Notice Board Monthly Events - see below for longterm events
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Ongoing
Old Chapel Textile Centre Xmas Stocking Competition
Prizes for best adult and best child (12 and under) - Any medium. Any size
Entries must be submitted to the Old Chapel Textile Centre, Newbury, by Saturday November 3rd, where they will be on display throughout the month.
Prize giving will be on Saturday December 1st 2018
Prizes for best adult and best child (12 and under) - Any medium. Any size
Entries must be submitted to the Old Chapel Textile Centre, Newbury, by Saturday November 3rd, where they will be on display throughout the month.
Prize giving will be on Saturday December 1st 2018
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MIDSOMER QUILTING 2018 12”X12” CHALLENGE - “THINK OF A NUMBER”
Looking for your next project? Have you visited or planning to visit Midsomer Quilting in Chilcompton? Then you are eligible to enter their 2018 mini-quilt challenge. There is no age limit so young embroiderers can display their skills alongside seasoned stitchers! The title is left to your own interpretation. There is no limit to the number of entries from one individual or group and no fee for entering. No sleeve is required for hanging. The deadline is Nov 3rd 2018 and all entries will be exhibited in the shop between Nov 30th and Dec 22nd. All quilts to be labelled with your name, address, telephone and email address, and whether they can be offered for sale by secret auction during the exhibition in aid of Dorothy House Hospice. This is not a competition, but a fun exercise to raise money through the exhibition for the Hospice. More info on: www.midsomerq.com/12x12ex or email [email protected] |
HEIDI BUCHER EXHIBITION
Venue: Parasol Unit, 14 Wharf Rd, Islington, N1 7RW Dates: Sept 19th – Dec 9th 2018, Mon-Fri 10-6 Preview evening Tues Sept 18th 6-8pm Entry: Free www.parasol-unit.org/whats-on/heidi-bucher/ Showing for the first time in a UK public institution, 25 years after her death, this major survey exhibition comprises a large body of works by Heidi Bucher which explore ideas of fragility and impermanence. It brings together a significant body of her enigmatic latex works made during the last two decades of her artistic life and includes screenings of films that document her at work. The display includes a number of her Häutungen (skinnings) – pieces representing objects, clothing and architectural spaces created by pressing liquid latex into gauze covered surfaces, and peeling it off to create hanging and free-standing forms uncomfortably reminiscent of yellowing disembodied skin. |
ANIMALS IN EMBROIDERY RSN
www.royal-needlework.org.uk
Venue: Royal School of Needlework, Apartment 12a,
Hampton Court Palace, Surrey, KT8 9AU, UK
Dates: Apr- Dec 2018 ENTRY: Tour from £16 (Must book)
www.royal-needlework.org.uk
Venue: Royal School of Needlework, Apartment 12a,
Hampton Court Palace, Surrey, KT8 9AU, UK
Dates: Apr- Dec 2018 ENTRY: Tour from £16 (Must book)
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RESISTS: EXPLORING RESIST-DYED TEXTILES ACROSS CULTURES
Venue: ULITA - Archive of International Textiles St.Wilfred’s Chapel Maurice Keyworth Building University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT Dates: Current – Dec 13th 2018. Entry: Free www.ulita.leeds.ac.uk/search-the-catalogue/ |
‘A PASSION FOR APPLIQUE’ – CHRISTINE DOBSON
