Irene Manion
News
An article about my work has just been included in the latest winter edition of 'Art Quilting Studio" alongside a bunch of interesting articles on such as "Art With Meaning" by fellow Australian artist Julie-Anne Rogers, and "Sailing Away" by Janine Judge whose imagery is bold, colourful and dynamic.
Creating Light Patterns with Stitch
- 2 day workshop
- 13th -14th January 2024
- Location: Embroiderers Guild
- 76 Queen Street
- Concord West
and
From Dyeing to Stitch - Art Nouveau
- 2 day workshop
- 15th and 16th January 2024
- Location: Embroiderers Guild
- 76 Queen Street
- Concord West
To find out more about these workshops and all the others on offer for their Summer school "Perspectives of Paris" go to
https://www.embroiderersguildnsw.org.au/Education/SummerSchool2024/Summer_School_2024_Index.htm
Thebooklet containing details of each workshop is a downloadable .pdf
Workshop run by Stitching and Beyond in Tasmania
A 3-day workshop that invites participants to explore the full potential of transfer dyes and their versatility. These dyes are painted onto paper and then heat transferred to polyester fabric.
Experiments with the dye will encourage accidental patterning that will lead to the creation of talismanic and totemic forms. These will be further embellished with a range of free-machine embroidery techniques including my trademark long-stitch technique.
Dates: 15th - 17th March 2024, 9.30am to 4.30pm
Location: Whitewater Room,
Kingborough Community Hub
7 Goshawk Way
Kingston, Tasmania, 7050
Log into the Stitchine and Beyond Tasmania website to apply to attend this class. Spaces are still available. .
https://www.stitchingandbeyond.com/events/category/workshops/
My watercolour: Regent Honeyeaters in a Swamp Mahogany
will be on display at "From the Ground Up"
The Corner Gallery
Percival Rd & Myrtle St
Stanmore
19th October to the 5th November 2023
Looking forward to the September Ballarat School 2023, where I will be presenting Dyeing to Stitch for the second time.
Go to the Fibrearts Australia website to find out more about this intensive week long workshop and see the full list of national and international tutors.
Dyeing to Stitch.
A workshop that focuses on enhancing machine embroidered stitching through colour and tonal development of the underlying fabric..
Transfer printing techniques on polyester and machine-embroidery techniques are learned and explored in detail.
The Exhibition runs from
5th August to 3rd September 2023
at the NSW Embroiderers' Guild Gallery
Gallery 76 Queen ST
West Concord, NSW
The Fight For the Regent Honeyeater
Finalist:
Australian Fibre Arts Award 2023s 2023
I'm excited to be included in this book which will be released in hardcover on November 28, 2023 and will be available on Amazon.
"Through personal interviews and galleries of bird-related fabric artwork, this book celebrates birds and the artists that have been inspired and moved by them.
Escape into an unexpected world of avian fiber art. This collection—brought together by Martha Sielman, executive director of Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. (SAQA)—tells how artists live creatively and how birds fit into their lives and inspire them. Bird lovers, needlecrafters, quilters, and other crafters of all ages will be delighted by this book with gorgeous images of avian art on and with fabric and other materials.
Interviews with and quotes from more than 100 of these artists give "live creatively" advice and inside information about the gorgeous bird-inspired art that they create
More than 200 master crafters—quilters, embroiderers, and other fabric artists—from 15 countries on six continents from different backgrounds and experiences share their love of birds and the inspiration they find in them
Includes photographic galleries of avian art and crafts sorted by bird types, including birds like finches, gulls, owls, woodland birds, birds of prey, and many more
More than 500 full-color images
Readers can curl up in their favorite chairs and enjoy the best of "bird stitchery." Or they can share it with the bird lovers in their life!"
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Thrilled to be one of the panelists interviewed by Martha Sielman alongside Kathryn Harmer Fox, (South Africa) and Angela Knapp from the UK. All three artists are featured in Martha's book "Stitched Journeys with Birds".
SAQA Online MINI CONFERENCE
US Easter time July 14 & 15
Australian Eastern time:15 & 16 July
We've taken the best of our online conferences and condensed them into a smaller two-day mini-event. Enjoy fantastic presentations and make connections with other attendees. Hear from artists from all over the world about how they are inspired by their location and travels. This virtual mini-conference will also include opportunities to meet and network with artists worldwide.
Keynote speaker Carolyn Crump uses art quilts to tell provocative stories that defy common boundaries. Crump views her art as an expression of insight, strength, and love. Get to know her through her talk, "The Many Facets of Carolyn Crump."
Travel to Yoko Sekita's rich interior world. Interviewed by Naomi Ichikawa, Sekita showcases complex imagined and autobiographical scenes. Images from Japanese culture, Sekita's travels, and children's literature are hidden in the details of her work. The interview is a treasure hunt through these stories, told from the perspective of a former manga artist.
Join us for panel presentations on artist residencies, SAQA Global Exhibition Aviary, and international artist group 20 Perspectives. Plus, hear more from United Kingdom artist Samantha Boot and her "Palette of Place."
Participate in an art postcard exchange with other attendees.
So please join us for this unforgettable two-day event! Since it's all virtual, you can participate from anywhere. Plus, since everything is recorded, you can watch on your schedule if you can't join us live.
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SAQA Members: $70
Non-SAQA Members: $100
My artwork Fragile Fragments was selected to be part of the International Art Textile Biennale 2023. It will be on display at the East Gippsland Art Gallery from January to March, and will travel throughout Australia till July 2024.
I'm thrilled to be a finalist in the Lake Art Prize, 2022 at MAC yapang, Lake Macquarie, my own, local regional gallery.
The theme of water, resonates with me and this year's theme was The Vessel - contained within and moving between.
The exhibition will run from September 23rd to December 11th 2022.
My work was recently selected to be part of the 5th Birds of a Fiber exhibition being held at the Pacific Northwest Quilt and Fiber Arts Museum in La Conner, Washington. US.
The exhibition will take place from January 26th through to February 27th 2022.
The Pacific Northwest Quilt and Fiber Arts Museum in La Conner, Washington. US.
How Art Heals: Exploring your deep feelings using Collage by Andra Stanton
has now been released and is available from bookshops like Schiffer and Amazon.
My textile work entitled "Death and Transfiguration" is featured in this book alongside a bunch of other artists.
