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York Textile Artists: The Delights And Challenges Of Starting A Group
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English - October 31, 2018 18:38 - 38 minutes - 30.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsVisual Arts Arts Leisure Crafts sewing embroiderer embroidery handembroidery handsewing handstitchery handstitching machineembroidery machinesewing podcastprogress Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Today on the Stitchery Stories embroidery and textile art podcast, two members of York Textile Artists share their story of forming a new group.
The group was formed by uniting 8 textile artists around the city of York who had all exhibited at York Open Studios in April 2018. An early guest of Stitchery Stories, Bridgette Bernadette Karn has been a major instigator of the group.
The group aim to not only support each other in creating textile art but also to act as a force for change in promoting the value of Textile Arts.
Susan Weeks chats with Carol Coleman & Alison Spaven about:
How the group became established The aims and mission of the group The members and their areas of expertise The challenges of setting up a group Do they spend time together as a group? The journey to getting a group bank account The excitement of their forthcoming exhibition 10th & 11th Novemberand much more...
For this episode... View Show Notes, Links & Examples of group members work at https://stitcherystories.com/yorktextileartists
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Visit: https://www.yorktextileartists.com/
Exhibition 10th & 11th November 2018, 10am to 4pm
York Cemetery Chapel, Cemetery Road, York http://yorkcemetery.org.uk
Other episodes mentioned in our chat:
Bridget Bernadette Karn https://www.stitcherystories.com/bridgetbernadettekarn/
Fran Brammer https://www.stitcherystories.com/franbrammer/
Profanity Embroidery Group https://www.stitcherystories.com/profanityembroiderygroup/
Iona Barker Say It Ain't Sew https://www.stitcherystories.com/ionabarker/