+ SIX OF THE BEST – FLEET TEXTILE ARTISTS Venue: The Old Chapel Textile Centre (OCTC), Main St. Greenham Business Park, Newbury, RG19 6HW Dates: Sept 4th-Oct 4th, Tues-Thurs & 1st Sat of month10-4, Entry: £4 www.nationalneedleworkarchive.org.uk |
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SOLDIERS IN PETTICOATS - AN EXHIBITION BY ANDOVER EMBROIDERERS GUILD
Venue: Andover Museum, 6, Church Close, Andover, SP10 1DP Dates: Aug 25th-Oct 13th Tues-Fri 10-5, Sat 10-4. Tel: 01264 366283 Entry: Free (Donations welcome) www.hampshireculture.org.uk/andover-museum Andover Embroiderers' Guild celebrates 20 years of stitching, a century of Women's Suffrage and the women who have shaped our world. The Andover Branch has been promoting and nurturing the skills of local embroiderers for two decades and today's talented stitchers work together and individually in a variety of styles and techniques to produce artwork and 3D pieces. It is now 100 years since women were given the vote and central to this new exhibition is the continuing fight for equality and the vast contribution that women have made throughout history. In a new group project the "Soldiers in Petticoats" - the Suffragettes - rub shoulders with writers, scientists, social reformers and the latest generation of women who are fighting to make a difference in the world. |
BEAUTIFUL STITCH EXHIBITION
Venue: EG Beryl Dean Gallery, Bucks County Museum, Church St. Aylesbury, HP20 2QP www.buckscountymuseum.org/museum/events/669/the-beautiful-stitch/ Dates: Jul 24th 2018-Jan 31st 2019 Entry: Free (By donation) The Embroiderers' Guild Textile Collection is an exciting record of embroidery from the 16th century onwards and is worldwide in its content from Britain through Europe to Asia and beyond. Items from this unique and inspiring collection form the basis of the first permanent exhibition in the newly re-furbished Beryl Dean Gallery at Bucks County Museum. The exhibition focuses on the diverse and ever-changing nature of embroidery across time and place and will include some of the finest and more unusual pieces from the Guild's stunning collections of historical and contemporary embroidery. |
October 2018
OLD CHAPEL NEEDLEWORK ARCHIVE
Venue: Main St, Greenham Business Park, Newbury, RG19 6HW
Dates: Oct 9 – Dec 6, 2018 Tues –Thurs & 1st Sat of month, 10am-4pm
Entry: £4 www.nationalneedleworkarchive.org.uk/
GALLERY1: MARGARET BEAL’S-‘FUSING FABRIC’
This exhibition showcases Margaret Beal’s work from 1990 to the present day, and displays her creation of new and challenging techniques to textile art including her pioneering use of the soldering iron. She is renowned for her experiments with synthetic fabrics creating texture and distorting surfaces which she then combines and manipulates to form 3D pieces.
GALLERY2: CHRISTMAS INSPIRATIONS
A collection of pieces inspired by the Christmas theme and created by the Archives volunteers, members and Friends.
Venue: Main St, Greenham Business Park, Newbury, RG19 6HW
Dates: Oct 9 – Dec 6, 2018 Tues –Thurs & 1st Sat of month, 10am-4pm
Entry: £4 www.nationalneedleworkarchive.org.uk/
GALLERY1: MARGARET BEAL’S-‘FUSING FABRIC’
This exhibition showcases Margaret Beal’s work from 1990 to the present day, and displays her creation of new and challenging techniques to textile art including her pioneering use of the soldering iron. She is renowned for her experiments with synthetic fabrics creating texture and distorting surfaces which she then combines and manipulates to form 3D pieces.
GALLERY2: CHRISTMAS INSPIRATIONS
A collection of pieces inspired by the Christmas theme and created by the Archives volunteers, members and Friends.
