THE LANDMARK LAUNCHES ITS ONLINE CONTEMPORARY TEXTILES FAIR THIS WEEK LONDON
16 March 2021: Teddington’s Landmark Arts Centre’s annual Contemporary Textiles Fair will be launching online this week, instead of the traditional fair at the centre. The event is taking place from 19-28 March, featuring an online shop selling artworks and hand-crafted textiles from over 30 exhibitors and a programme of online talks, workshops, & demos.
Arts Centre Manager, Lesley Bossine, commented: “After running our Festive Emporium online in December we were determined to replicate its success and take the Contemporary Textile Fair online too. It’s been an
incredibly tough year for the whole of the arts industry, from artists through to performers, so we’re delighted that we can keep the event running as a platform to support the makers and artists until we can, hopefully, return to holding the fair in the flesh next year.”
As well as the online shop, the fair will feature many interactive events and daily live demos, which can be accessed via https://www.facebook.com/contemporarytextilesfairlandmarkarts
as well as a selection of online textile workshops to book onto. The programme of events can be found at https://landmark-arts-centre.myshopwired.co.uk/talks
The full online calendar includes:
• Friday 19 March, 10 am: online shop opens
• Free Demos screened every day at 11am on our Facebook page (No booking needed)
• Sunday 21March, 10 am: Woven Landscapes: weave a wall hanging workshop (online) with Amy Wilson
(booking needed)
• Monday 22 March, 7 pm: Sensing Place – an online talk by artist Debbie Lyddon (booking needed)
• Tuesday 23 March, 10.30 am: moderneccentrics workshop 1 – Botanical Inks (booking needed)
• Wednesday 24 March, 10 am: moderneccentrics workshop 2 – Mark Making with Experimental Brushes
(booking needed)
• Wednesday 24 March, 2 pm: Nettle, an ancient fibre for a sustainable future – an online talk by Brigitte
Kaltenbacher (booking needed)
• Thursday 25 March, 10.30 am: moderneccentrics workshop 3 – Mark Making Art Books & Journals (booking
needed)
• Saturday 27 March, 10 am: Poppy field: An Introduction to Woven Tapestry Workshop with Lucy Sugden
(booking needed)
• Sunday 28 March 10 am: E-Textiles Lantern Workshop (online) with Kate Findlay (booking needed)
• Sunday 28March 6 pm: online shop closes
Participating exhibitors include: Cosy Beasties – www.cosybeasties.com; Liliane Textiles – www.lilianetextiles.co.uk; Anita Bell – www.anitabellpaperworks.com; Anna Woodhead www.annawoodhead.com; Brenda Gibson Textile Artist – www.brendagibson.com; BeeKayMakes – www.beekaymakes.co.uk; Carolyn Wallis – www.carolynwallishandweaver.com; Charlotte Clowes – www.charlotteclowes.co.uk; Colette Moscrop – www.colettemoscrop.com; Elizabeth Sayers Textile Art – www.esayers.co.uk; Ellie Hipkin Art – www.elliehipkinart.com; Silversoles – www.silversoles.co.uk; Emma Rosa – www.emmarosa.co.uk; Emma Philippa Maeve –www.emmaphilippamaeve.com; Smallbeans Stitching – www.smallbeans.co.uk; Julie French Textile Art – www.juliefrench.artweb.com; Kate Aimson – www.kateaimson.com; ArtsFindlay – www.artsfindlay.co.uk; Kate Guy Prints – www.kateguy.co.uk; Feltedbylamorna – www.etsy.com/uk/shop/FeltedByLamorna; Linda Jenkins; Lucy Sugden – www.lucysugden.co.uk; Hue and Dye – www.hue-and-dye.co.uk; flights of fantasy – www.flights-offantasy.com;
Cont/d-2- Penelope Cream – www.penelopecream.com; Rosaline Darby Textile Designs; moderneccentrics – moderneccentrics.wordpress.com; Samantha Harvey – www.samantha-harvey.com; Sarah Grove Ceramics –
www.sarahgrove.co.uk; Sarah Jane Hemsley Upholstery – www.sjhupholstery.com; Sarah Moroney Textile Design –
www.sarahmoroney.com; LOOM&BLOOM – www.loomandbloom.co.uk; Saty Sandhu; Grace’s Favours – gracesfavoursie.etsy.com; Tamsin Francesca Jewellery – www.tamsinfrancesca.co.uk
The Contemporary Textiles Fair, is an established must-visit event in the textile lovers’ calendar. The fair is unique in its focus on textile artists and designer makers, unencumbered by suppliers and other craft disciplines. It is this clear focus and returning visitors that makes the event both enjoyable and successful, year after year. Further details about both
the Contemporary Textiles Fair Online are available at www.landmarkartscentre.org. Advance booking for some
workshops and events is essential. There will also be updates on The Landmark’s social media. The Landmark Arts Centre is an independent charity (1047080) dedicated to offering a wide range of arts education
activities for children, young people and adults by providing a stimulating, year-round, programme of live events including music, comedy, poetry and dance as well as providing exhibition opportunities for visual artists and designermakers through art fairs and group and solo exhibitions, to help care for our amazing Grade II* listed building.
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Further information: Lesley Bossine: 07908 637585 Heather Griffith, M: 07966 63017
