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.
See website for futher information.
Venue: Liskeard Public Hall, 3-5 West St, Liskeard PL14 6BWShetland Wool Week is a celebration of Shetland wool and traditional knitting. Throughout the week there are exhibitions, classes and events covering on a range of topics, typically including weaving, spinning, dyeing, Fair Isle and lace knitting.
Venue: Various locations, ShetlandDovecot Studios’ major tapestry with Chris Ofili will return to Scotland in Summer 2024. The Caged Bird’s Song, commissioned by The Clothworkers’ Company, will be shown in the context of the tapestry studio where the work was created.
Lunchtime tours:
Every Tuesday and Thursday 12:00 – 12:45
Please book tour tickets in advance as spaces are limited.
Suitable for early stage weavers as well as more experienced weavers, the workshop will explore different ways of creating texture rather than pattern.
Tutor: Charlotte Grierson
Times: 10am-4.30pm
Cost: £280
An exhibition of woven tapestries by Jilly Edwards, whose work has been shown internationally across a career spanning more than 50 years.
Venue: New Brewery Arts, Brewery Court, Cirencester, Gloucestershire GL7 1JHA call for entries for the 3rd on-line exhibition of the International Weaving Group, on the theme of Bees, that will open in April 2024.
Broad interpretations welcomed. For more information contact exhibition@weefnetwerk.nl.
Entry deadline 29 November 2023.
Traditional handwoven tapestries created by three ulos weavers from Lake Toba, North Sumatra, Indonesia: Hirim Samosir, Anna Lince Siahaan, and Mastiar Nababan. Ulos is the traditional woven fabric of the Batak people, used in cultural and ceremonial events. Alongside, Dian Aprillia, a textile artist based in Yogyakarta, will present a contemporary installation of ulos fabrics.
Floor talk and weaving demonstration: Wednesday 28 August 2024, 16.00 – 17.00.
Venue: Australian Tapestry Workshop, 262-266 Park Street South, Melbourne, Victoria 3205Six stand-alone Saturday workshops in tapestry, spinning, indigo tie dyeing, coiled basketry, weaving with natural materials and rag-rug making. An accompanied child (from 7 years) goes free.
Tutor: Dee Sayce
Cost: £60 per workshop
Venue: Memorial Hall, Brentwood Rd, Bamford, Derbyshire, S33 0AGTania Kovats’ ongoing series SEAMARKS, multiple seascapes captured in brushstrokes, drawings and ceramic, is being expanded with the creation of a new tapestry by Dovecot Studios.
Times: Monday to Friday, 12:00 – 15:00 and Saturday (and Sunday in August), 10:00 – 17:00.
Venue: Dovecot Studios, Dovecot Studios, 10 Infirmary Street, Edinburgh EH1 1LTAn exhibition by Threadmill Textile Artists celebrating Farfield Mill’s industrial heritage and showcasing the versatility of wool fibre, yarn and cloth by exploring different ways in which these can be manipulated and re-presented in new forms.
Venue: Farfield Mill, Garsdale Road, Sedbergh, Cumbria LA10 5LWA celebration of the rich heritage of the woollen industry of Cumbria and Yorkshire by the Threadmill Textile Artists group.
Venue: Farfield Mill, Garsdale Road, Sedbergh, LA10 5LWA self-directed online course created by designer/weaver Laura Thomas. Suitable for those with existing weaving knowledge who want to build their design understanding and confidence.
Cost: £125
Venue: https://www.laurathomas.co.uk/designforweaveThis course offers one-to-one tuition, with access to an extensive range of specialist textile literature. All materials and equipment are provided, and the class is suitable for both beginners and those with previous weave experience.
Contact James Donald for availability.
Times: Tuesday or Thursday evenings, 6pm – 9pm.
Cost: £330 (11 classes).
Venue: Coburg House Art Studios, 15 Coburg Street, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6ETAn exhibition of 60 objects from the museum’s permanent collection and featuring textiles from indigenous traditions across the world, including regions of the American Southwest and Mexico; India and Pakistan; and the Indonesian islands of Bali, Java, and Sumatra.
Venue: Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado.Showing the kimono as a dynamic, ever-evolving icon of fashion, the exhibition traces its evolution and influence from 17th century Japan to today’s cutting-edge couture and street fashion across the world.
Open daily, 10.00 – 17.00
Tickets: see website for details.
