Connecting Threads – curated by Paul Carey Kent and Christina Niederberger January 2026

Wind back fifty years and there was a definite hierarchy in which painting and sculpture were at the top, while textiles were reduced in importance by being categorised as both a craft and a female activity. And the two didn’t mix much. Times have changed, in that an artist might as easily work in textile as any other medium and be taken seriously, or might add a textile element to more traditional media.  This show deals with just such connecting threads between media, whether actual or depicted, in the work of nine artists working across the categories.

Over the same fifty years, that matter of self-identity – be it in race, sexuality or gender – has become increasingly fluid. It seems appropriate that the categorisation of art has made a parallel journey. Both the media used and the approaches to using them have become sufficiently fluid that the one might see threads as connecting them all. 

Opening reception: Thursday 8 January 6-8pm

Exhibition dates: 9 – 17 January 12 – 6pm (please note the gallery is closed on Monday 12 January)

Artist Talks: Saturday 17 January 4-6pm, all welcome

Further images and information about the exhibition can be found on Paul’s Artworld blog here

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