The plans for our 2014 event are well under way – this is your chance to add to the buzz!
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more photos
Check out the photos taken during our 2013 Wrapped in St Marys event – new images added today!
- Asian Handcrafts
- Awards Presentation
- Batik Art
- Car Show
- Children’s Quilts
- Masks Exhibition
- Power Pole Wraps
- Tea Cosies Exhibition
- Yarnbombing
Here’s a taste of what you’ll see:
We Are All Connected, by St Marys Child Care
Rod Drummond with Chiquita
Mayor Sarah Schmerl presents 1st prize in the Connected category to Judy Duckett
gold paper fan
Roses are Blue by Stitchedupmama – winner, open category
St Marys Little Treasures, by St Marys Child Care
street art theme
Just so there’s no excuse for not having enough time to come up with ideas and designs, we are announcing next year’s theme early!
The 2014 theme will be (fanfare please!) – SWITCHED ON
The idea is to design and make a wrap for a power pole. This is the street art component of our Wrapped in St Marys annual event.
Here are some of the 2013 connected entries, just to give you an idea of possibilities:
Roses are Blue by Stitchedupmama – winner, open category
We Are All Connected, by St Marys Child Care, detail
Paper Chain of Friendship, by St Marys Day Care, close-up view
Tied, by Rita Summers, back view
Size: 1.5 m high (maximum) x 90 cm wide (approximately)
Power poles vary in circumference – the smallest I’ve found is 86 cm, but some are over 100 cm.
The solution: make your power pole wrap adjustable!
More photos of 2013 entries here …
wrapped
After the resounding success of our Wrapped in St Marys event, it’s wonderful to relive it through the many photographs that were taken.
Editing and uploading them is a mammoth task due to the sheer numbers of images.
However, I’m making good progress, and you can now enjoy the event virtually here …
Enjoy!
Photographs in this post contributed by Peter Troode, Wendy Fowler and Rita Summers
people’s choice award
Visitors to our 2013 event were invited to vote for their favourite power pole wrap, and did so with enthusiasm.
After votes were counted at the end of day 2, the results were extremely close, with only 1 vote between each of the top 3 choices.
And the winner is (drum roll please) – Kelly Farrell of St Marys!
Here is the wrap she created:
Connected with Love, by Kelly Farrell, close-up view
Appropriate subject too, since Mt. Elephant is a prominent local landmark!
2013 awards
What a great 1st day we had for Wrapped in St Marys!
Radio interview with Chris Whisbey on ABC Statewide at 7.12 am, yarnbombing at 8 am, and power poles wrapped by 9 am.
The rest of the day was full of activity, with the market in the town hall, exhibitions at Gone Rustic, St Marys Childcare and the Community Hall. There was a great ‘buzz’ as people strolled around admiring the street art and taking advantage of all the activities on offer, such as an exhibition of batik panels by St Marys Highschool Students:
Fifty people attended the awards presentation at 4 pm. Event co-ordinator Rita Summers welcomed everyone and expressed thanks to all the sponsors and participants. Afternoon tea with locally made pizza and cream sponge cakes, as well as hot sausage rolls, party pies and mini spring rolls, warmed and fuelled everyone before votes were taken on the connected textile art display. Janet Drummond, co-ordinator of the St Marys School Association Op Shop, presented certificates and vouchers to the winners (Rita and Ros).
Then GET president Peter Troode spoke briefly before handing over to Vice-President Wendy Fowler, who presented the awards with assistance from Break O’Day mayor, Sarah Schmerl.
The winners for 2013 are:
Group, junior category – St Marys Childcare (certificate + $150)
Group, adult – St Marys School Association Op Shop (certificate + $150)
Connected, theme, 2nd – Kelly Farrell (certificate and $150)
Connect, theme, 1st – Judy Duckett (certificate and $250)
Open, textile art – Stitchedupmama (certificate and $300)
Congratulations to all the winners and to all the entrants! The standard was very high, and the judges had a difficult task in deciding on who should receive the awards. An executive decision was made to offer a 2nd prize this year in the theme category because of this dilemma. Rather a nice position to be in!
wrap a power pole
There’s still time to enter your textile art in our Wrapped in St Marys 2013 event – download an entry form here and get creative!
Here are some of last year’s entries to inspire you:
Cash prizes in several categories – and the added bonus is that your art will be there for our locals and visitors to enjoy!
2013 program
It’s building up to be a wonderful Wrapped in St Marys event this year!
A number of businesses and community organisations are participating – more than in 2012, which is great.
Some have even offered discounts on presentation of the program!
Street art, exibitions, the annual car show and more are on offer.
AND the latest news is that there will be a shuttle bus service around the streets, thanks to Community Transport Services Tasmania. Great for anyone who isn’t as mobile as they would like to be!
The program also includes details about where to eat, where to stay and even where to go to church on Sunday.
Time to start making plans to come and stay for a great weekend! And don’t forget your winter woollies …
Download a copy of the full program here:
enter your textile art
Wrapped in St Marys has become an annual event! Hooray!
Are you a textile artist?
Then you might like to download this entry form and keep a power pole warm this June:
Official Entry Form 2013 – Wrapped in St Marys
Are you a business or community member who would like to participate?
Download this file to join in:
Business + Community Participation 2013 – Wrapped in St Marys
Help us put our beautiful town and valley ON THE MAP!
funding?
i’ve been silent for a while, mainly because we’re waiting on some important news
recently we were encouraged to apply for funding to our local council so we could make wrapped in st marys an annual event
after filling in the application we’ve been told by a council officer that our application has been approved in principle
hooray – this is fantastic news!
the council meeting is on monday 17 december – i can’t wait to hear what their final decision is …
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