Every
one is invited to the Gala Opening of the Alice Springs Beanie
Festival
‘A Head Full of Love' The Competition of
the Alice Springs Beanie Festival
opens
6.00 pm Competition Winners will be announced. There will be food, drinks
and beanies for sale and lots of entertainment.
7.00pm The doors open to exhibition. A whole lot of fun - for free!
Date: Friday 25 June,7 pm to 10 pm
Venue: The Araluen Galleries Foyer and outside courtyard,
Larapinta Drive, Alice Springs, NT, Australia
: Open daily.Saturday 26 June- Sunday July 25 2010.
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Jo Nixon reclaims her
title as Fastest Beanie Maker in the Universe, 2005. |
Beanie Central
is the centrepiece of the festival long weekend.
This is where the mayhem and the thrill of the beanie chase takes place
with thousands of beanies on display and for sale.Beanies, baskets, indigenous
spinning, free workshops and don't miss a cake opportunity at the fabulous
tea shop.
Special Events at Beanie Central and Araluen
Foyer
Free Workshops : Learn to crochet your own beanie (wool and hooks
on sale)
Saturday 26 June & Sunday 27 June .Info at Witchetty's.
Demonstrations : Enjoy free demonstrations of traditional
Anangu spinning and other Aboriginal textiles.
Saturday 27 June 2009 and Sunday 28 June in the afternoon
Beanie Olympics: See the textile experts vie for the
title of ‘Fastest Beanie Maker in the Universe’.
A speed crochet event.3.30pm, Sunday 27 June
If you wish to practice up all competitors will be using a size 9 hook
and Cleckheaton Gusto yarns
Venue: Witchetty's at the Araluen Galleries
Entry: Gold Coin Donation
Dates : Opening Friday 25 June . Doors of the exhibition open at 7.00pm
Venue: The Araluen Galleries.
Open daily.
Entry to the Araluen Galleries is $10 for visitors for the weekend. Just keep your ticket handy. Free for locals.
Download
comp entry form
Beanie Central entry form
Co-commissioned by Darwin Festival, Red Dust Theatre and 32' - Browns Mart Producing Hub.
Australian playwright Alana Valentine has researched and written a stage play set at the Alice Springs Beanie Festival.
Head Full of Love draws a portrait of the relationships which develop and are enhanced by this visual art and community-building event. The play vocalizes the understanding and cultural exchange that happens between Arrernte and non-indigenous women. Telling the story of two women;
one an Indigenous regular and the other a Beanie Festival first-timer, stories
emerge of the women’s lives, of hardship and suffering, of joy and survival.
Playreading: Saturday 5pm and Sunday 11am, Araluen Theatre.
Tjanpi Desert Weavers – Basket making workshops $40
Ernabella Artists – Traditional spinning workshops $10
Children’s Activities.
Indigenous art stalls
Complete program will be available on the day
Put your name down on the day, in the foyer. NB prices are subject to change
Dates : Saturday 27 and Sunday28 June
Venue: The Araluen Foyer
A program of textiles workshops including
Shibori, Illusion Knitting, Felted Embellishments, Tunisian Crochet, Gelatine
Plate printing amongst other exciting workshops. A great selection available.
Book early!
Any enquiries email Central
Craft or telephone (08) 8952 4417.
Download information below.
| Central Craft Timetable | Central Craft Enrolment | Central Craft Workshop Brochure |
Fibrecrafters FNQ Cairns are on their way to the
Alice Springs Beanie Festival.
Exhibition opens 6pm Thursday 24 June 2010
June Marriott Gallery, Central Craft
Araluen Cultural Precinct, Larapinta Drive, Alice Springs
Exhibition continues until 30 June
Featuring a display of contemporary and traditional bobbin lace, quilting,
weaving, paintings, knitting and crochet. For Information
We invite you to join us in creating The Melbourne Satellite Reef as part of The Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef Project
Join in and help create:
The Recycled Materials Reef to highlight the amount of plastic waste we generate
The Bleached Reef highlighting the effects of global warming on the ecology of coral reef systems
The Main Hyperbolic Reef a healthy reef in all it's splendour
All donated crochet coral pieces will be included in the
upcoming Exhibition at Burrinja Gallery, Spring 2010 and will be
kept for future showings of The Melbourne Reef. For More Information
| Open 12 noon-5pm | Beanie
Central opens. More than 5000 beanies are expected for exhibition!
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| 6pm Exhibitions doors open 7pm |
Family
Night Out: Opening of exhibition Official Alice Springs Beanie Festival Opening |
| Saturday
26 June 10am-5pm |
Beanie
Central: Beanies, tea shop, textile demonstrations. 'Testing the Fibre' is open next door in the Araluen Galleries. The Foyer Workshops, children's activities and Indigenous art stalls |
| 10am-4pm | |
1.00pm 5pm |
Free
Crochet workshops, Witchetty's. Head Full Of Love Reading od a newly commissioned play |
| Sunday
27 June 10-5pm |
Beanie
Central: Beanies, tea shop, textile demonstrations.
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| 1.00pm |
Free Crochet
workshops, Witchetty's. |
| 3.30pm | Beanie Olympics, Witchetty's |
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Monday 29 June |
Beanie
Central: Beanies, tea shop, textile demonstrations. 'Testing the Fibre.' exhibition is open next door in the Araluen Galleries. Workshops and 'BodyCovers' on at Central Craft |
| Tuesday 29 June | Beanie
Central Exhibition is now closed and with it, the main festival arena.
Come and help pack up and bump out! 'Testing the Fibre.' exhibition remains open until mid August. |
Calling Volunteers The Beanie Festival needs assistance! The festival is a community event and needs volunteers. Come along and get involved. It's a lot of fun. Put your name on the roster at the Volunteer Station, Witchettys Araluen, anytime from 11am Wednesday June 25th, plenty of jobs and times to chose from.
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Jo Nixon 08) 8952 2615
email Gay Epstein if you cannot
download the entry forms
Enquiries about Central Craft Workshops