Venue: V&A Dundee, 1 Riverside Esplanade, Dundee DD1 4EZAn exhibition that sheds light on Bauhaus-trained designer Kitty van der Mijll Dekker (1908-2004), an influential Dutch designer of interior and household textiles. Contemporary textile designer Vera Roggli, working in collaboration with weavers and other artisans, has created ‘portraits’ woven on industrial looms in response to this history.
Venue: Textiel Museum, Tilburg, NetherlandsKitty van der Mijll Dekker (1908-2004) was an influential Dutch designer of interior and household textiles including the humble tea towel. This history has inspired contemporary designer Vera Roggli.
Venue: TextielMuseum, Goirkestraat 96, 5046 GN Tilburg, NetherlandsA 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 4EZA 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 3DGAn 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 6ERA series of podcasts exploring the way in which cloth speaks to us and the impact it has on our lives.
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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 BerlinSee website for futher information.
Venue: Liskeard Public Hall, 3-5 West St, Liskeard PL14 6BWSuitable for early stage weavers as well as more experienced weavers, the workshop will explore different ways of creating texture rather than pattern.
Tutor: Charlotte Grierson
Times: 10am-4.30pm
Cost: £280
Suitable for early stage weavers as well as more experienced weavers, the workshop will explore different ways of creating texture rather than pattern.
Tutor: Charlotte Grierson
Times: 10am-4.30pm
Cost: £280
An event organised by the Pembrokeshire Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers to support local wool producers and small craft businesses.
Venue: Queen’s Hall and Plas Hyfryd Hotel, Narbeth, Pembrokeshire, SA67 7ASSee website for further information.
Venue: Alexandra Palace, London N22 7AYExtend your tapestry technique in search of new and dynamic expression. What happens if warps are not all of the same material, weight or spacing, if they are grouped, added to, pulled and exposed? Working quickly, freely and directly onto the loom, we will seek to question and to explore.
Tutor: Louise Martin
Cost: £594
Note: Course starts early evening on the first day.
Venue: West Dean, Chichester, West Sussex, PO18 0QZA four day intermediate workshop (12/13 and 19/20 Oct.) exploring the interplay of yarns – their reaction and interaction with one other and their behaviour when combined with certain weave structures.
Tutor: Sharon Kearley
Cost: £430
Venue: Devon Weavers Workshop, 8 Coombe Park, Ashprington, Totnes TQ9 7DYGlasgow’s yarn fair. See website for details.
Venue: The Trades Hall of Glasgow, 85 Glassford St, Glasgow G1 1UHSee website for further information.
Venue: Bakewell Agricultural Centre, Agricultural Way, Bakewell, Derbyshire, DE45 1AHTo celebrate, promote and share academic research and other information on all fibre arts.
Check website for further information.
Website: https://tiartscenter.org/weaving-history-conference/An annual international conference that focuses on discussion of dyes and organic pigments used in the past. The 43rd annual meeting will be hosted by the Society of Dyers and Colourists.
Venue: Cloth Hall Court, Quebec Street, Leeds LS1 2HASee website for details.
Venue: Richmond Barracks, St Michael's Estate, Inchicore, Dublin, D08 YY05, Ireland.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: £275
Venue: Coburg House Art Studios, 15 Coburg Street, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6ETThe Association of Guilds of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers organises the National Exhibition every 2 years to showcase the skills and creativity of members of guilds across the UK. We are thrilled to announce that the theme of the 2024 National Exhibition is ‘Battles, Borders, Books’.
Submission details available from the AGWSD website.
Venue: Hay Castle, Oxford Road, Hay on Wye, HR3 5DGFor all those interested in textile crafts.
Venue: Leicester Racecourse, Oadby, Leicester LE2 4ALIn this workshop learn how to combine twill patterns on a 4-shaft table loom with clasped weft technique. Suitable for absolute beginners but also weavers wanting to develop their skills further.
Tutor: Jan Beadle
Cost: £70 plus £5 for materials
Venue: Farfield Mill, Garsdale Road, Sedbergh, Cumbria LA10 5LWSee website for futher information.
Venue: Newton Abbot Racecourse, Newton Road, Devon, TQ12 3AFFor early stage weavers through to intermediate level, the workshop will aim to build understanding and confidence in the use of twills.
Tutor: Charlotte Grierson
Times: 10am-4.30pm
Cost: £280
For early stage weavers through to intermediate level, the workshop will aim to build understanding and confidence in the use of twills.
Tutor: Charlotte Grierson
Times: 10am-4.30pm
Cost: £280
See website for further information.
Venue: Titanic Exhibition Centre, 1 Olympic Way, Queen’s Road, Belfast BT3 9DUSee website for further details.
