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About Fibres West


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 quality residential textile art conferences in Western Australia.

Held every few years, Fibres West events are renowned for bringing quality tuition to textile practitioners in Western Australia through workshops by outstanding Australian and international fibre art tutors. The invited tutors offer 5-day, in-depth, workshops for students who are keen to learn new skills and extend their creative endeavours. Participants also benefit from a complementary program which includes slide presentations, a trade hall, art bazaar, exhibitions, a textile garage sale, networking opportunities and more.

Since 1992, Fibres West has held nine highly successful residential events.  For the first three of these events, classes were offered mainly in 1, 2, or 3-day format, with a 5-day class format introduced in 1999. Since 2002 all classes at Fibres West events have been of 5-day duration.

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 2021 will be the eleventh residential textile conference organised by Fibres West, known since 2010 as Fibres West Inc.
Who we are:
FIBRES WEST 2021 is a not-for-profit event hosted by Fibres West Inc. The current Fibres West committee is as follows:
Martien van Zuilen   |   Convenor
Marilyn Clark-Murphy  |   Treasurer
Sue Stoney  |   Secretary
Jan Arnold  |   General committee member
Jan Campbell  |   General committee member
Meagan Howe  |   General committee member
Tania Spencer  |   General committee member
Caitlin Stewart  |   General committee member
Previous Events
Fibres West has hosted the following Australian and International tutors:
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)
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)
1995 (2, 3, and 5-day classes) 
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)
1992  (1 and 3-day classes)
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)

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Postal Address: Fibres West Inc. PO Box 451, North Perth, WA 6906