Tag: Textile Exhibitions

Exhibition: Fibre Art Exhibition at the Renwick Gallery – Washington, DC USA

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The artists featured in ‘Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women’ transformed everyday materials like cotton, felt, and wool into deeply expressive, personal creations. This exhibition offers an alternative perspective on twentieth-century American art, spotlighting the work of artists including Adela Akers, Neda Al-Hilali, Emma Amos, Lia Cook, Olga de Amaral, Consuelo Jimenez Underwood, Sheila Hicks, Agueda Martínez, Faith Ringgold, Miriam Schapiro, Joyce Scott, Judith Scott, Kay Sekimachi, Lenore Tawney, Katherine Westphal, Claire Zeisler, and Marguerite Zorach. These artists express their visions through sewn quilts, woven tapestries and rugs, intricate beadwork and embroidery, twisted and bound sculptures, and mixed-media assemblages.

If one cannot travel to the show, an accompanying audio program on the website delves into ten powerful backstories, enriching the experience of the displayed artworks. In addition, there is an online gallery, which links to over thirty pieces, and a short accompanying bio for each artist.

Where: The Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC, USA.

When: The exhibition runs until the 5th of January, 2025.

For more information, visit the museum’s website – https://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/fiber-art-by-women

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Exhibition: Marjolein Dallinga – Group Textile Art Show – NYC

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L’space Gallery, located in New York City, has a group exhibition, ‘Fibration: poking back‘, which shows the art of sixteen artists with fresh and compelling approaches to fibre and textile art. Artist and feltmaker Marjolein Dallinga has work in the show.

Here is a list of all of the artists with artwork in the exhibition: Holly Ballard Martz | Mona Bozorgi | Martin Casuso | Marjolein Dallinga | Marina Font | Lauren Gregory | Marik Lechner | Tasha Lewis | Kayla Mattes | Nico Mazza | Rosemary Meza-DesPlas | Elisa Ortega Montilla | Jennifer Pettus | Katarina Riesing | Erin M. Riley | Alicia Ross

The show runs until the 26th of October.

To learn more about the show and see photographs, visit the gallery’s website – https://www.lspacegallery.com/fibration-poking-back-2024.html

There is a video from the show on the gallery’s Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/p/DABnZBZPoht/

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Of Interest: New York Textile Month – Events and Exhibitions

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September is New York Textile Month. Many exhibitions and events, including openings, workshops, and talks, are scheduled during September and beyond!

For more information on exhibitions, visit this link – https://www.textilemonth.nyc/nytm-exhibitions-2024

For more information on events, visit this link – https://www.textilemonth.nyc/nytm-events-2024

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Exhibition: The Women of Cuala & Dun Emer History and Embroidery with the Irish Guild of Embroiderers

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The exhibition is a collaboration between the Yeats Sisters Commemoration Project and the Irish Guild of Embroiderers, with the support of DLR Heritage and Dublin City Library and Archive.

The show explains the origins of the Dum Emer & Cuala Industries in Dundrum and Churchtown, the engagement between the Yeatses, but specifically Susan ‘Lily’, and the pioneering figure of Evelyn Gleeson. Additionally, it includes contemporary embroidery from the Irish Guild of Embroiderers.

The exhibition elaborates through a series of visuals from original prints, the work of the many women artists who contributed to the Cuala portfolio, and presents original works by the members of the Irish Guild of Embroiderers, who, in marking the centenary publication of ‘The Cat and the Moon’ (Cuala, 1924) have found inspiration within the themes of this piece of WB Yeats’ writing, while also reflecting the colour palette and skilful selection of stitches created by Susan ‘Lily’ Yeats in completing her textiles.

Cat and The Moon, and Certain Poems

When: The show runs until the 30th of August, 2024.

Location: Exhibition: DLR Lexicon Library, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, A96 H283.

There is a video of the exhibition over on the Embroiders’ Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/p/C-Go3FgMrmj/

For more information, visit the library’s website – https://libraries.dlrcoco.ie/events-and-news/event-calendar/women-cuala-dun-emer-0

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Exhibition: Threads of Empowerment: Conflict Textiles’ International Journey – Ulster Museum – Belfast

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The Ulster Museum has an exhibition, ‘Threads of Empowerment: Conflict Textiles’ International Journey’, which explores the different experiences of conflict, oppression, and human rights violations worldwide through the medium of textiles. It is part of the Belfast International Arts Festival.

The show runs until the 27th of April, 2025.

For more information, visit their website – https://www.ulstermuseum.org/whats-on/threads-empowerment-conflict-textiles-international-journey

Featured artwork: Detail of ‘Vida en Nuestra Población / Life in Our Poor Neighborhood’, © Conflict Textiles

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Exhibition: Festival of Cloaks – Derry

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The Festival of Cloaks is an exhibition celebrating ceremonial cloak-making’s rich heritage and artistry. It showcases traditional skills, contemporary designs, and the fascinating stories behind these iconic garments. Around forty cloaks will be on display.

