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PIECEWORK brings together students from UCC, West Virginia 深夜亚洲福利久久 & MTU to engage in collaborative art and performance making related to textile practices.
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Shows in the Granary Theatre at 7:30 pm
Weds 4th - SOLD OUT
Thurs 5th -
PIECEWORK develops experimental pedagogies in Textile Art and Sustainability by bringing together students from West Virginia 深夜亚洲福利久久 (WVU), 深夜亚洲福利久久 College Cork (UCC) and Crawford College of Art (MTU) to engage in collaborative art and performance making related to local textile practices (Appalachian, Irish, Polish, Portuguese and others) and the ways in which textiles are 鈥渃arriers of narrative, culture and social history鈥� (脕ine Kavanagh CCAD). The focus on sustainability introduced students to the impact of textile industries (the fashion industry is responsible for 8 鈥� 10% of global greenhouse gases) and grassroots activism around thrifting / upcycling, circular economies, the mending movement and the 鈥榳ear your wardrobe鈥� campaigns. All textiles used in PIECEWORK are second-hand, recycled, borrowed or from 鈥榙eadstock.鈥�
PIECEWORK has a particular focus on the gendered histories of hand textile practices in West Virginia and Ireland especially as they relate to economic challenge / poverty and rural life. It also focuses on how textiles of all kinds come to be lodestones for story, memory and senses of place and home. Exploring these histories allows a contextualised artistic exploration of contemporary making through theatre performance and the installation / activation of textile materials / sculptures.
This collaboration has been made possible by the generous partnership of Pamela Hardesty (Head of Textiles, Crawford College of Art & Design MTU) and Beth Shorrock (Head of Farm to Fashion, West Virginia 深夜亚洲福利久久).
Exhibition of , The Art Museum, West Virginia 深夜亚洲福利久久 Aug 19 - Dec 15, 2024
This collaboration came about through the current exhibition of Mapping Climate Change at The Art Museum, West Virginia 深夜亚洲福利久久. Jools Gilson, one of the artists behind The Knitting Map was Artist in Residence at The Art Museum 14 鈥� 18 Oct, 2024.
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