The Creative Fibre Festival is held annually at a different location throughout New Zealand, mostly in larger centres. This will be the first time it has been held in Blenheim. It is held on behalf of the national Creative Fibre body, an incorporated society whose aims are “to foster interest in, develop, and promote the cultural activities of spinning, weaving, felting, knitting, dyeing, flax work, crochet, freeform fibre art, and all other allied crafts pertaining to the use of fibres.”
Marlborough’s Festival will offer an extensive Creative Learning programme incorporating a wide range of presentations on fibre-related topics and post-Festival workshops with the two overseas tutors – Kim Thittichai from England and Karen Selk from Canada.
The Festival will also feature Creative Fibre’s National Exhibition at the Millennium Public Art Gallery, a Trades Hall, associated smaller exhibitions throughout Blenheim, and a range of other activities. Customised tours will be available for registrants and their partners.
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Marlborough Convention Centre
42a Alfred Street, Blenheim,
Marlborough, New Zealand
Freephone 0800 69 69 63 (NZ only) or Tel +64 3 357 1919
Millennium Public Art Gallery
on the corner of Seymour and Alfred Streets, opposite Seymour Square, Blenheim
Tel +64 3 579 2001 or Fax +64 3 579 2162
Map of Blenheim CBD
Marlborough Convention Centre is the large building slightly above and to the right of the letter A.
Millennium Public Art Gallery is the red roof on the corner below the letter A.
Where exactly is Blenheim?
Festival programme and forms are be available to download from Creative Fibre (NZSWWS).
Please address all inquiries to FibreFestival2012@gmail.com.
