Event Details

Fibres West 2025 is a week-long textile art event.

Fibres West 2025 is a week-long textile art event. The program consists of ten workshops with outstanding national and international tutors. Workshops are suitable for beginners to experienced artists.

Participants enrol in one 5-day workshop of their choice while enjoying the experience of spending extended time with fellow textile-lovers and makers. We offer both residential and non-residential options at Fibres West 2025.

Besides the workshops, the program includes presentations, evening activities, a traders’ corner, art bazaar, artist-in-residence, on-site textile art installations, and displays. It is a week-long creative vibe in every way!

We also have an extensive Public Program where members of the public and visitors are welcome. To get an idea of the kinds of activities on offer, see our 2023 public program here.

Explore. Create. Be Inspired.

Fibres West 2025

5th - 11th October 2025

Narrogin College of Agriculture

216 Cooraminning Road
Dumberning WA 6312

Spend a whole week in a wonderfully creative environment, connect with fellow textile enthusiasts, ​and learn from the best. 

The Venue

Narrogin College of Agriculture is located approximately 10 kilometers west of the bustling wheatbelt town of Narrogin, about 180kms south-east of Perth, 170kms north-east of Bunbury, and 265kms north of Albany.

During the academic year, the College provides education and training to Year 10, 11, and 12 students in selected agricultural and related trades industries.

We are delighted that it will be the home of Fibres West in October 2025. 

The venue has a very good range of suitable teaching spaces, single room ground-floor accommodation (shared bathrooms) throughout, a very spacious dining room, and is set in accessible and well-maintained grounds. 
 
We know that moving our event back to the traditional Springtime slot will suit many who found the winter temperatures at our immediately past venue (Muresk Institute) a little chilly!

The town of Narrogin is less than 10 minutes away and offers a good range of services and amenities.

Narrogin College of Agriculture provides an ideal venue for Fibres West 2025 as a place to immerse ourselves in a week of textile activity.

Scheduling

Sunday October 5 is Arrival Day at Fibres West 2025. The registration desk opens at 1pm. After checking in and finding your accommodation and classroom, there will be ample time to visit our Traders, view displays, and familiarise yourself with the campus.

On Sunday October 5, participants meet with their tutor from 4:30-5:30pm for informal introductions and to get the classroom set up (this is a non-teaching time). Dinner on Sunday evening is the first meal served as part of your enrolment (including those who booked the non-residential option – all your evenings meals are included!).

A special celebration dinner will be held on Friday October 10 for all Fibres West tutors and participants. Departure is on Saturday morning, October 11, breakfast on Saturday is the final meal of Fibres West 2025. 

A comprehensive newsletter will be sent by email to all participants approximately six weeks prior to the start of Fibres West 2025. This outlines further program details, and includes a timetable, venue map, details regarding travel, and other essential information.

We also send out E-newsletters on a regular basis to all who have enrolled.

Accommodation & Meals

Accommodation will be in single rooms (shared bathrooms) in ground-floor residential houses on the Narrogin campus. Wings in the houses of residence comprise, on average, eight rooms, a kitchenette, common area and shared bathroom facilities including provisions for disabled access. Please note that all linen and bedding needs to be provided by delegates. There is ample parking space on site.

Accommodation and all meals (including morning and afternoon tea) from Sunday evening October 5 to Saturday morning October 11, are included in the residential enrolment fee. For non-residential participants, all lunches, evening meals and morning and afternoon teas are included in the enrolment fee. Special diets can be catered for on request.

Smoking and vaping is not permitted anywhere on the Narrogin campus.

Enrolments & Fees

Enrolments for Fibres West 2025 open at 6pm (WA time) on Monday December 2, 2024. 

To book a place in a workshop of your choice, click on the ‘Book Here’ link on the Workshop Page to take you to our Trybooking site where you’ll find the online enrolment and payment details.

If a workshop is fully booked, you can email and ask to be put on the waiting list: info@fibreswest.com.au

A payment of $400 (with a non-refundable component of $200) is required at the time of enrolment with the balance of any outstanding fees to be paid by June 30, 2025.  Please see our Payment Terms and Cancellation/Refund Policy below.

