UPCOMING EVENTS: LEEK TEXTILE WEEK
Flag MAKING WORKSHOP by Deborah bowness
workshop: make your own animated paper character by amber cooper davies
"The Reward of Labour" EXHIBITION
Sat 21 to Sat 28 Sep • 10am to 4pm closed Sunday 22
The Nicholson Museum and Art Gallery
FREE
Exhibition: Rewoven Horizons: the Era of Indian Textiles. Nila House, Lady Bamford Foundation.
Sat 21 to Sat 28 Sep • 10am to 4pm closed Sunday 22
The Nicholson Museum and Art Gallery
FREE
THE EXHIBITION OF NATURAL FIBReS
WORKSHOP "SEW YOUR PLACE: SIGNS AND SYMBOLS" WITH BECCA SMITH
talk "LEEK TEXTILE WALK WITH CATH WALTON"
Mon 23 Sep • 2 pm to 3.30 pm
Thu 26 Sep • 10 am to 11.30am
Sun 29 Sep • 10 am to 11.30am
Starting point: Outside The Nicholson Museum & Art Gallery
£7.00
ARIADNE'THREAD: AN EVENING OF POETRY AND PROSE
Mon 23 Sep • 7 pm
Foxlowe Arts Centre - Drawing Room
£10.00 including wine and nibbles
DEBORAH BOWNESS - art trail
amber cooper-davies - ART TRAIL
Mon 23 to Sat 28 Sep • 10am to 4pm other than Friday 27th when the mill will be open until 7pm.
London Mill East, 12 London St, Leek ST13 5LE
FREE
Ply-split braiding workshop with Master Artisan Tejshibhai Dhana Marwada
Tue 24 Sep • 10.30 am
Thur 26 Sep • 10.30 am
The Nicholson Museum and Art Gallery
£30.00
Botanical Embroidery Workshop with Hoop & Fred
talk: "St James Damask: Politics and Design of William Morris" with Emily Lashford
An Introduction to Drop-Spinning Workshop with Tyra Till
Exhibition and Sew Your Place
Wed 25 / Thur 26 Sep • 10:00am - 4pm Fri 27 Sep • 10:00am - 4pm/6.30 to 7.30pm
Sat 28 Sep • 10:00am - 7.30pm
Foxlowe Arts Centre, The Gallery
FREE
Fabulous Flax to Lustrous Linen Workshop with Kirsteen McGregor
Wed, Sep 25 • 10.30 AM
Wed, Sep 25 • 1.30 PM
Foxlowe Arts Centre - Cabbage Rose Studio
£25.00
ExObjects Writing Workshop with A.T. Boyle
workshop: Draw and Discovery Walk with Becca Smith
talk: "Medieval Embroidery: From The Sacred To The Saucy" with Tanya Bentham
sew your place mini-map machine stitch workshop with ruth of karumo textile
HARRY PIZZEY - ART TRAIL
Bayeux Rudies Medieval Embroidery Workshop with Tanya Bentham
Workshop: SEW YOUR PLACE Embroidery Over Image Transfer with Jane Hadfield
Weaving Words Workshop with Dr Ailsa Holland
talk: "The Extraordinary Leek Embroidery Society" with Cathryn Walton
Bobbin lace-making: Woven Landscape Workshop with Ruth of Karumo Textiles
Natural Dye Block Printing Workshop with Kate Turnbull
Fri, Sep 27 • 10 AM
Fri, Sep 27 • 12.30 PM
Foxlowe Arts Centre (Cabbage Rose Studio)
£25.00
Leek Embroidery Society Workshop with Lorna Knight
Woad and indigo workshops with Elisabeth Viguie Culshaw
Fri Sep 27 • 10 AM - 3 PM
Sat 28 • 10 AM - 4 PM
For local colleges and participants in Seeds to Blue Growing programme
Sponsored by Staffordshire Community Foundation
St. Edward's Church Leek Embroideries – Talk and Exhibition
Pockets of History Workshop with Dr Ailsa Holland
TALK: Nature and Clothes with Kate Fletcher
The Nettle Dress Film + In Conversation with director Dylan Howatt
Buttoned Up! Leek and Macclesfield Button Workshop with Ann Martin
Weave And Bead A Decorative Cuff Workshop with Kim Greenwood
open studio at the humming loom
PATTERN PRINTING WORKSHOP WITH BECCA SMITH
Sat, Sep 28 • 10 AM
Foxlowe Arts Centre (Bromfield Room)
FREE
Family-friendly drop-in workshop
Family activities with Macclesfield Silk Museum
Sat, Sep 28 • 11 AM
Foxlowe Arts Centre (Bromfield Room)
FREE
Family-friendly drop-in workshop
Bobbin Lace making demonstration with Ruth Moyes of Karumo Textiles
Block Printing Repeat Pattern with Becca Smith
Spinning wheel demonstration with Heritage crafts expert Ann Martin
TALK: Indigenous Silks ofNortheast India by Anna-Louise Meynell.
TALK: Art, Artists and Architects by Cathryn Walton
Leek's Textile Heritage on Film
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