- Venue
- Lansdown Gallery
- Starts
- Tuesday, May 12, 2020
- Ends
- Sunday, May 24, 2020
- Address
- Stroud, GL5 1BB
- Location
- South West England
- Organiser
- Lansdown Gallery Stroud
Unfolding Stories 4 – Textile Visions for 2020
An exhibition of Contemporary Textiles and Quilts
Chocolates and joyous digital colour, climate change and nature’s abstract artistry are among the subjects which have inspired members of Contemporary Quilters West in their latest outpouring of new work.
This will be the fourth in the group’s successful series of biennial exhibitions entitled Un-folding Stories. Number 4 opens at the Lansdown Gallery in the Cotswold market town of Stroud on May 12 and runs until May 24 2020.
Members each make their own journey and tell their own story but enjoy sharing the group dynamic. Dark themes and bright celebrations will be vying for attention along with a host of techniques and materials, from hand stitch to digital print.
Textile creations investigate the use of child labour in chocolate production, coming to terms with widowhood, the contortions we make in order to fit in and the glories of nature as well as the threats to it.
Some members explore more formal aspects of art including drawing, colour and abstrac-tion. New technologies are applied to design and print as well as to express personal and environmental narratives.
The show opens daily from 10am to 4pm with a chance to meet many of the artists during the exhibition.
CQW are a group of award-winning Quilt and Textile artists/makers who come from a wide area, including Devon, Somerset, Bristol, Gloucestershire, South Wales. Many have work in both public and private collections and show and teach nationally and internationally in their own right. They formed as a group in 2013 as a means to share and push the boundaries of their personal practice.
More information can be found on our website http://www.contemporaryquilterswest.org/ or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/contemporaryquilterswest/
CQW are: Alicia Merrett, Ana Kirby, Angela Knapp, Christine Seager, Claire Passmore, Dot Carter, Fran Griffiths, Helen Grist, Jan Hassard, Jane Brooks, Judith Barker, Judy Stephens, Kara Chambers, Lisa DeBoer, Maria Harryman, Lucy Poloniecka, Paula Simp-son, Stephanie Crawford, Sylvia Hammond and Wendy Weller.
END.
Contact: Alicia Merrett
Email: [email protected] – Tel: 07753 677850
