Araluen Arts Centre: Alice Springs Beanie Festival Exhibition
Exhibition: 24 June - 14 July 2024
A four-day festival encompassing exhibitions, workshops and a marketplace with 6800 handmade beanies from over 500 beanie makers.
In the Araluen gallery, The International Beanie Competition and Exhibition will highlight over 300 of the world’s most exquisite beanie creations from as far away as Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom and New Zealand. Beanies created at workshops held in remote Central Australian Indigenous communities will also be exhibited alongside creation from all around Australia.
Congratulations to the prize winners during the Alice Springs Beanie Festival
Central Australian Prize – Nora Campbell “My Country
Childrens prize winner – Keanu Bannington “Nguru”
Beanie Festival committee Acquisition prize - Stephanie Campbell “Bush Bus to Titjikala”
Stitched up prize - “Renate Kirkpatrick “Listen”
Bendigo Bank peoples favorite – Lorraine Boomer “Ringtail possum”