The Australian Tapestry Workshop is a small not-for-profit arts organisation. We are also an international leader in contemporary tapestry, collaborating with artists to produce exceptional handwoven works of great beauty and scale.

As a supporter of Australian Tapestry Workshop (ATW), you too are a collaborator. Donations play a vital role in the creation of tapestries, enabling a broad community to experience contemporary art. Your donation underpins the success of our mission to take accessible and inspiring art into the public sphere. Since 1976 the ATW has nurtured the relationship between artist and weaver. Our weavers skilfully translate artworks into the language of tapestry, this process relies on a deep trust between artist and weaver.

We are especially proud of this year’s major commission. Our team of master weavers will be working with renowned contemporary artists Maree Clarke (Yorta Yorta/Wamba Wamba/Mutti Mutti/ Boonwurrung) and Mitch Mahoney (Boonwurrung/ Barkindji). As aunty and nephew, Clarke and Mahoney are intergenerational collaborators who have designed a site-specific artwork for the new Footscray Hospital. This artwork will play an important role in fostering the wellbeing of patients and family, encouraging an atmosphere of calmness and care in a hospital environment that can often be stressful.

Individual artists are rarely enabled to work at monumental scale. The ATW gives artists the opportunity to realise their work at the dimensions suited to public spaces, where the wider community can encounter the majesty of large-scale tapestry. It’s works like these, enriching our shared spaces, that serve to unite and inspire us.