It is always advisable to check with the event website or organisers before visiting any of the exhibitions / events listed here.
Note: Events are ordered by their end dates.
A new installation that draws inspiration from University of Dundee and Verdant Works (Dundee Heritage Trust) archives, exploring jute and the jute industry around Calcutta in British-ruled Bengal.
Open daily except Tuesday, 10.00 – 17.00
Free
Venue: V&A Dundee, 1 Riverside Esplanade, Dundee DD1 4EZThe first major solo exhibition of the American artist Sheila Hicks in Germany. In large and small-format wall works, tapestries, reliefs, sculptures and installations Hicks explores the interplay between material, colour and space.
Venue: Josef Albers Museum Quadrat Bottrop & Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, GermanyA major exhibition that unravels how the journeys of people, objects and ideas that formed the Silk Roads shaped cultures and histories from about AD 500 to 1000.
Venue: The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DGThe first exhibition to explore the influence of art from the Islamic world on William Morris, one of Britain’s most important nineteenth century designers and thinkers
Tuesday – Sunday, 10am – 5pm.
Free admission (suggested donation £5).
Venue: William Morris Gallery, Lloyd Park, Forest Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 4PPPtolemy Mann’s second solo show at Dovecot featuring over 20 handwoven rugs and her most recent Thread Paintings along-side paintings on paper and canvas.
There will be a ‘meet the artist’ talk by Ptolemy Mann on February 5th. See website for details and tickets.
Venue: Dovecot Studios, Dovecot Studios, 10 Infirmary Street, Edinburgh EH1 1LTThe 5th Heallreaf exhibition of small-scale handwoven tapestries.
Heallreaf is an Old English word meaning a tapestry hung in a public place (pronounced ‘hair-ll-reff’).
Venue: Farfield Mill, Garsdale Road, Sedbergh, Cumbria LA10 5LWAn exhibition of over 80 vivid, colour-filled textiles by post-war designer Shirley Craven (Chief Designer and Director of textile printing firm Hull Traders).
Venue: The Whitworth, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M15 6ERNow in its 6th year, Introduction to Studio Practice is a part time study programme which offers students the opportunity to build their creative and technical skills in tapestry weaving. It is aimed at students who have some experience of tapestry weaving and are looking to extend their practice by committing to an extended and intensive programme of study.
The programme runs from November 2024 to September 2025.
Tutor: Fiona Hutchison
Cost: £1,200
Venue: Studio 114, WASPS Studio, Patriothall, EH3 5AYA series of podcasts exploring the way in which cloth speaks to us and the impact it has on our lives.
https://hapticandhue.com/
Website: http://hapticandhue.com/Highlighting basketry traditions and modern innovation, the exhibition features items from the Museum of European Cultures’ collection and pieces by contemporary artists.
Venue: Museum Europäischer Kulturen, Arnimallee 25, 14195 BerlinLearn woven tapestry techniques for shaping, shading and weaving diagonals to make a sample panel.
Tutor: Caron Penney
Cost: £323
Venue: West Dean, Chichester, West Sussex, PO18 0QZLearn how to make a warp and thread a multi-shaft table loom. Once the looms are set up you can start weaving your own cloth to take home.
Tutor: Angie Parker
Cost: £260.72
Time: Sat 10.30 – Sun 5.00pm
Venue: Windmill Hill City Farm, Philip Street, Bedminster, Bristol, BS3 4EA.An introduction to the basic skills involved in creating a woven tapestry, from warping up a simple frame loom to exploring flat woven techniques, creating shapes, lines and playing with colour.
Tutor: Fiona Hutchison
Time: 10am- 4pm
Cost: £215
Venue: Studio 114, WASPS Studio, Patriothall, Edinburgh, EH3 5AYExplore the use of colour and texture: dress a loom: understand how to read pattern draft. Suitable for both absolute beginners and developing weavers.
Tutor: Jan Beadle (Cumbria highamhall.com/jan-beadle)
Times: Thursday January 16, 2025 at 18:30 to Sunday January 19, 2025 at 13:30
Residential: £410 Non-residential: £285 (yarns £15 available to purchase from
tutor).
See website for further details.
Venue: The Burgess Hall, One Leisure, Westwood Rd, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 6WUCheck website for further details.
Venue: The Burgess Hall, One Leisure, Westwood Rd, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 6WUA residential tapestry weaving holiday (4 days tuition). For more information and booking see Gartmore House website.
