [Read more...] about AW8 Preview: Linda Steele

AW8 Preview: Rachel Ratten

6 July 2022 Filed Under: Australia Wide Eight, AW8 Preview Leave a Comment

Rachel Ratten is a New Zealand painter and printmaker that uses imagery which is figurative/representational in nature. Having been a quilter for 20 years, and attempting original compositions, it wasn't until she achieved an MFA from University of Canterbury in 2015, that Rachel moved her focus on to the more 'formal' elements of design and composition, with narrative … [Read more...] about AW8 Preview: Rachel Ratten

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Memories of Childhood is a new online-themed exhib Memories of Childhood is a new online-themed exhibition featuring the artwork of OZQN members. The exhibition is divided into four sections. Today’s post looks at memories of family members:
▪️ Jean Fair by Cheryl Lee
▪️ Grandma Chamberlain by Ronda Hazell @anakiequilter 
▪️ Stalingrad Dad by Heidi Drahota @heidi_drahota 
▪️ Memories of Mum from my Childhood by Shirley Drayton
▪️ Family Lines: Apron Strings by Brenda Gael Smith @brendagaelsmith 
▪️ memories: A Family Snapshot by Linda Balding
▪️ Reflections by Lisa Walton @lisawaltonartist 
▪️ this discovering 5 by Ruth de Vos @ruthdevosart 
▪️ First Day Fears by Linda Steele
@lindabsteele 

View the full virtual exhibition on the Ozquilt Network website. https://www.ozquiltnetwork.org.au/exhibitions/online-themed-exhibition/

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Memories of Childhood is a new online-themed exhib Memories of Childhood is a new online-themed exhibition featuring the artwork of OZQN members. The exhibition is divided into four sections. Today’s post looks at emotions:
▪️Gestation by @ileanaart37
◾️Unloved and Unwanted by @carol_textileart 
▪️Troubled Waters by @textile_expressions
▪️Sleeping Beauty by Lena Meszaros 

View the full virtual exhibition on the Ozquilt Network website.

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CALL FOR ENTRIES! Art Quilt Australia 2023 (includ CALL FOR ENTRIES! Art Quilt Australia 2023 (including Expressions:The Wool Quilt Prize) is open to artists resident in Australia and New Zealand and OZQN members wherever they live.

The online entry form opened today and 
closes on 2 June 2023 at 5pm (Perth time). 

$9000 in prize money.  All selected entries are automatically eligible for consideration for the $4000 OZQN Award of Excellence (non-acquisitive). Entries into the wool quilt category  are eligible for the $4000 Expressions:Wool Quilt Prize where the winning work is acquired by the National Wool Museum for its permanent collection. There are also $500 awards for Highly Commended in both categories.

#artquiltaustralia2023 #artquiltaustralia #ozquiltnetwork #ozqnart #expressionswoolquiltprize @nationalwoolmuseum
Memories of Childhood is a new online-themed exhib Memories of Childhood is a new online-themed exhibition featuring the artwork of OZQN members. The exhibition is divided into four sections. Today’s post looks at childhood connections to objects or nature:
◾️Travelbug by #zarazannettino
◾️Christmas Beetle by @wolskerebecca 
▪️Swap Cards by @sue_broadway 
▪️That Was Then by Sue Cunningham

View the full virtual exhibition on the Ozquilt Network website.

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Australia Wide Eight

Sue Broadway artwork
Artwork by Deborah Weir with details of the Australia Wide Eight exhibition
Detail image of The Door of No Return by Sue Reid depicting black men in chains in a corridor
Green gum leaves on light background with intensive stitching by Lois Parish Evans
Brown gum leaves printed on light coloured background
Summer Storm at Sunset by Jill Rumble
Kalbarri by Barbara Weeks
Purple and green Artwork by Lynne Hargreaves
Calistemon Cascade - two rows of red triangles on a turquoise background by Brenda Gael Smith

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