Contexture

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Following on from International Women's Day on 8 March, this exhibition showcases the textile work of 80 female artists responding to their experiences of being a woman!

About Contexture

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Opening Night:
21 March 2025 | 5.30pm - 8.30pm
All are invited!

This show also features the completed I Am Woman Project, a large textile piece two-years in the making by Holly Searle (The Subversive Stitcher), incorporating 81 small textile works created by over 60 women.

Contexture:
• the act of weaving or assembling parts into a whole
• an arrangement of interconnected parts; a structure

Contexture
21 March - 19 April 2025
The House of Smalls

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