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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

Australian Tapestry Workshop announces the 13 finalists for the 2016 Tapestry Design Prize for Architects that includes a prize pool of $10,000. The prize invites architects to design a tapestry for a hypothetical site, which for the 2016 Prize is the Col Madigan designed National Gallery of Australia in Canberra.

John Wardle Architects’ winning design for the Australian Tapestry Workshop’s inaugural Tapestry Design Prize for Architects will be produced for the proposed Phoenix Gallery in Sydney.

A special celebration was held at the ATW to mark the half-way point of Life Burst designed by John Olsen AO OBE. Life Burst is a magnificent tapestry commissioned for the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre to be located at the new Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC) in Melbourne’s hospital precinct in Parkville.

The Australian Tapestry Workshop (ATW) has announced the appointment of John Ridley as Board Chair following the retirement of Peter Williams. Peter was appointed to the ATW Board in 2002 and served as Chair from 2009.

ATW Patron Baillieu Myer AC continued the celebrations of his special birthday early in 2016 with an afternoon tea hosted by the Board and team of the ATW on 12 April.