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New Tapestry Foundation of Australia Commission- Morning Star,Artist in Residence Talks, Upcoming Exhibitions- ATWAIR & Elements, 2017 Kate Derum & Irene Davies Awards- Entries Open, This Monday 1 May, Emerald Hill- Cultural Precincts- Sound and Colour, Some Tapestries in Sydney, 2017 Weaving Classes, Other Exhibitions and Events.

The Australian Tapestry Workshop (ATW) is delighted to announce a major tapestry designed by prominent Australian artists Lyndell Brown and Charles Green for the new Sir John Monash Centre (SJMC) in France. The Tapestry Foundation of Australia in partnership with a number of generous private donors, is supporting this important tapestry, and is thrilled that the ANZAC Centenary Arts and Culture Fund is assisting with this project.

Friends of the ATW Forum- Next Thursday 6 April, On the Looms- Guan Wei's Treasure Hunt, Tapestry Design Prize for Architects Goes to Brisbane, Current Exhibitions- Body and Cloth- Performing Textiles, 2017 Kate Derum & Irene Davies Award, 2017 Weaving Classes, Other Exhibitions & Events

The ATW is pleased to be working with Guan Wei on a major new tapestry project for the ATW exhibition collection.Chris Cochius, Pamela Joyce, Jennifer Sharpe and Cheryl Thornton have begun weaving Treasure Hunt, a 3.6m long tapestry.

On February 9th, coinciding with the ’40 Years of Contemporary Tapestry’ exhibition, the Australian Tapestry Workshop celebrated four decades of tapestry creation. With over 200 guests, the ATW brimmed with wonderful supporters, artists, weavers, guides, volunteers, TFA Trustees, Board Members and staff past and present.

Give an Inch 2017, On the Looms- New Tapestry Designed by Guan Wei, Recent Projects- Listen to the Sound of Plants, Artist in Residence Talks- Tonight, Current Exhibition- Body and Cloth- Performing Textiles, Friends of the ATW- Forum, 2016 Tapestry Design Prize for Architects goes to Brisbane, 2017 Kate Derum Award, 2017 Weaving Classes, Many Hands, Other Exhibitions and Events

Happy New Year From the ATW, on the Looms- Listen to the Sound of Plants, Current Exhibition- 40 Years of Contemporary Tapestry, NGV Kids Summer Festival Workshop, Artists in Residence Talks, Upcoming Exhibition- Body and Cloth- Performing Textiles, Friends of the ATW Forum, New Publication, 2017 Kate Derum Award, 2017 Weaving Classes, Other Exhibitions & Events

As part of the Australian Tapestry Workshop’s fortieth anniversary celebrations, the world-renowned art historian and director of the National Museum of the Middle Ages in Paris (Musée national du Moyen Âge, formerly Musée de Cluny), Dr Elisabeth Taburet-Delahaye will present a public lecture in November about the recent restoration of the magnificent The Lady and the Unicorn tapestries.

Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre is now home to a magnificent five-metre wide tapestry, Life Burst, by one of Australia’s most celebrated contemporary artists, John Olsen AO OBE. Victorian Premier The Hon. Daniel Andrews today unveiled the tapestry at Peter Mac’s new home within the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC) building.

The Australian Tapestry Workshop (ATW) announced the recipients for the 2016 Tapestry Design Prize for Architects that includes a prize pool of $10,000