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A special exhibition of work by Braid Society members from UK and beyond
Opening times Monday to Friday 9am - 4:30pm + some Saturdays
Venue: Gallery 3, The Gateway Education and Arts Centre, Chester Street, Shrewsbury, SY1 1NB
Website: http:// www.braidsociety.com
The exhibition will draw from items within the ULITA collection, particularly showcasing two relatively recent significant collections to come to ULITA: the Coleman Indonesian Collection and the West African O’Hear Collection.
The exhibition will be accompanied by full events programme.
Open: Tuesdays – Thursdays 09:30 – 16:30, Fridays by appointment
NB. The gallery is occasionally closed - please check the website for closures.
Venue: St.Wilfred’s Chapel, Maurice Keyworth Building, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT
Website: http://ulita.leeds.ac.uk/events/resists-textiles-exhibition/
Woven to adorn tents and camel caravans, kelims are enduring records of life in Turkey's nomadic communities, as well as stunning examples of abstract art.
Venue: The Textile Museum, 701 21st Street, NW, Washington DC 20052
Azerbaijani artist Faig Ahmed creates woven carpets that throw traditional patterns into chaos. This exhibition introduces new works inspired by ancient Peruvian textiles in the Textile Museum's collection and field research in the Peruvian Amazon and Mexico.
Venue: The Textile Museum, 701 21st Street, NW, Washington DC 20052
Website: http://www.museum.gwu.edu
Contemporary Muslim Fashions is the first major museum exhibition to explore the complex, diverse nature of Muslim dress codes worldwide. The exhibition examines how Muslim women—those who cover their heads and those who do not—have become arbiters of style within and beyond their communities, and in so doing have drawn mass media attention to contemporary Muslim life.
Venue: de Young Fine Arts Museum, Golden Gate Park, San Fransico, USA
Website: https://www.deyoung.famsf.org
A major exhibition bringing together the most important examples of the work by this influential weaver.
Admission: £16.50. Free to members.
Venue: Tate Modern, Bankside London SE1 9TG
Website: http://www.tate.org.uk
Exhibition exploring the relationship between fashion and nature from 1600 to the present day, including innovative fabrics and dyeing processes.
Venue: Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL
Website: http://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/fashioned-from-nature
From the Barberini Tapestries to the Bayeux Tapestry, monumental textiles in the form of large-scale narrative embroideries, weaving and tapestries have been used to illustrate contemporary events to become enduring material chronicles. Thread Bearing Witness is a major new series of large textiles, and other works, to be shown at the Whitworth, that considers cultural heritage, refugee displacement and movement, while engaging with individual migrants and their creativity within the wider context of the global refugee crisis.
Alice Kettle is a highly regarded contemporary artist focused upon stitched textiles, a powerful medium through which to explore these themes. Thread Bearing Witness represents displacement though the migration of stitches, using the three strands of artistic representation, participation and creative resilience, testing ways of belonging within a cultural space, and using textile as a medium of integration, collective expression and resilience to displacement.
Venue: Whitworth Gallery, Oxford Road, Manchester M15 6ER
Website: http://whitworth.manchester.ac.uk
An exhibition presenting a broad spectrum of abstract textile works from the 1960s to the present.
Venue: TextielMuseum, Goirkestraat 96, 5046 GN Tilburg, Netherlands
Website: http://www.textielmuseum.nl
Fabric Africa is a stunning snapshot of the diversity of modern and historic textiles from across the continent of Africa.
Venue: Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, Queens Road, Bristol BS8 1RL
Website: http://www.bristolmuseums. org.uk
From Syria, Iraq, Turkey & Yemen - the four corners of the Ka'bah - textiles from the Whitworth's collection will be brought together, extending to the widest reaches of influence of the Islamic world.
Venue: The Whitworth, Oxford Road, Manchester M15 6ER
A half-day workshop tutored by Susan J Foulkes. Cost: £22. Note that places are limited. Please book with the museum.
Tel: 0191 334 5694
Venue: Oriental Museum, Elvet Hill Road, Durham, DH1 3TH
A new touring exhibition of work by members of the British Tapestry Group.
Venue: The Stables Gallery, Orleans House Gallery, Riverside, Twickenham, TW1 3DJ
Textiles as a tool for socio-political reflection. In a world where boundaries are increasingly blurred the exhibition presents work by contemporary artists.
Venue: TextielMuseum, Goirkestraat 96, 5046 GN Tilburg, Netherlands
Website: http://www.textielmuseum.nl
Check gallery website for more details.
Venue: Black Swan Arts, 2 Bridge Street, Frome, Somerset BA11 1BB
Website: http://www.blackswanarts.org.uk/whats-on/long-gallery-exhibitions/
Includes work by international felt artist Gladys Paulus. More details available on the website closer to the date of the exhibition.
Venue: Black Swan Arts, 2 Bridge Street, Frome, Somerset BA11 1BB
Website: http://www.blackswanarts.org.uk/whats-on/round-gallery/
An exhibition of drawings and woven sculptures by Sue Hiley Harris.
Open Tues - Sat, 10 - 4. Admission free.
Venue: Cynon Valley Museum, Depot Road, Aberdare CF44 8DL
Website: http://www.rctcbc.gov.uk/EN/Tourism/Thingstodo/HistoryandHeritage/Museums/CynonValleyMuseum.aspx
A new touring exhibition of work by members of the British Tapestry Group.
Venue: Foyer, Dynefor Building, Swansea College of Art, De le Beche Street, Swansea SA1 3EU
An exhibition of the shortlisted tapestries for the Cordis Prize 2019.
Venue: Inverleith House Gallery, Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, Arboretum Place/Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR
Website: http://thetapestryprize.org/project/the-cordis-prize-2019/
The UK's premier urban hand knitting show. Includes a marketplace and workshops.
Venue: The Edinburgh Corn Exchange, 11 Newmarket Road, Edinburgh EH14 1RJ
Website: http://www.edinyarnfest.com
Wonderwool Wales covers all aspects of felting, knitting, weaving, spinning & crochet along with textile art, with raw materials, equipment, books & finished products to buy. There are demonstrations and a selection of animals on display including sheep, angora rabbits, angora goats & alpacas.It includes a series of Woolschools throughout the weekend which can be booked in advance online.
Venue: Royal Welsh Showground, Llanelwedd, Builth Wells LD2 3SY
Website: http://www.wonderwoolwales.co.uk
One week residential Summer School with a wide range of courses offered. Full details of the courses on the website.
Applications close 31 December 2018
Venue: Askham Bryant College, York YO23 3FR
Website: https://www.wsdss19.wordpress.com
A celebration of all things woolly, showcasing the best of British alongside selected artisans from around the world.
Venue: Anglesey Showground Anglesey, Wales LL65 4RW
Website: http://www.internationwool.co.uk
The diary appears in the Journal for Weavers, Spinners and Dyers
The Journal is published on behalf of the Association of Guilds of Spinners Weavers and Dyers. It covers a wide range of textile subjects, including articles on historic textile techniques and cutting edge modern design.