Tutor: Fiona Hutchison
https://www.fionahutchison.co.uk/workshops/
Venue: Gartmore Estate, Stirling, FK8 3RSA workshop suitable for beginners and beyond, taking inspiration from the Heallreaf tapestry exhibition to explore ideas and techniques.
Tutor: Anna Wetherell
Times: 10.00am – 4.00pm
Cost: £65 plus £5 for materials.
Venue: Farfield Mill, Garsdale Road, Sedbergh, Cumbria LA10 5LWLearn how to twine as you make one or two small-scale twined baskets using paper yarn, incorporating a pattern and a simple border into your basket.
Tutor: Mary Crabb
Cost: £163
Venue: West Dean, Chichester, West Sussex, PO18 0QZFor weavers who have grasped the basics, this course will introduce the process of translating an art work into woven tapestry.
Tutor: Philip Sanderson
Cost: £321
Venue: West Dean, Chichester, West Sussex, PO18 0QZLeave the square or rectangular format behind and learn how to pull and manipulate your weaving to create curves and bends in tapestry.
Level: Beginners and developing weavers
Tutor: Fiona Hutchison
Time: 10am- 4pm
Cost: £215
Venue: Studio 114, WASPS Studio, Patriothall, Edinburgh, EH3 5AYDevelop skills and techniques in Japanese Kumihimo braiding and produce a range of samples and a finished item.
Tutor: Jacqui Carey
Cost: £478
Venue: West Dean, Chichester, West Sussex, PO18 0QZExplore linear and spatial relationships and how to introduce detail with fibres and yarns in the creation of a three-dimensional form.
Tutor: Gizella K Warburton
Cost: £474
Venue: West Dean, Chichester, West Sussex, PO18 0QZExplore less familiar native wools and celebrate their diversity for fine felt making.
Tutor: Liz Clay
Cost: £484
Venue: West Dean, Chichester, West Sussex, PO18 0QZThis tapestry frame weaving workshop will provide a grounding in tapestry weaving techniques.
Times: 10:30 am – 4:30 pm
Cost: £120
Venue: Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft, Lodge Hill Lane, Ditchling, East Sussex, BN6 8SPWeave a cushion panel on a 50cm wide four shaft table loom. No sewing required.
Tutor: Angie Parker
Cost: £87.38
Time: 2.45pm – 5.45pm
Venue: Windmill Hill City Farm, Philip Street, Bedminster, Bristol, BS3 4EA.Learn the traditional techiques of tassel-making for interior decoration using a set of wooden moulds and high quality yarns.
Tutor: Anna Crutchley
Cost: £316
Venue: West Dean, Chichester, West Sussex, PO18 0QZLearn the key skills of weaving using a simple, body-tensioned, rigid heddle loom.
Tutor: Rebecca Connolly
Cost: £498
Venue: West Dean, Chichester, West Sussex, PO18 0QZAn introduction to using natural dyes on fabrics, yarns and other fibres; the techniques needed for dyeing with plants and plant-based colour, and how to get good results.
Cost: £450
Venue: Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft, Lodge Hill Lane, Ditchling, East Sussex, BN6 8SPSee website for further details.
Venue: The Business Design Centre, London, N1 0QHDuring the weekend weave class you will receive targeted and concentrated tuition, with access to a range of specialist textile literature, samples and notes, with the purpose of you leaving with a firmer grasp of how cloth is woven.
Tutor: James Donald
Times: 9.15am – 4pm
Cost: £295
Venue: Coburg House Art Studios, 15 Coburg Street, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6ETExperiment with colour and texture on a 4-shaft table loom, set up and ready to go. Suitable for beginners and or those with some experience.
Tutor: Jan Beadle
Times: 10.00am – 4.00pm
Cost: £75 plus £5 for materials
Venue: Farfield Mill, Garsdale Road, Sedbergh, Cumbria, LA10 5LW‘Fenlands’ is the first exhibition of woven tapestries by members of the British Tapestry Group Eastern Region, celebrating a unique area of Eastern England. Represented in the handwoven, weaver-designed works are the pre-history, landscapes and possible future of the area. Private view during the afternoon of 8th March 2025.
Venue: The Courtyard Gallery, Courtyard Arts Centre Port Vale, Hertford SG14Three days of mentoring, working in a small discussion group of like-minded textile artists to develop and sustain your individual creative practice.
