Wednesday 24 June 2009

THREE SHIRES TEXTILE FESTIVAL 2009

SATURDAY 4 - SUNDAY 19 JULY
SPECIAL SUNDAY OPENING FROM 11-4PM

thewhitegallery is pleased to be taking part in the first Three Shires Textile Festival, which has over 100 events planned around the region.

an exhibitiion of contemporary textile art, 'New Threads', will include work by international artists elizabeth brimelow and claire de ruiter. the windows too, will be bursting with colour as we hang a quilt made entirely from plastic bags by lynn setterington and a silk kimono by anne ward, inspired by her helicopter ride over arctic glaciers.

following the success of the bollington festival, we will also be using the garden summerhouse to hang work by other artists, including felt pictures by suzy shackleton (shown above), silkscreen canvases by designer rachel sumner and quirky stitched hangings by artist jilly duffy unwin. other local artists exhibiting work include angela oswald, dandy lewis and sarah johnson.

the sculpture garden will include new installation pieces by embroidery graduate becky waite, ceramic sculptures by amy daniels and recycled metalwork by gavin darby.

for more information about the festival, please visit www.textilefestival.com.

other bollington events include an exhibition of work curated by anne ford at the arts centre, an exhibition of pictures by dandy lewis at the cafe waterside and an oriental rugs and carpets exhibition at 'the weave' rug shop on bollington road.

for more information about these events, please visit www.happy-valley.org and click on 'the arts'.

stitched violin on paper, by sarah johnson

1 comment:

Tom Hardwidge said...

That violin is just stunning.