What Is It Like To Be A Textile Art Exhibitor?
Ailish Henderson shares her experiences of setting up textile art exhibitions so that you can avoid common mistakes,
Ailish Henderson shares her experiences of setting up textile art exhibitions so that you can avoid common mistakes,
Ailish Henderson is editor of Mr X Stitch. This post reveals more about her work as an artist and teacher, as well as designer, printing her own range of scarves and soon interior design items.
COLLECT 2020 (26th Feb – 1st March 2020) For my column this month, I wanted to take a look back at COLLECT 2020, the arts
The winners at the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham England last month have been announced and we are happy to share the winners and their
Recently I got the chance to hop across to Tiburg, Netherlands to visit The Textile Museum in the city to discover some awesome work. Historically Tilburg was well known within the Textile world, thus this museum gets some awesome exhibitions as well as long running ones. TextielMuseum, draws a great many people. Textile art has played an important part in the history of the city, and you can learn all about it at the museum. There are exhibitions taking in both the past and the present of the textile industry.
The exhibition “Thread: Contemporary Textiles” was at Rheged in Penrith, Cumbria in 2019. Ailish Henderson reviews the show and shares the work of several needlework artists including Adam Pritchett, Jacquelyn Royal and Kirsty Whitlock.