Beanie Festival 2018 in the Alice


Just one table of Beanies - no one could tell me how many were there this year!


Beanie Festival in Alice 2018
The Alice Springs Beanie Festival is a community- based event that began in 1997 with a ‘beanie party’, organised by Adi Dunlop. In the early years, the festival was run by a group of friends including Pamela Bladon, Merran Hughes and Jo Nixon on a volunteer basis. The core group has slowly grown into a committed band of beanie-ologists. We know our beanies! The festival was organised to sell beanies crocheted by Aboriginal women in remote communities. It has grown into a fun event where Aboriginal and non- Aboriginal artists share their culture and exhibit together. The festival is unique because of the incredible amount of community participation and our unique ties with local Aboriginal organisations. The festival’s aims have always been to develop Aboriginal women’s textiles, promote indigenous women’s culture and the beanie as a regional art form, as well as promote handmade textile arts for indigenous well being. Courtesy of http://beaniefest.org/our-story/training-page .
From a visitors perspective it is one of the best festivals in the country. At the heart of the festival values and outcomes is to provide our indigenous girls and women with skills, education and networking by which they value their art and craft and as such they and their community benefit from the Festival outcomes. More so that Australians generally value the indigenous contribution to our learning, values and community well being. Thank you to the Beanie Festival and our valued indigenous contributors.

More Beanies near the tea cosies

Down the centre ailes and more beanies

More and more Beanies

Beanies and murals

More Beanies

Oh how many and how many designs well done ladies!

More and more

Yes I beanied at the Alice

Exquisite

Unique

Think of all the dress up opportunities




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