Lara Tilbrook Exhibition Celebration

Name: Lara Tilbrook Exhibition Celebration
Start: 2026-10-31T16:00:00+1100
End: 2026-10-31T18:00:00+1100
Location: Australian Tapestry Workshop

Sat, 31 Oct, 4pm - 6pm AEDT

Australian Tapestry Workshop

South Melbourne VIC, Australia

Australian Tapestry Workshop

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Join us on Saturday 31 October at 4pm for a celebration of the exhibition Gami Mawarnarra by Lara Tilbrook (Narungga, Kaurna, Ngarrindjeri), ATW’s 2026 First Peoples Artist in Residence.

Lara Tilbrook, together with her daughter, presents an installation of adornments and objects from their homeland on Karta Pintingga (Kangaroo Island). Guided by Elders, Tilbrook works to rehabilitate Country by carefully removing invasive plants and transforming them into a library of materials and natural dyes. Brewed over fire, these plants create a distinctive palette drawn from the landscape.

Through her practice, Tilbrook listens to the ‘Old Ways’ to care for Country, inviting us to sit, ask questions and consider how we might work together to revive her Grandmother’s Country. The Nharangga words Gami Mawarnarra translate to “the presence of your people, right here, right now”.

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The Australian Tapestry Workshop (ATW) is an international leader in contemporary tapestry, collaborating with a diverse range of international and Australian artists to produce exceptional handwoven works of art.

Established in 1976, we have created over 500 tapestries in creative collaborations for 50 years, promoting innovation and excellence in tapestry weaving and textile art. Located in Melbourne, Australia, our open studio space, bespoke dye lab and galleries are a creative hub for engagement with tapestry, textiles and contemporary art.

Internationally renowned for their vibrancy, technical accomplishment and inventive interpretation, our tapestries are hand woven using an adaptation of the traditional Gobelin technique; by which an image is formed by tightly packing layers of weft (horizontal threads) over warps (vertical threads).

We thrive on working with contemporary artists who seek to challenge our weavers and dyer by providing tapestry designs in various mediums including photography, painting, watercolour, collage and digital images.