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WORLD TEXTILE DAY WEST
Venue: Saltford Hall, Wedmore Rd, Bristol, BS31 3BY Dates: Oct 6th 10-4.30 Tel: 01225 874081 Speaker Presentation 11am, Talk by expert 2pm Entry: Exhibition Free, £3 per session or £5 for both www.worldtextileday.co.uk/venues/west-of-england This is a free exhibition of world textiles with experts on hand to describe to visitors how families, villages and communities around the world co-operate to produce their wonderful textile. The event will also feature a morning presentation by guest speaker Bob Irwin, author, collector, textile and bead trader, entitled ‘Beauty and the Bead: Community bead making in West Africa’, and an afternoon talk entitled ‘A Favourite Textile’ by one of the world textile experts whose role is to travel the globe researching, documenting, and buying high quality textiles, costume and artefacts thereby supporting ancient traditions and creative innovation, as well as making a difference to the lives of families across Asia, Africa, South America and Europe. |
INSPIRED BY KLIMT - ANN GRIFFITHS WORKSHOP
Venue: Little Somerford Village Hall, Little Sommerford Wilts SN15 5JW [email protected] Dates: Oct 20th 2018 10-4pm Fee: £35 + contributions to a bring-and-share lunch Malmesbury Embroiderers’ Guild have organised this workshop, suitable for both hand and machine stitchers, and led by Ann Griffiths, contemporary textile artist. Using golds and ornate colour, together with the rich patterns found in the work of Gustav Klimt as inspiration, participants will look at the composition of a selection of his paintings. Using these ideas, they will then create the background for their own panel which will be painted and stitched using experimental metallic materials such as shim, gutta, bronzing powder, painted bondaweb and gold leaf. |
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5000 HOURS EXHIBITION
Venue: Ruskin Mill Gallery, Old Bristol Rd, Nailsw2orth, Stroud GL6 0PL Dates: Oct 31st – Nov 25th 2018, Daily 10am-4pm Cafe open daily Entry: Free www.rmt.org/ruskinmillcollege/events/ www.sarajoyrickard.com/ Although graduating from Manchester in Embroidery/Textiles, Sara has only recently returned to her passion for stitching. Drawing on paper is fundamental to her process of exploring composition and design from which ideas in fabric and thread emerge to further develop her work. Colour is often complimentary and emotional in enhancing the symbolism of the motifs which are inspired by the gardens, birds and animals of her local landscape. Her work stimulates reflection and sometimes hints at humour. Many pieces start with layers of translucent fabrics which are held together by further layers of hand or machine stitching. Sara will be in the Gallery with her sewing machine every Friday, Saturday and Sunday throughout the exhibition, demonstrating her methods while displaying the work she has produced during the past 5 years. |
ANNI ALBERS
Venue: Tate Modern, Bankside, London SE1 9TG Dates: Oct 11 -Jan 27, Sun-Thurs 10–6, Fri-Sat 10-10 Entry: £16.50 (Members free) www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/anni-albers A student of the revolutionary German Bauhaus School of Arts and Crafts, Anni Albes, like other women of her time was barred from becoming a painter. Instead she enrolled in the weaving workshop and made textiles her means of expression. She rose to become an influential figure, exploring the technical limits of hand-weaving to pioneer innovative uses of woven fabric as art, architecture and design. This full scale retrospective exhibition brings together the most important examples of her work and explores her influence as the originator of a new interdisciplinary art form. To find out more about how women such as Anni Albers influenced textile artists today go to: www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/new-yarns |
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THE CRAFT4CRAFTERS SHOW - QUILT, TEXTILE & CRAFTING EXHIBITION
Venue: Bath and West Showground, Shepton Mallet, BA4 6QN Dates: October 18 - 20, 2018, Daily 10am-5pm Entry: Adult £7, Seniors £6 (£9 and £8 on the day) www.craft4crafters.co.uk/Bath/ tel: 03453040222 |
BANNER! 100 YEARS OF PROTEST
Venue: New Brewery Arts, Brewery Court, Cirencester, GL7 1JH Dates: Ongoing until Oct 21st Mon-Sat 9-5, Sun 10-4. Entry: Free www.newbreweryarts.org.uk/main-gallery/ |
November 2018
ALYSN MIDGELOW-MARSDEN - “MEETINGS WITH METALS”
OXFORD EG BRANCH WORKSHOP
Venue: Marsh Baldon Village Hall, The Croft, Marsh Baldon, Oxon, OX44 9LL
Date: Sat Nov 17, 2018, 9.30-4 Bring packed lunch
email: [email protected]
Fee: £30 cheque payable to Oxford EG by post to: Elaine Steele, 6 Dundas Close, Abingdon, OX14 3UZ.
