The Australian Tapestry Workshop is delighted to announce the winners for the $5,000 Kate Derum Award and the $1,000 Irene Davies Emerging Artists Award for Small Tapestries.

Ema Shin’s (Australia) tapestry Soft Alchemy (Lily) was awarded the Kate Derum Award and the Irene Davies Emerging Artists Award was awarded to UK weaver Hannah Waldron (United Kingdom) for her tapestry To Houshi Onsen. Cresside Collette was awarded a High Commendation for her tapestry Garden in the Kate Derum Award. Two High Commendations were awarded for the Irene Davies Award, Munaw Poe (Australia) for her tapestry Freedom and Ingrida Ivane (Latvia) for her tapestry Impatience

The winners were selected by a judging panel including Emeritus Prof Kay Lawrence AM, Dr Kevin Murray & Dr Rebecca Coates.

An exhibition of the finalists’ works is currently on display at the Australian Tapestry Workshop, 262 – 266 Park Street, South Melbourne until September 29, 2017.