16 Nov 2016: Alysn Midgelow- Marsden: Talk & Workshop
Re-known textile artist Alysn joined us whilst on her annual return back to the UK from her new home in New Zealand.She enlightened us on her new native environment and some of the sculptural work she has been working on- the positives and drawbacks, together with showing us exhibits of her most recognised work.

19th October 2016- Jane McKeating- Assoc Head of Design Manchester School of Art
Another full house to welcome Jane McKeating who has taught at Manchester for 27 years running 8 design courses and educating thousands of students in her role. Having studied at Goldsmiths in London, her passion is sketch ' people within a setting' ( generally just everyday life) and then translating this in to workbooks, and sketchbooks with stitch by way of layering. She also likes to use repeat and sequence and building up the layers with organza and fraying.
We came away feeling very inspired if not inadequate, trying to keep up with Jane's experiences and how these worked through in to art. Loved it!

21st September 2016- Bee Weir- Weaving
Bee from Frodsham in Cheshire rescued our evening by stepping in at the last minute- we are very grateful. Little did we know, we would end up being models ourselves to display the lovely garments Bee develops, and what a great way to see the colours and textures used. Bee talked about her passion for wool ( she also creates with glass too) and the freestyle & mindful weaving she employs.She uses the weft & the warp to experiment with different textures and she showed work on the tri-looms and a few members tried and purchased some of her smaller looms.
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2016-17 Programme OUT NOW

20th July: Chloe Hamilton- Textile Artist
What an inspiring talk to finish off our 2015/16 season! Whilst Chloe had an art background following a BA in Embroidery at Manchester School of Art & a Scholarship to do an MA, her work in the charity/ refugee sector provided an inspiration & a mechanism for translating her passion whilst sharing stories & learning skills from different countries. Chloe told us of her commercial successes but her use of the 'bird' as a symbol for women's stories was fantastic. We would have all bought one of her bags on the night if they had been available ( you made the bag, & it had special cut outs of birds which could be made in to a separate item as a symbol- I know I am not telling this well!). Great evening.

18th May: Bev Elliot
Bev provided us with an informative talk & the journey she took to reach her textile ambitions via various careers. We were really fascinated by her flowers using wire, plastic & Japanese paper.