Connecting Threads 2: an artist's tour & study visit

Gallery Oldham Connecting Threads 2: Textile Society artist's tour and study visit

Wednesday 11th Feb 1.30pm - 4.00pm

Gallery Oldham, Greaves Street

Oldham OL1 1AL

Textile Society Members: £10 (including refreshments)

Non-members: £15 (including refreshments.

Discover more about contemporary and historic hand stitched textiles in this visit to Gallery Oldham. The afternoon includes a tour of the Connecting Threads 2 exhibition by Lynn Setterington which features five quilts on loan from museum collections and not seen in public before. There will also be a talk by Karen Heatley, social history curator at Gallery Oldham, who will share examples of 19th C samplers and hand made textiles. You can also visit Oldham Stories, the new public galleries which feature objects and information about cotton production in the town.

The gallery is 20 minutes by tram from central Manchester.

If you have any queries please get in touch Dr Lynn Setterington hub@textilesociety.org.uk