WOVEN takes place every two years, with the next big festival happening in June 2025.
Check back here for the full programme and for one-off events in between festivals.
Bring all the family to have a go at being creative with textiles inspired by Quilted: Community, Creativity and Care, an exhibition that celebrates quilts, sewing and community.
Hear textile artists Richard McVetis, David Morrish and Andi Walker discussing their experiences and artistic practices.
Every child has the right to be creative and explore their textile talent. Join artist Kim Searle from Darn It Workshops in this textile based workshop exploring repair, embellishment and getting creative with textiles!
Local textile artists Dionne Swift and Nicola Perren will talk about their artist practice and their experiences of quilting communities.
Join Cathie Sivinska McCartan from the MA in Creative Pattern Cutting course at the University of Huddersfield to learn how to give your used clothes a new lease of life.
A drop in day where every child and adult gets to learn new textile skills. Led by artist Kim Searle, there will be a variety of creative techniques to get you started.
This talk examines the presence of fur on the Shakespearean stage as a signifier that stretches across the lines of species, class, and race.
This creative workshop will explore the Textile Fabrics of India Archive held at the University of Huddersfield offering you the opportunity to create your own response to these wonderful patterns.
Every child has the right to be creative and explore their textile talent. Join artist Kim Searle from Darn It Workshops in this textile based workshop exploring repair, embellishment and getting creative with textiles!
Bring all the family to have a go at being creative with textiles inspired by Quilted: Community, Creativity and Care, an exhibition that celebrates quilts, sewing and community.
Join volunteers from the Threads of Survival quilt project to make your own quilt square, to add to the quilt.
Join us to enjoy live music in the Punjabi tradition and film screenings about life in the Kirklees textile industries.
Join Uthra Rajgopal, Independent Curator, Avalon Fotheringham, Curator of South Asian Textiles at the V&A, and archive staff from Huddersfield’s Heritage Quay to discuss the Textile Fabrics of India Archive held at the University of Huddersfield.
Join us for a public talk by Professor Bertrand Taithe on the history of Hudfam’s remarkable founder Elisabeth Wilson, pioneer of fair trade in Huddersfield.
Join artist Kathy Shepherd to try your hand at this traditional textile technique of Hookie Rug-making.
Bring all the family to have a go at being creative with textiles inspired by Quilted: Community, Creativity and Care, an exhibition that celebrates quilts, sewing and community.
Join volunteers from the Threads of Survival quilt project to make your own quilt square, to add to the quilt.
Join textile artists Elnaz Yazdani and Iqra Rafiq to learn a range of South Asian embroidery techniques for applying small flat mirrors to fabrics.
Join the ‘Give a Few Words’ team & textile artist Hayley Mills-Styles to stitch a few uplifting words and spread some cheer.
Join the ‘Give a Few Words’ team & textile artist Hayley Mills-Styles to stitch a few uplifting words and spread some cheer.
The third Night on the Knit - journeys in the world of knit
Hear how the Women's Cooperative Guild helped reconciliation between Britons and Germans in the aftermath of WW2 - and stay around afterwards to "knit & natter"
Join volunteers from the Threads of Survival quilt project to make your own quilt square, to add to the quilt.
An exhibition of quilts at Huddersfield Art Gallery in the Piazza Shopping Centre, and at the Bagshaw Museum, Batley.
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