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IOTA21 NEWSLETTER – 09 Sep 21
IOTA21 News updates – receive a weekly newsletter during IOTA21 to alert you to what’s on where & when.
IOTA21 festival guide – now available
IOTA21 Festival Guide – a handy A5 booklet with details of the program of events. Now available.
IOTA21 conference and fashion event tickets on sale now.
Join the conversation. IOTA21 conference and fashion event. 17-19 September 2021. Tickets on sale now.
IOTA21 NEWSLETTER – 09 Aug 21
IOTA21 News updates – receive a weekly newsletter during IOTA21 to alert you to what’s on where & when.
IOTA21 lead artists announced and festival program launched
Over 200 craft artists, designer-makers and artisans are making work for the first IOTA21, due to take place in Western Australia from September to November.
Key artists and program of events to be announced 20 May 2021
Over 200 craft artists, designer-makers and artisans are making work for the first IOTA21, due to take place in Western Australia from September to November.
Support an Indian Ocean artisan by adopting a handcrafted cow!
Uday Singh makes beautifully handcrafted ceramic cows. He is planning to make 50 for the IOTA21 exhibition at John Curtin Gallery, opening in September. He needs support to make, package and freight the cows from Art Ichol in India.
A Season of Craft is coming to WA, thanks to Lotterywest
The inaugural ‘IOTA21: Indian Ocean Craft Triennial’ is expanding to a state-wide festival thanks to the support of Lotterywest. In celebration of contemporary craft and our place on the coast of the Indian Ocean, a program of exhibitions and events in Perth and across Western Australia will generate a spring season of craft.
‘Futuring Craft’: Call Out for Submissions to the IOTA21 Conference
Across five overlapping key themes or topics, the ‘Futuring Craft’ conference will map contemporary crafts and define the scope of craft making in the Indian Ocean region. The dynamic exchange of knowledge and ideas will critically analyse and challenge notions that crafts are embedded in the past and address the concept of, ‘Craft … as elemental to a future economy and culture.’ (Fry, 2011, p.139)