About Fibres West Inc.

Fibres West Inc is a not-for-profit association committed to nurturing inspiration, skill and creativity within the contemporary textile community. Our focus is the organisation of outstanding textile art conferences in Western Australia.

Since 1992, Fibres West has held eleven highly successful events (our 2021 event had to be cancelled due to the Covid-19-pandemic). For the first three of our events, classes were offered mainly in 1, 2, or 3-day format, with a 5-day class format introduced in 1999. The residential format was introduced in 1995. Since 2002 all classes at Fibres West events have been of 5-day duration. In 2025 we are offering both residential and non-residential options.

From 1992 to 2010, Fibres West operated as a regional forum under the auspices of The Australian Forum for Textile Arts Ltd (TAFTA), a national, not-for-profit organisation. In 2010 Fibres West became an independent Incorporated Association. Fibres West 2025 will be the thirteenth textile conference organised by Fibres West, known since 2010 as Fibres West Inc.

Who we are

Fibres West conferences are not-for-profit events hosted by Fibres West Inc. The current Fibres West committee is as follows:

Previous Events

Fibres West has hosted the following Australian and International tutors:

2023*

Kate Campbell-Pope (WA)
Dijanne Cevaal (VIC)
Alice Cliff (WA)
Pam de Groot (NSW)
Suzanne Gummow (SA)
Cathy Moon (QLD)
Adele Outteridge (QLD)
Sharon Peoples (ACT)
Julie Ryder (ACT)
Tania Spencer (WA)

*rolled over from 2021 which had to be cancelled due to Covid 19

2019

Eva Camacho-Sanchez (USA)
Lorna Crane (NSW)
Fiona Dempster (Qld)
Mary Hettmansperger (USA)
Mo Kelman (USA)
Anne Leon (NSW)
Holly McQuillan (Sweden)
Alysn Midgelow-Marsden (NZ)
Jan Mullen (WA)
Dorothy Tucker (UK)

2017

Aukje Boonstra (Tasmania)
Sandra Brownlee (Canada)
Jette Clover (Belgium)
Gabriella Hegyes (NSW)
Aimee Lee (USA)
Keith Lo Bue (NSW)
Amanda McCavour (Canada)
Andrea Noeske-Porada (Germany)
Marianne Penberthy (Western Australia)
Kirry Toose (NSW)

2015

Christine Atkins (WA)
Fiona Duthie (Canada)
Philomena Hali (NT)
Alison Holt (UK)
Jan Irvine-Nealie (NSW)
Vicki Mason (VIC)
Susie McMahon (TAS)
Liz Powell (NSW)
Els van Baarle (Holland)
Ilka White (VIC)

2011

Akira Blount (USA)
Ruth Hadlow (West Timor)
Cathy Hoffmann (VIC)
Lissa Hunter (USA)
Anita Larkin (NSW)
Marianne Little (VIC)
Liz Maidment (FRANCE)
Charlene O'Brien (WA)
Linda Stokes (WA)

2008

Artisans of Kala Raksha (INDIA)
Jane Dunnewold (USA)
Liz Evans (ACT)
Liz Jeneid (NSW)
Jacinta Leishman (VIC)
Christina Newberry (WA)
Nalda Searles (WA)
Glen Skien (QLD)
Ken Smith (TAS)
Shirley Treasure (WA)

2005

Dorothy Caldwell (CANADA)
Marilyn Davis-Moore (WA)
India Flint (SA)
Suzanne Gummow (SA)
Susan Holmes (NZ)
Prudence Mapstone (QLD)
Adele Outteridge (QLD)
Janet Phillips (UK)
Mary Ruth Smith (USA)

2002

Keiko Amenomori-Schmeisser (ACT)
Lucy Bromell (WA)
Marie Cook (VIC)
Mark Lander (NZ)
Chunghie Lee (KOREA)
Sue Leighton-White (WA)
Glenys Mann (NSW)
Pat Surace (NSW)
Makiko Tada (JAPAN)
Judy Wilford (NSW)

1995

Kongthong Nanthavongdouangsy (LAOS)
Norma Coon (WA)
Monnie Fenner (WA)
Jean Kropper (NSW)
Nancy Ballesteros & Judith Pinnell (WA)
Wendy Lugg (WA)
Valerie Campbell-Harding (UK)
Jon Crane (UK)
Alvena Hall (SA)
Alison Morton (VIC)
Holly Nutley (WA)
Lyn Waring (WA)

1999

Mahvash Ahmadi (WA)
Christine Ballinger (QLD)
Judy Hooworth (NSW)
Carol Divall (NSW)
Celia Player (NSW)
Jude Skeers (VIC)
Maxine Lovegrove (NZ)
Katie Syme (WA)
Yvonne Twining (SA)

1992

Solvig Baas-Becking (ACT)
Norma Coon (WA)
Nancy Ballesteros (WA)
Marlene Page-Sorrin (WA)
Mavis Fryer (WA)
Jan Irvine-Nealie (NSW)
Jeanne Taylor (NZ)
Peg Antonio (WA)
Effie Mitrofanis (NSW)
Bente Sorenson (WA)
Kristen Dibbs (NSW)
John Allen (UK)
Nalda Searles (WA)
Coral Clark (WA)
Moira Douropoulos (WA)
Judith Shaw (WA)
Jeannie Keefer-Bell (WA)