The exhibition includes four St Brigid’s Cloaks, originated by Woolin School organiser Lorna McCormack, with artist Michelle Hickey Legge for the St Brigid’s 1500th Anniversary celebration in Kildare. That project engaged schools and communities from the four corners of Ireland, reflecting a collective effort that mirrors St Brigid’s inclusive spirit.

The Festival of Cloaks installation honours historical traditions and enriches Derry’s cultural tapestry, inviting visitors to reflect on the themes of care, connection, and continuity.

Where: St Columb’s Cathedral in Derry, Northern Ireland.

When: The exhibition runs until the 31st of August.

For more information, visit the Diocese of Derry and Raphoe website – https://www.derryandraphoe.org/festival-of-cloaks-opens-at-st-columbs-cathedral/

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Open Call: International Paper & Textile Art Biennial – Belgium

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Image from the 2022 Biennial.

Artists, designers and researchers mainly working in the medium of Paper and/or Textile art are invited to respond to an open call for participation in the International Paper & Textile Biennial 2024 (IPTB24) – Kunststichting Perspektief vzw, which runs from the 5th to the 13th of October 2024.

The deadline is the 15th of July.

Location: Cultural Community Center “Den Breughel”, Wespelaarsesteenweg 85, 3150 Haacht, Belgium.

For more information, visit their website – http://www.artksp.be/IPTB24.html

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Exhibition: Group Exhibition at Signal Arts Centre

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The 04 Textile Group is a collective of eight textile artists based in Dublin and
Wicklow, who have been exhibiting together since 2004.

Members work in a variety of contemporary and traditional textile forms, using a range of techniques and a broad mix of materials. They are passionate about the potential and wonder of working with textiles and are delighted to have the opportunity to share their work at Signal Arts Centre in Bray.

This current exhibition, ’04 – 24 Lasting Impressions,’ is a retrospective glance at some of the work previously exhibited over the last two decades. It will also include work created specifically for this exhibition.

04 Textile Group Members:

  • Jane Enticknap
  • Tess Flynn
  • Anne Jeffares
  • Brid McCabe
  • Deirdre Moriarty
  • Sidella O’Brien
  • Mary O’Reilly
  • Colleen Prendiville
  • Sheelagh Rooney

Opening Reception: Thursday 18th April, 7pm to 9pm

Gallery Opening Hours:
Monday to Friday: 10am -1pm/2pm – 5pm
Saturday/Sunday: 10am – 5pm

The show runs through the 28th of April.

For more information, visit the gallery’s website – https://signalartscentre.ie/exhibitions/04-textile-group-04-24-lasting-impressions/

The piece featured is by Sheelagh Rooney.


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Exhibition: Unravel – The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art – Barbican Gallery

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Unravel, a significant group exhibition at the Barbican Art Gallery features 50 international, intergenerational artists who use textiles to communicate vital ideas about power, resistance, and survival. From intimate hand-crafted pieces to monumental sculptural installations, these works offer narratives of violence, imperialism and exclusion alongside stories of resilience, love and hope.

The exhibition includes the work of several well-known artists, such as Faith Ringgold, Judy Chicago, Tracey Emin, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Louise Bourgeois, and Cecilia Vicuña, alongside less well-known creatives. (Interestingly, Vicuña frequently creates large installations with lengths of narrow wool roving.)

Where: Barbican Art Gallery, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS

When: The show runs through Sunday, the 26th of May, 2024.

There is a glossary of textile techniques in the short exhibition guide.

To learn more, visit the gallery’s website – https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2024/event/unravel-the-power-and-politics-of-textiles-in-art

There is an excellent review, with photographs, of the exhibition over on the Felting and Fiber Studio website – https://feltingandfiberstudio.com/2024/03/16/unravel-at-the-barbican-london-uk-a-textile-artists-exhibition/


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Exhibition: Iris van Herpen Show in Paris

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Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris pays tribute to Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen, who is today recognized as one of the most avant-garde figures of her generation. Conceived as a truly immersive and sensory exploration into the designer’s universe, this retrospective, fusing fashion, contemporary art, design and science, is structured around eight themes that identify her work’s essence.

The exhibition runs to the 28th of April 2024.

While the museum does not have many images of her work online, there are lots in this Vogue article – https://www.vogue.com/article/iris-van-herpen-musee-des-arts-decoratifs

This New York Times article is also interesting – https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/23/style/iris-van-herpen-sculpting-the-senses-couture.html

 
For more information about the exhibition, visit the museum’s website – https://billetterie.madparis.fr/activite/2686/

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