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Here’s my weaving workshop in full swing at Strong Women Business weekend, Birdwood Downs. Deeply grateful to Kimberley Arts Network for inviting me to join this wonderful weekend with women from all over the Kimberley.

Vote from hope, not fear, tomorrow.
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Does Australia pass the character test?
The text comes from an article titled “The Extralegal Christmas Island Brutality Regime”, link in bio

It's the last weeks for the SWAN 2022 exhibition at @bragwa ! I saw it last week and was astounded by the range of works. Here are just two: Helen Seiver's lino, rusty metal and stitch, and Jo Wassell's drawing of carbon and graphite. You've got unti

Priya, Nades and their daughters could return home to Biloela today if Minister Hawke let them. Tens of thousands of people who have been living in Australia for more than a decade could finally settle without constant fear of detention if they were

My most recent work is part of the exciting South West Art Now 2022 survey show at Bunbury Regional Art Gallery. Thanks Christopher Young (@pleasantlyabsent) for the great photos. And thanks to Dr Diana McGirr (@bigpicturewoman) and the installation

On Saturday we packed the car, took a last look, loaded up the cats and left for the evacuation centre in Albany. Kindness from strangers overflowed: the welcoming cattery, comfort and space at the Leisure centre to sleep, dear friends who looked aft

When you notice that the shape of the lines in the poem is also in the shape of the butterfly wing.
‘Legacy’ opens tonight in Collie.
Detail of a painting by @chelseahopkinsallan_art and poem by @ren_schipp
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‘Legacy’ opens at Collie Art Gallery Friday 10th December, 6-8pm!
Join us to celebrate 2 poets & 8 artists whose work responds to Legacy: what we hope to leave behind.

Legacy is at Collie Art Gallery from 11 Dec to 23 Jan, open Thurs

Perfect light and a long table at Black Diamond Lodge in Collie for last minute stitching. Tomorrow we begin installing Legacy at Collie Art Gallery.
Legacy opens Friday 10th December, 6pm.
Jen Mitchell, Elizabeth Edmonds, Matt Blakers, Mandy Lindebe

This well-travelled piece has been worked on in buses, trains & cars, in front of the fire & by a sunny window. The deep texture of the lace stitches will mostly disappear after it is dyed, blocked and pinned to shape.
It can have a relaxing

View from my desk: Afternoon sun on the resting looms while I finish a knitted piece for HERENOW21: Dispersion. I’m excited to be part of this show of 6 regional makers curated by @rosebarton .
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I acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the Pibbulmun and Menang Boodja that I live and work on and I pay my respects to their Elders. Sovereignty was never ceded. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.

© Ruth Halbert 2022