Posted 1st November 2004
Making the Long Journey ...Down Under
The HAT show will now be carefully packed up into crates and placed inside a shipping container..... to make a 10,500 mile (16,936 kilometres) journey by sea to Adelaide.
Posted 31st October 2004
Manchester Opening
Situated in an Urban Splash unit, Timber Wharf, in the Castlefield District, the Manchester HAT show was a huge success...... see the opening pics here... and see the educational programme here. Thanks to all the artists who made a fantastic contribution.
Posted 26th August 2004
Australian Tour
It's been a year since the last post.... (thanks to Christian for reminding us) during which time the UK Tour has been making it's way around the country. The exhibition closed in Blackpool recently and we hope to have a Manchester showing before it's all packed up and shipped off to Adelaide in time to open at the Jam Factory on 31st January 2005.... more info about the Australian Tour by clicking here..... information is still coming in.... so check back later. Managing the Australian tour is Craftsouth: Centre for Contemporary Craft and Design. The Australian Tour Manager is Debbie Pryor Posted 25th August 2004
Private Views
You can see images from some of the private views at UK venues: by clicking here
Posted 20th August
Exhibition and Publication
The Exhibition page has now been updated... click her to see.The page will follow the progress of the creation of the exhibition and publication as well as the associated education and marketing innitiatives.
Artist Page updates
Thank you for your patience... these pages are in the process of being updated. Posted 15th July 2003
CHAT week
Thank you to all those who participated in the CHAT week at MMU. You can view some pictures on the updated CHAT home page ... click here. There, you can download the group portrait...please follow the instructions on the page. Posted 30th June 2003
Computer access during CHAT week
Click here to go to the CHAT page and see the left hand column Posted 29th June 2003
Catherine Truman
You can now see examples of Catherine Truman's research.... click here Posted 24th June 2003
CHAT week in July... Programme now available
Click here to see the programme for CHAT week beginning 7th July 2003 Posted 28th May 2003
More updates
You can now see more information from Liz Rattigan in Sydney, Annabet Wyndham in Brisbane and Marcus Steel who was in Melbourne.... marcus has a slightly different style of newsletter in the form of the 'marcus gallery.... a photo essay of him handling work... Posted 16th May 2003
Residential Week (CHAT)
Information is now available about accommodation during this week.... click here for details Posted 10th May 2003
Australian Visit Report
The studio visits to artists resident in Australia have been completed. Thank you to all concerned for making things run so smoothly. The site will be updated over the next few days with news and images from the visits. Those artists currently resident in the UK will be visited over the next few weeks. In the mean time check out news updates on: Marian Hosking, Mah Rana and Ashi Marwaha Posted 23rd April 2003
Visit to Australia
Barney, Johnny and Jeremy will be visiting artists at their Australian residencies between April 26th and May 8th. Posted 21st April 2003
Visit Junko's news page
Junko is establishing herself within the Canberra School of Art, CLICK HERE Posted 14th April 2003
Download A5 flier to promote HATAUSTRALIA........Download Flier 452 kb Posted 12th April 2003
Proposed Touring Exhibition
Information about the proposed UK leg of the HAT Exhibition, (click on the 'HAT Exhibition' link above) is now available. We will provide news about Australian Venues as soon as confirmation is established. Posted 25th MARCH 2003
News Update
News is now available for Vicki Mason and Sheridan Kennedy Posted 19th MARCH 2003
Mark Vaarwerk update
Click here to see some of Mark's new work (in progress) Posted 13th MARCH 2003
Vannetta is first to POST WORK update on the site
Vannetta arrived in Adelaide at the beginning of March and has sent some photographs to the site, you can view by clicking here. Please email your pictures, updates etc to Johnny at j.magee@mmu.ac.uk Posted 30th January 2003 (UK Time)
Password to Login section of this site
For all those involved with the project - Artists and Administration, please email Johnny Magee <j.magee@mmu.ac.uk> if you require the password to access the 'resources' section of this site. Posted 28th January 2003 (UK Time)
WELCOME
The residencies are under way... and we hope to be reporting through this news letter how things are progressing for those who are already in residence and for those who are making preparations . If any of you wish to share your thoughts and experiences with the rest of the project...please email: j.magee@mmu.ac.uk and Johnny will post your message on this board. | 