Tutor: Rachel Johnston
Dates: 5 February, 5 March and 2 April 2025
Cost: £463
Venue: West Dean, Chichester, West Sussex, PO18 0QZDesign and create an oval willow trug basket in this two day workshop for beginners (28 March & 4 April) .
Tutor: Anna Liebmann
Cost: £225
Times: 10am – 4pm
Venue: Craft Central, High Street, Dunblane, FK15 0EEFrom winding a warp and dressing a loom to weaving cloth, this workshop will provide tips and techniques to ease the path into weaving for beginners and those with previous experience.
Tutor: Jan Beadle
Cost: £150 plus £5 for materials
Venue: Farfield Mill, Garsdale Road, Sedbergh, Cumbria, LA10 5LWSee website for further details.
Venue: The Grammar School at Leeds, Alwoodley Gates, Harrogate Road, Leeds LS17 8GSSee website for further details.
Venue: Chipping Sodbury Town Hall, 57-59 Broad Street, BS37 6ADA tour of the museum’s dye garden where plants that can be harvested for natural dyes are grown.
Time: 10:45 am
Cost: £8
Venue: Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft, Lodge Hill Lane, Ditchling, East Sussex, BN6 8SPAn introduction to willow weaving. During the day you will make your own trug/foraging basket from locally grown and harvested willow.
Tutor: Jackie Carnell
Times: 10.00am – 4.00pm
Cost: £70 plus £5 for materials.
Venue: Farfield Mill, Garsdale Road, Sedbergh, Cumbria LA10 5LWA residential tapestry weaving holiday (4 days tuition). For more information and booking see Gartmore House website.
Tutor: Fiona Hutchison
https://www.fionahutchison.co.uk/workshops/
Venue: Gartmore Estate, Stirling, FK8 3RSDuring the weekend weave class you will receive targeted and concentrated tuition, with access to a range of specialist textile literature, samples and notes, with the purpose of you leaving with a firmer grasp of how cloth is woven.
Tutor: James Donald
Times: 9.15am – 4pm
Cost: £295
Venue: Coburg House Art Studios, 15 Coburg Street, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6ETLed by dye expert Debbie Tomkies, this weekend workshop covers a wide range of techniques. Suitable for more experienced dyers as well as complete beginners.
Cost: £250.
Venue: Devon Weavers Workshop, 8 Coombe Park, Ashprington, Totnes TQ9 7DYAn in-depth exploration of the ‘free warp tapestry’ techniques developed by Tadek Beutlich after he relocated from Ditchling to Spain in the 1970s.
Time: 10:30 am – 4.30pm
Cost: £480
Venue: Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft, Lodge Hill Lane, Ditchling, East Sussex, BN6 8SPDuring the weekend weave class you will receive targeted and concentrated tuition, with access to a range of specialist textile literature, samples and notes, with the purpose of you leaving with a firmer grasp of how cloth is woven.
Tutor: James Donald
Times: 9.15am – 4pm
Cost: £295
Venue: Coburg House Art Studios, 15 Coburg Street, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6ETA hands-on workshop exploring the potential of dye plants grown in the dye garden, and foraged locally.
Time: 10:30 am – 4:00 pm
Cost: £120
Venue: Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft, Lodge Hill Lane, Ditchling, East Sussex, BN6 8SPThe 6th International Braiding Conference will take place in Cleveland, Ohio, with workshops, talks and other activities.
See website for further information.
Website: https://amksoc.org/featured-home/braids-2025/During the weekend weave class you will receive targeted and concentrated tuition, with access to a range of specialist textile literature, samples and notes, with the purpose of you leaving with a firmer grasp of how cloth is woven.
Tutor: James Donald
Times: 9.15am – 4pm
Cost: £295
Venue: Coburg House Art Studios, 15 Coburg Street, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6ETA six-day beginners’ course (14th, 15th, 16th & 20th, 21st, 22nd June) based on practical learning and taught by experienced handweavers.
Cost: £350.
Venue: Devon Weavers Workshop, 8 Coombe Park, Ashprington, Totnes TQ9 7DYA residential tapestry weaving holiday (4 days tuition). For more information and booking see Gartmore House website.
Tutor: Fiona Hutchison
https://www.fionahutchison.co.uk/workshops/
Venue: Gartmore Estate, Stirling, FK8 3RSWeek 1 of the New Designers show offers a showcase for recent fashion and textiles graduates, and emerging designers, from across the UK.
