Category Archives: Textiles

Textile exhibitions: one in Dunedin, one on the road!

Posted on September 29, 2022 by Dinah Vincent

Life is a Gas is part of the Art+Science series, exploring air. If you’re in or near Dunedin before 8 October, visit the Dunedin Community Gallery at 26 Princess Street. The opening is Friday 30 September at 11,00am, then open … Continue reading →

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Maureen Lander, Arts Foundation Laureate

Posted on September 18, 2022 by karinwarnaar

Warmest congratulations once again to longstanding CTANZ member Dr Maureen Lander MNZM, who has joined the ranks of Arts Foundation laureates, receiving 2022 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate Theresa Gattung Female Arts Practitioners Award for her achievements as a … Continue reading →

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More vintage textiles – the Valerie Carson Estate Textile Collection

Posted on August 14, 2022 by karinwarnaar

Valerie Carson (1936-2020) is acknowledged as “New Zealand’s first textile conservator” and a pioneer of the field’s recognition as a discipline within the museum community, as related in her obituary on Te Papa’s blog. Some of you will be aware … Continue reading →

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Winter roundup

Posted on July 22, 2022 by karinwarnaar

Between the weather and Covid, this is turning into a bit of a stay-at-home winter. It’s not that there aren’t exhibitions and other events on around the traps, but even masked, we’re hunkering down a bit. But if you’d like … Continue reading →

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The week in textile news

Posted on May 11, 2022 by karinwarnaar

Breaking: huge congratulations to Claire Regnault for winning the Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction with Dressed (Te Papa Press). Claire’s award was announced on 11 May at the Ockham Book Awards. Very well-deserved. For a delicious review, … Continue reading →

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A miscellany of embroidery, competitions, dresses and more

Posted on March 31, 2022 by karinwarnaar

The textile and dress exhibitions keep on coming with several around the country in the next couple of months and more to come. (Pardon the cliche, but watch this space.) Thanks to those of you who have sent in details … Continue reading →

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Style from the south

Posted on March 15, 2022 by karinwarnaar

Textile tourism has suffered during the first bit of this year, and many of us are back to the armchair for viewing and reading. So CTANZ is pleased to announce a new initiative bringing textiles to you, with an upcoming … Continue reading →

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Wellington goes big on textiles to counter:

Posted on March 15, 2022 by karinwarnaar

Once more, Covid has arrived right at arts festival season, but one part of the 2022 Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts that is largely proceeding is its visual arts component. A few years ago, this side of the … Continue reading →

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Around Aotearoa in March

Posted on March 9, 2022 by karinwarnaar

There seems to be no end to the number of textile and dress exhibitions around at the moment. The biggies – Quant, Eden Hore – are winding down but there’s also a lot that’s in the small /perfectly formed basket … Continue reading →

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A small textile miscellany, January 2022

Posted on January 30, 2022 by karinwarnaar

The Ockham book awards longlist for 2022 pleasingly includes two textile titles published in 2021, something we don’t often see. Congratulations to Claire Regnault for Dressed: Fashionable dress in Aotearoa New Zealand 1840-1910 making it onto the list. The other … Continue reading →

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