Venue: Sandburn Hall, Flaxton, York, YO60 7RBSuitable for experienced spinners who wish to learn to spin the most suitable yarn for their intended project; knitting, crochet, weaving etc, using appropriate fibre preparation and spinning techniques.
Tutor: Christina Chisholm
Cost: £250
Venue: Devon Weavers Workshop, 8 Coombe Park, Ashprington, Totnes TQ9 7DYTaking inspiration from gourds and seedpods this course will focus on weaving small pod forms using the technique of twining, connecting basketry and textiles.
Tutor: Mary Crabb
Cost: £333
Venue: West Dean, Chichester, West Sussex, PO18 0QZSee website for further information.
Venue: Harrogate Convention Centre, Kings Road, Harrogate, HG1 5LAThe course will take you through the weaving process from designing and making a warp to dressing the dobby loom and weaving a final project piece.
Tutor: Agnis Smallwood
Times:10.00 – 16.00
Cost: £295 (plus £10 materials).
Venue: Sunny Bank Mills, 83-85 Town St, Farsley, Pudsey, LS28 5UJDuring 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: £275
Venue: Coburg House Art Studios, 15 Coburg Street, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6ETExplore a range of techniques to create surface and texture in tapestry weaving. Suitable for beginners and developing weavers.
Tutor: Fiona Hutchison
Time: 10am – 4pm
Cost: £215
Venue: WASPS, Studio 114, Patriothall, Stockbridge, Edinburgh EH3 5AYWe will take a short stroll (weather permitting) looking at shapes and patterns of movement around us and explore how to capture these through weave, using simple techniques and a range of yarns.
Tutor: Anna Weatherell
Time: 10am – 4pm.
Cost: £65 plus £5 for materials.
Venue: Farfield Mill, Garsdale Road, Sedbergh, Cumbria, LA10 5LWA hands-on introduction to the basic principles and practice of natural dyeing using traditional, kitchen and foraged dye-stuffs.
Cost: £130
Venue: Pettridge Lane, Mere, WiltshireAn opportunity to take a highly personal and experimental approach to surface and structure using textural techniques such as soumak and ghiordes knots, and working in a range of materials.
Tutor: Rachel Johnston
Cost: £526
Note: Course starts early evening on the first day.
Venue: West Dean, Chichester, West Sussex, PO18 0QZFor those who wish to extend their textile practice, exploring composition and abstraction in the construction of felt.
Tutor: Jeanette Appleton
Cost: £740
Venue: West Dean, Chichester, West Sussex, PO18 0QZLearn the process of woven tapestry. After warping up, learn basic principles using different yarns, blending and combining colour to create shapes and lines and using techniques to give texture such as wrapping, knotting and tufting.
Tutor: Philip Sanderson
Cost: £321
Venue: West Dean, Chichester, West Sussex, PO18 0QZSee website for further details.
Venue: National Conference Centre, Coventry Road, Solihull, B92 0EJMembers of the international Waterline project continue their collaboration in a new series of handwoven tapestries on the theme of murmuration.
Venue: Farfield Mill, Garsdale Road, Sedbergh, Cumbria LA10 5LWSee website for details.
Venue: Venue tbcExplore 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).
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).
Check website for further details.
Venue: The Burgess Hall, One Leisure, Westwood Rd, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 6WULeave 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 5AYLearn 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 0QZDevelop 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 less familiar native wools and celebrate their diversity for fine felt making.
Tutor: Liz Clay
Cost: £484
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 0QZLearn 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 0QZSee 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 6ETThree 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 0QZThe 5th Heallreaf exhibition of small-scale handwoven tapestries.
Heallreaf is an Old English word meaning a tapestry hung in a public place. It is pronounced ‘hair-ll-reff’.
Venue: Farfield Mill, Garsdale Road, Sedbergh, Cumbria LA10 5LWSee website for further details.
Venue: Venue tbcDuring 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 6ETDuring 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 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/uncategorized/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 diverse range of tapestry weavers from England and New Zealand come together in the fourth Tapestry Tour International exhibition of small-format hand woven tapestries.
Venue: Farfield Mill, Garsdale Road, Sedbergh, Cumbria LA10 5LWTapestry 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 5LWThe triennial international handweaving fair and conference organised by the Swedish Weaving Council.
More information to follow.
Venue: Monitor ERP Arena, Gävle, SwedenNow 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 5AYCheck website for further details.
Venue: Rowley Mile Racecourse, Cambridge Road, Newmarket, CB8 0TFLearn 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 0QZThe 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/