After enrolment, you will be sent an invoice for the outstanding balance and how to make payment. This invoice will be sent within two weeks of receiving your enrolment, using the email address listed on your enrolment form. Part payments of the outstanding balance are possible, contact us to make inquiries about this option info@fibreswest.com.au

It is highly recommended that you book early as numbers in workshops are strictly limited and many workshops tend to book out quickly.

Payment Terms and Cancellation/Refund Policy

• All general enrolments for Fibres West 2025 will be online, via our website (Trybooking).
• A payment of $400 (with a non-refundable component of $200) is required at the time of enrolment with the balance of any outstanding fees to be paid by June 30, 2025. After enrolment, you will be sent an invoice for the outstanding balance and how to make payment. This invoice will be sent within two weeks of receiving your enrolment, using the email address listed on your enrolment form. Part payments of the outstanding balance are possible, contact us to make inquiries about this option - info@fibreswest.com.au
  
  
• Cancellation & Refund Policy: Major commitments must be met and to assist in the management of Fibres West 2025, the policy for refunds is as follows:
• Cancellation by a participant must be in writing; via email to info@fibreswest.com.au
• Cancellations to June 30, 2025: Refund of fees paid less $200.
• Cancellations after June 30, 2025: No refund will be paid unless the organising committee of Fibres West 2025 is able to fill your place at Fibres West with a new enrolment. If the place can be filled, a refund of fees paid less $200 will be made.
• The organisers reserve the right to cancel a workshop if the minimum number of students is not reached by August 1, 2023. If a workshop is cancelled, participants will be offered places in another workshop where possible, or a full refund if preferred.

Artists in Residence

Fibres West 2025 will again host an Artist in Residency program. We are delighted to welcome two wonderful Narrogin artists who are collaborating on a joint venture for the entire week on campus. Their works and installations are original, engaging, and set to spark joy.  Meet Dianne Strahan and Kelly Nelissen

Traders

Specialist textile traders at Fibres West 2025 will provide the opportunity to purchase or order their sumptuous textile supplies! Traders will be open on arrival day, Sunday October 5 from 1 pm - 6 pm, and on Monday to Thursday (trading times TBC).

Tuesday Night Art Bazaar

Tutors and students will have the opportunity to sell their own work at the Art Bazaar. Only handmade products to be sold, or publications of your own work, ie. books, DVDs. This is a great opportunity to market your work to others who appreciate handcrafted fibre/textile pieces and would like to add to their collections or purchase gifts for others (think Christmas!). You can book a table via this link. There is NO booking fee, however, Bazaar participants are asked to donate an item of their work (or book/DVD of their work, or handmade materials) to our main fundraising Art Raffle which will be drawn on the Thursday of Fibres West.

Double Down Denim

At Fibre West 2025, we will shine the spotlight on denim, and for good reason.

Denim never lets you down - it's durable, endlessly versatile, and comes in so many flavours you're sure to find something in this theme to inspire you! Who amongst us doesn’t love a good denim jacket or trusty pair of jeans. Get ready for a full-of-attitude trip down memory lane; subtle flares, ripped denim straight out of the 90s, or what about those Bermuda shorts. Expect the Narrogin campus to be ‘dressed in denim’ too.

Think upcycling and stitched embellishments, or head-to-toe denim with matching accessories - embrace the FW25 theme Double Down Denim – your local op shop, and your wardrobe will thank you for it.

Travel Advice

Narrogin College of Agriculture is approximately 195kms from the centre of Perth, and 180kms from Perth Airport.

Narrogin College of Agriculture is located approximately 10kms west of the bustling wheatbelt town of Narrogin, about 180kms south-east of Perth, 170kms north-east of Bunbury, and 265kms north of Albany.

Narrogin College of Agriculture

216 Cooraminning Rd
Dumberning WA 6312

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Travelling by Car

Since our last event in 2023, Google Maps and mobile phone software has made planning travel and your journey by car easier. For that reason, and depending on your exact location, we ask you to consult google maps (or similar software) for the best route from your location.

We are very happy to assist you with any inquiries, so reach out on info@fibreswest.com.au if you have any questions about getting to Narrogin Agricultural College.