Venue: Business Design Centre, 52 Upper St, London N1 0QHDates have been announced for the seventh edition of the National Festival of Making. Check website for updates.
Venue: Blackburn, LancashireAdd interest to simple 4 shaft weaving using colour and texture in Ms &Os weave structure.
Tutor: Mairi Gillies – Textile Designer
Cost: £360
Venue: Devon Weavers Workshop, 8 Coombe Park, Ashprington, Totnes TQ9 7DYTapestry weavers from England and New Zealand come together in this fourth international touring exhibition of small format hand woven tapestries.
Venue: Farfield Mill, Garsdale Road, Sedbergh, Cumbria LA10 5LWDuring the weekend weave class you will receive targeted and concentrated tuition, with access to a range of specialist textile literature, samples and notes, with the purpose of you leaving with a firmer grasp of how cloth is woven.
Tutor: James Donald
Times: 9.15am – 4pm
Cost: £295
Venue: Coburg House Art Studios, 15 Coburg Street, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6ETA celebration of 50 years of the Stratford-upon-Avon Guild of Weavers Spinners and Dyers, linking metaphors and the language of Shakespeare to explore textiles.
Venue: Shakespeare’s Schoolroom and Guildhall, 17 Church Street, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6HBDuring the weekend weave class you will receive targeted and concentrated tuition, with access to a range of specialist textile literature, samples and notes, with the purpose of you leaving with a firmer grasp of how cloth is woven.
Tutor: James Donald
Times: 9.15am – 4pm
Cost: £295
Venue: Coburg House Art Studios, 15 Coburg Street, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6ETAn exhibition celebrating the ancient and deep entanglement between textiles, people and our world, introducing materials and methods that have produced cloth but also the ropes, reins, bands and gut-strings that have given us ships, ploughs and carts, the ability to transfer electricity and to make music.Times: Tuesdays – Saturdays, 11.00 – 18.00
Open: Tuesdays – Saturdays, 11.00 – 18.00 (last entry 17.15)
Cost: £12.65 (concessions may apply).
Venue: Fashion and Textile Museum, 83 Bermondsey Street, London SE1 3XFA residential tapestry weaving holiday (4 days tuition). For more information and booking see Gartmore House website.
Tutor: Fiona Hutchison
https://www.fionahutchison.co.uk/workshops/
Venue: Gartmore Estate, Stirling, FK8 3RSThe triennial international handweaving fair and conference organised by the Swedish Weaving Council.
More information to follow.
Venue: Monitor ERP Arena, Gävle, SwedenSee website for further details.
Venue: Rowley Mile Racecourse, Cambridge Road, Newmarket, CB8 0TFCheck website for further details.
Venue: Rowley Mile Racecourse, Cambridge Road, Newmarket, CB8 0TFDuring the weekend weave class you will receive targeted and concentrated tuition, with access to a range of specialist textile literature, samples and notes, with the purpose of you leaving with a firmer grasp of how cloth is woven.
Tutor: James Donald
Times: 9.15am – 4pm
Cost: £295
Venue: Coburg House Art Studios, 15 Coburg Street, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6ETThe British Textile Biennial 2025 explores invention and innovation from the earliest form of shelter – the tent- to space suits, and from plant-based dyes to the first polymers. It looks at the environmental and human costs of the textile industry at the service of fast fashion over the last two centuries and explores possible alternatives.
Venue: Venues across LancashireDuring the weekend weave class you will receive targeted and concentrated tuition, with access to a range of specialist textile literature, samples and notes, with the purpose of you leaving with a firmer grasp of how cloth is woven.
Tutor: James Donald
Times: 9.15am – 4pm
Cost: £295
Venue: Coburg House Art Studios, 15 Coburg Street, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6ETAn open, non-juried exhibition, hosted by the Northern region of the British Tapestry Group, on the theme of Our Textile Heritage.
Venue: Farfield Mill, Garsdale Road, Sedbergh, Cumbria LA10 5LWThe British Tapestry Group 20th anniversary exhibition will be shown at a number of venues from August 2025 and throughout 2026.
Confirmed venues include Gracefield Arts Centre in Dumfries, Dovecot Studios in Edinburgh, Ocean Studios in Plymouth and the Morley Gallery in London.
Website: https://www.thebritishtapestrygroup.co.uk/exhibitions-page/