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Melville Open Studios 3-4 May - Map and Artist Directory now available - 12th April 2025
Details for the Melville Open Studios 2025 event on the weekend of 3 - 4 May are now available. Locations are open from 10am to 4pm. This year the Guild will be exhibiting at Atwell House (586 Canning Highway - just near Guild House). The Melville Open Studios page has an Artist Directory Booklet and an Event and Activity Map both available for download. You could also join a bus tour with four different routes available (bus bookings required and they sell out fast, so book your ticket early!
Website: Melville Open Studios Home Page
Calling all members...the entry form for the 2025 Founder's Challenge is now available from the attached link or under the 'Membership' tab above. Entries close 5pm 25 June. 2025 Founder's Challenge - "The Bag Reimagined" : Entry form now available - 1st April 2025
Calling all members...the entry form for the 2025 Founder's Challenge is now available from the attached link or under the 'Membership' tab above. Entries close 5pm 25 June.
Website: 2025 Founder's Challenge Entry Form
For the next talk in our 2025 series - Gaynor Ashford will be sharing stories of WA's contribution to the Parliament House Embroidery - which is nearly 40! Join us to hear about this fascinating process (and possibly a few titbits of gossip discovered during the archiving of the Guild's records). For further information and to book tickets visit the Event page - link below. Talk for May: The Parliament House Embroidery - WA's Stories - 30th March 2025
For the next talk in our 2025 series - Gaynor Ashford will be sharing stories of WA's contribution to the Parliament House Embroidery - which is nearly 40! Join us to hear about this fascinating process (and possibly a few titbits of gossip discovered during the archiving of the Guild's records). For further information and to book tickets visit the Event page - link below.
Website: Book tickets - The Parliament House Embroidery - WA's stories
JETS are the Embroiderers' Guild of WA's Junior Embroidery and Textile Students (8-14 years). See the events page for details about the fun planned for the April holiday - $15 for two mornings of stitching (15 and 16 April) JETS - enrolments now open for the April school holidays - 17th March 2025
JETS are the Embroiderers' Guild of WA's Junior Embroidery and Textile Students (8-14 years). See the events page for details about the fun planned for the April holiday - $15 for two mornings of stitching (15 and 16 April)
Website: JETS event details - enrolment link
Stitched and Bound - entries for 2026/27 are open now. 2024/25 exhibition now visiting galleries in northern and southern WA until September 2025 - 8th March 2025
stitched and bound 2026/27 will open at Midland Junction Arts Centre (MJAC), Perth on 1 May 2026 and close on 28 June 2026 and will hopefully tour galleries in country WA. Conditions of Entry for the exhibition are now available on the website to view and download. Entries open until 1 December 2025. stitched and bound is a biennial exhibition showcasing the innovative range of current work being produced by Western Australian artists who challenge the usual concept of the ‘quilt’ medium.
Website: Stitched and Bound - Art Quilt Exhibition