Alysn is currently in the UK from New Zealand so this is a rare opportunity to attend one of her workshops. She is a well-known fine art contemporary textile artist exploring metal, fibre and stitch to create expressive, dramatic art. This experimental workshop allows you to become familiar with the distinctive properties of metals and metal meshes for use as fabrics with your sewing machine.’ ‘Learn to handle, manipulate, colour, distress and stitch metals and take away a range of samples for incorporation into your own work or to save as an invaluable ‘how to’ reference for the future. If interested email Maria or Susanne for a list of requirements.
OXFORD EG BRANCH WORKSHOP
Venue: Marsh Baldon Village Hall, The Croft, Marsh Baldon, Oxon, OX44 9LL
Date: Sat Nov 17, 2018, 9.30-4 Bring packed lunch
email: [email protected]
Fee: £30 cheque payable to Oxford EG by post to: Elaine Steele, 6 Dundas Close, Abingdon, OX14 3UZ.
Alysn is currently in the UK from New Zealand so this is a rare opportunity to attend one of her workshops. She is a well-known fine art contemporary textile artist exploring metal, fibre and stitch to create expressive, dramatic art. This experimental workshop allows you to become familiar with the distinctive properties of metals and metal meshes for use as fabrics with your sewing machine.’ ‘Learn to handle, manipulate, colour, distress and stitch metals and take away a range of samples for incorporation into your own work or to save as an invaluable ‘how to’ reference for the future. If interested email Maria or Susanne for a list of requirements.
Notice Board - Longterm
BRANDED: FASHION, FEMININITY AND THE RIGHT TO VOTE
VENUE: Killerton House, Broadclyst, Exeter, Devon, EX5 3LE
DATES: Feb 10- Nov 4 11am-5pm Daily
ENTRY: Normal admission charges; £11.60 Free to NT members, Parking £4 all day Free to NT members
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/killerton
VENUE: Killerton House, Broadclyst, Exeter, Devon, EX5 3LE
DATES: Feb 10- Nov 4 11am-5pm Daily
ENTRY: Normal admission charges; £11.60 Free to NT members, Parking £4 all day Free to NT members
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/killerton
ONE HUNDRED HEARTS - EMBROIDERY GUILD PROJECT
An exhibition of War Stories Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the end of World War 1 with Exhibitions throughout the UK, each one comprising 100 Hearts in association with SSAFA - The Armed Forces Charity (Wilts)
Guild members are invited to take part in the centenary commemoration of the ending of WW1 by making a heart. Each heart will be included in at least one exhibition which, ideally, would be as near to your home location as possible. Also, between 100 and 200 hearts will be included in exhibitions at the 2018 Knitting & Stitching Shows and/or the NEC in 2019 and other venues throughout the UK. This project is part of the Guild’s 5-year plan (2016/20) to bring stitch and textile art to the attention of the wider public.Their intention is to create at least 20 exhibitions each of 100 hearts. To take part you will need to register your intention with the Guild and also choose your required fabrics by February 5th 2018. You will then be sent your materials. The completed heart needs to reach the Guild by July 31st 2018. More detailed information can be found on the Guild website and on the branch noticeboard. https://embroiderersguild.com/
An exhibition of War Stories Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the end of World War 1 with Exhibitions throughout the UK, each one comprising 100 Hearts in association with SSAFA - The Armed Forces Charity (Wilts)
Guild members are invited to take part in the centenary commemoration of the ending of WW1 by making a heart. Each heart will be included in at least one exhibition which, ideally, would be as near to your home location as possible. Also, between 100 and 200 hearts will be included in exhibitions at the 2018 Knitting & Stitching Shows and/or the NEC in 2019 and other venues throughout the UK. This project is part of the Guild’s 5-year plan (2016/20) to bring stitch and textile art to the attention of the wider public.Their intention is to create at least 20 exhibitions each of 100 hearts. To take part you will need to register your intention with the Guild and also choose your required fabrics by February 5th 2018. You will then be sent your materials. The completed heart needs to reach the Guild by July 31st 2018. More detailed information can be found on the Guild website and on the branch noticeboard. https://embroiderersguild.com/
