Exhibitions

Solo exhibition - Prudence Mapstone Coo-ee Heritage Centre Gilgandra New South Wales March 4 - 21 2005 http://www.gilgandra.nsw.gov.au/heritage_center.htm > See more photographs from the exhibition here: http://gilgandra.knotjustknitting.com

'Intertwining' - joint exhibition at the Balmain Watchhouse
179 Darling Street, Balmain, NSW.
Opening night, Friday, May 13 2005 from 6pm
then exhibition runs 14 & 15, then 20, 21 & 22 May, from 10am to 4pm
Further information from Marie Clews - mclews@goconnect.net

“Irish Crochet to Freeform”
Lacis Museum of Lace & Textiles, Berkeley, California, USA
http://lacismuseum.org/
until July 30 2005

"Blurring the Boundaries: fashion design innovation in contemporary knitting"
June 24 to August 13 2006, at the Fairfield City Museum & Gallery
Cnr The Horsley Drive & Oxford Street, Smithfield (Sydney, Australia)
phone 02 9609 3993 for details - http://www.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au

Also see the Virtual Exhibitions at Knot Just Knitting - organised by Prudence:

Frequent exhibitions by members of the 'If the hat fits' discussion group:
http://ifthehatfits.knotjustknitting.com

Regular exhibitions by the discussion group 'A girl can never have too many handbags':
http://handbags.knotjustknitting.com

NEW - exhibitions by the members of the 'Scarf Crazy' discussion group:
http://scarfcrazy.knotjustknitting.com

Prudence's Galleries, including freeform, intarsia knits, odd balls, workshops etc.
http://gallery.knotjustknitting.com


Past Exhibitions

As well as contributing to various exhibitions for the Knitters’ Guild of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia), and the Handknitters’ Guild of Victoria (Melbourne, Australia), Prudence’s knitted and/or crochet artworks have been on show in the following exhibitions or wearable art parades:

“Hooked – Contemporary Crochet from Australia and New Zealand” - juried exhibition, Craft Queensland Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia – May 1999

“Chain Reaction” – juried exhibition, at the Textile Arts Centre, Chicago, Illinois, USA – June to August, 2000, and McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, Illinois, USA, September to November 2000

“Creative Licence” – Wesley Hospital, Brisbane, Australia 2000

“Hooked – The Tour”, juried travelling exhibition visiting Australian Regional Galleries in Darwin, Port Pirie, Geelong, Port Adelaide, Griffith, Fairfield, Gladstone, Gympie and Ingham over an 18 month period – 2000-2001

“The Knitting & Fibre Expo” – Seattle, Washington, USA – April 2001

“Crochet – Ancient Craft, Contemporary Art” – Fine Line Creative Arts Centre, St. Charles, Illinois, USA – 2001

“Crafts Spectacular” – special guest artist at exhibition in Perth, Western Australia – August 2002

“Rhythm of Crochet” – juried exhibit, Chicago, Illinois, USA – July 2003

“Figures” – Seam Gallery, Megadim, Haifa, Israel – 2003 

“Scrumblers Unite” – creative crochet exhibition for the Textile Fibre Forum, Geelong, Victoria, Australia – October 2003

“Day of Sculptural Crochet” – Museum of Art & Design, New York, NY, USA – March 2004

“Chain Link” – juried exhibit, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA – July 2004

In 2004 Prudence was invited to be the feature guest for each of the ‘Craft & Quilt Fairs’ in every state in Australia – she traveled to and exhibited in Launceston, Perth, Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide and Brisbane, and then also to Hamilton, New Zealand. 
 
Over the years Prudence has won prizes for both her Intarsia knit and Freeform knit and/or crochet designs in many competitions in Australia, including the ‘Armidale Wearable Wool Awards’, New South Wales; the ‘Mohair Design Awards’, Victoria.; Bendigo Woollen Mills ‘World’s Largest Knitting Competition’, Victoria.; the ‘Dame Mary Durack Outback Craft Awards’, Queensland.; and the ‘Alice Springs Beanie Competition’ in the Northern Territory.  In 1988 she took out a major award in the competition entitled ‘Nicest Sweater in the World’, run by the Italian yarn company Filatura di Crosa; her prize was a trip to Europe and the UK.  Her work was featured as the lead article in the first volume of “Salon”, a book that ‘showcases outstanding handcrafted garments’ produced by Belle Armoire magazine.