Bailee Lobb Artist Talk
Bailee Lobb (she/her) is a video, performance and textile installation artist based in Te Whanganui-A-Tara, Aotearoa. She works with colour, soft structures, movement, and spatial interventions to create immersive and playful interactive environments. Join Bailee as she talks about her practice which explores her experience of disability as an autistic woman. Bailee Lobb is a previous Supreme Award winner and is one of the judges for Changing Threads 2024. Date: Saturday 18th May Time: 11am Venue: Refinery ArtSpace Weave your own Washcloths and Dishcloths
tutored by Karuna Peralta Washcloths & Dishcloths - one day Rigid Heddle Loom weaving workshop. Presented by NZ Textile Experiences Date: Sunday 19th May
Time: 10am - 4pm Venue: Broadgreen House Unconventional Textiles - Pre-used and Unusual Materials
tutored by Maggy Johnston Learn to manage repurposed and recycled materials to create unique and interesting small sculptures, contemporary jewellery, or artworks for your interior in this two day workshop.. Presented by NZ Textile Experiences Date: 25th & 26th May | 8th & 9th June
Time: 10am - 4pm Venue: Maggy's Studio An Itch to Stitch
with Stef Naldi Creative play to loosen to your textile practice and/or scratch that itch to stitch. A playful textiles-based session touching on sources of inspiration, mark making, and repurposed materials - textile or otherwise. Beginners welcome. Materials and tools provided. Date: Sunday 26th May
Time: 10.30 - 1pm Venue: Refinery ArtSpace FATAL FASHION
Curator's floor talk In the incessant drive to be à la mode, fashion has unwittingly condemned both the makers and the wearers of many stylish garments and accessories. From dangerous dyes to flaming fabrics, awful injuries and disease; the litany of loss in our quest for style is long and lethal, and not just to humans. Join us in a talk to explore how fashion has slain and maimed through time (with a spotlight in 19th and early 20th centuries), as we talk about some of the objects on display in the Fatal Fashion exhibition at Broadgreen Historic House. Afternoon Tea in the gardens will be provided. Numbers limited. email heidilu2014@gmail.com to register Koha to Broadrgreen house would be appreciated. Date: 12th June Time: 3pm Venue: Broadgreen House Twill Felt Flower Workshop
tutored by Karuna Peralta During this one-day workshop you will be using wool blend felt sheets to make small felt flowers in beautiful colours, shapes and sizes. Presented by NZ Textile Experiences Date: 2nd June
Time: 10am - 4pm Venue: Broadgreen House Creative Bookbinding
tutored by Rosie-Anne Pinney This two-day workshop is an opportunity to make your own handcrafted books using traditional bookbinding skills. You will learn the basic principles of this craft and discover how you can bring your unique creativity to a variety of book formats. Presented by NZ Textile Experiences Date: 8th & 9th June
Time: 10am - 4pm Venue: Broadgreen House |
Good As Gold
Cross Country Weavers 50th Anniversary exhibition 17th May - 14th June A celebration of our living library of over 2,000 unique woven samples created and maintained by weavers across the length and breadth of Aotearoa over the past 50 years. FLOOR TALK: Join Annie Mackenzie CCW coordinator and Linda Millington CCW librarian for a floor talk about the library and Cross Country Weavers. Date: Saturday 18th May
Time: 1pm Venue: Refinery ArtSpace Camplight
Kayan weavers | Sukuta Project First displayed at the Light Nelson festival in 2016. These hand-woven cotton banners were made by Mu Bar, the Sukita Project’s weaver, who is a former refugee from Myanmar. She used a traditional back-strap weaving technique that has passed on through many generations. John-Paul Pochin combined LED technology with traditional Kayan weaving to make the light on the banners responsive to music. Involvement in this event brought a sense of shared purpose and belonging to the resettled community and has become a benchmark for using art to assist with cultural integration. A renewed installation will be in situ at Cultural Conversation for the Changing Threads 15th Anniversary Celebration. Date: 17th May - 14th June
Venue: Cultural Conversations Stretch your textile, ready for its next life
Learn the art of 'stretching'! Present your 'textile' as a finished artwork. Experimentation encouraged! Date: 21st May | 25th May
Time: 9.30pm - 4pm Venue: Refinery ArtSpace | NMIT Found fabrics / textiles dressed up!
A dress that fit's, made for you, by you, in a fabric / textile you love! Date: 23rd May | 26th May
Time: 9.30am - 4pm Venue: Refinery ArtSpace | NMIT Professional Weavers Network
Join members of this group of dedicated master weavers from around Aotearoa New Zealand who came together in 1991 to promote excellence in the art of weaving and art textiles. Their origin story: how, when, where and, why they formed, who they are and what motivates the group to continue to produce works of excellence. Date: 22nd May Time: 11am Venue: Refinery ArtSpace Sheep to Skein – Learn to Spin
tutored by Anne Grassham This Workshop is for beginners and those wanting to refresh basic spinning skills. Date: 15th May & 13th June
Time: 10am - 4pm Venue: Fleecewood, Wakefield Supported by |
Drop spindle spinning with Annie Mackenzie
Learn the traditional craft of hand spinning using a simple drop spindle through Resourceful Craft. Date: Sunday 19th May
Time: 10am - 2pm Venue: Refinery ArtSpace Hamuera Manihera
an artist talk Hamuera Manihera (Ngāti Kuia) who is also Kaitiaki Taonga at Nelson Provisional Museum, will be sharing his practice of weaving. This kākahu (Māori cloak) is made in the kaitaka paepaeroa style using muka fibre – which comes from harakeke (phormium tenax) – coloured with a natural dye from native trees and iron rich mud (paru). Date: Saturday 26th May Time: 11am Venue: Āwhio | Refinery ArtSpace Textile Collage Stitch Workshop
tutored by Sally Reynolds Be inspired by native flora and create a unique handstitched textile collage with printing and painting techniques incorporated. This is a two day workshop. Presented by NZ Textile Experiences Date: 25th May & 26th May
Time: 10am - 4pm Venue: Broadgreen House Rāranga no Te Tauihu
An exhibition of Rāranga by local artists Hamuerra Robb, Louisa Paul & Shaunel Kelly. The inaugural exhibition at Whakatū's new Toi Māori Hub, Āwhio. Situated on the banks of the Mahitahi Awa.
Date: From Saturday 26th May
Time: TBC Venue: Āwhio Bonds Beyond Borders
Global Stitch Up Collective Following on from the successful 'Beyond Borders' exhibition at The Refinery in 2023, we have 'Bonds beyond borders' - an evening connecting the threads. The Global Stitch up is a creative hub and newly formed social enterprise for migrant and former refugee women. You are invited to join the circle of women to weave stories, memories and find those common threads that give us a fabric of unity / kotahitanga. Thank you to our divine cousins at Cultural Conversations. Date: 29th May
Time: 5pm Venue: Refinery ArtSpace Stitch Bloom Project
Collaborative Art Project Free event No experience required Join local contemporary fibre artist Fleur Woods to stitch a simple bloom onto this ever growing and evolving collaborative art project. Date: 8th & 9th June
Time: 11am - 3pm Venue: Refinery ArtSpace Embroidered Artwork - Transfer - Stitch
tutored by Rosie Horn During this one-day workshop you will combine embroidery with a photographic image taken by Rosie of New Zealand landscapes and flora printed on fabric. Presented by NZ Textile Experiences Date: 16th June
Time: 10am - 4pm Venue: Broadgreen House |