The Australian Textile Arts & Surface Design Association Incorporated (ATASDA), with support from the College of Fine Arts (COFA), The University of New South Wales, present Art Textiles, a one-day conference. The aim of this conference is to expose the concepts and techniques of those who are at the forefront of new developments in textile art. Speakers will raise major issues that are presently challenging practitioners in advancing the concept of art cloth in the fine arts.

The keynote speaker of the conference is Jane Dunnewold, a renowned Art Cloth artist from San Antonio (Texas, USA). She is a leader in the field of Art Cloth and an international award-winning fibre and textile artist, author and speaker. Her lecture, 'The Concept of Art Cloth', will straddle her philosophy of cloth as art, innovations in art cloth design and the deployment of novel techniques in Art Cloth. This will be her first visit to Australia.

The other invited speakers consist of studio artists, textile designers, academics and fine art researchers at COFA, the Australian National University, Macquarie University, RMIT University, The University of Newcastle and Art Quill Studio. It is expected that there will be an accompanying viewing of the conference speakers' works as well as a separate exhibition of COFA students' works.

The program will be of benefit to fine art students, studio artists, fibre and textile craft practitioners, wearable art designers, traditional and contemporary fibre and textile groups, fine art educators, curators, art critics, archivists, collectors and technologists.

Venue

COFA lecture theatre EG02,
UNSW College of Fine Arts,
cnr. Oxford St & Greens Rd,
Paddington NSW

Conference Fee

$80.00
$70.00 ATASDA members
$40.00 fulltime student/pensioner concession

(fee includes light lunch)

Registration

Completed Registration Forms with full payment should be sent to:

Art Textiles Conference
ATASDA
PO Box 709
TURRAMURRA NSW 2074

Registration Form (pdf)
Registration Form (Word doc)

Enquiries

For further information contact ATASDA:

or mail to
Art Textiles Conference
ATASDA
PO Box 709
TURRAMURRA NSW 2074