Welcome to TAFTA!
The Australian Forum for Textile Arts
Yes – we have a new look website thanks to Sofia Woods of shorTie designs - as you may know she is our event coordinator and webmaster.
If you want to know more about TAFTA – head over and have a look at our history.
Our Blog
TAFTA has now started a new blog! It’s a great place to stay up to date with what’s happening at FORUM’s or for general news and information.
We’ve been profiling the Blue Mountains Contextart FORUM, so if you know you were included in a post head on over and have a look!
Annual General Meeting
The 2012 AGM of The Australian Forum for Textile Arts Ltd (TAFTA) will be held on Sunday August 5th at 4pm at Company Office, 159 Payne Road, The Gap (Brisbane) 4061.
Agenda:
- Those present; apologies
- Minutes of the previous AGM
- Financial report from the auditor
- President’s Report. Election of officers
- Business Arising
- Appointment of the Auditor
You can download the 2011 AGM minutes here. All financial members of TAFTA are eligible to vote.
Geelong FORUM 2012
The full program for the 2012 Geelong FORUM was announced mid-November 2011 and enrolments are open. A ballot was held on 11th December. Four workshops closed when the ballot was held – these include the workshop with Alice Kettle; India Flint’s Design Focus workshop and the workshops with Mary Hettmanspergerr and Kerr Grabowski. Since then Hilary Peterson’s workshop has also closed. All other workshops have varying numbers of spaces so it’s good to enquire swiftly.
Contextart FORUM 2013
The Program for TAFTA’s CONTEXTART FORUM 2013 will be on the website from 31st May 2011. Another collection of excellent workshops will be offered, again in the 2-day and 4-day format from April 13-19, 2013. In 2012 TAFTA’s April FORUM moved to the Blue Mountains of NSW and expanded in both the kinds of workshops offered, the length of them, and the number of options. As well it is non-residential. Based on the success of the 2012 workshops, there’s no question – CTA-F is returning! Stay tuned…
Textile Fibre Forum Magazine
Click on the cover of the latest edition (to the left) to view the content of the this issue.
This magazine has had a change of ownership. Contact ARTWEAR PUBLICATIONS to subscribe at the new low rate. Below you can access the Cumulative Index to discover what the first 100 issues of the Textile Fibre Forum have produced. Back issues are available; inquiries to Janet De Boer.
In Glass Houses – Janet De Boer
Janet De Boer O.A.M continues as Managing Editor of Textile Fibre Forum. She has full editorial control and hopes to continue at the same high standard for many years to come.
Cumulative Index
TAFTA has now made available a cumulative index of the Textile Fibre Forum magazine, issues 1-100
