If fabrics could speak...

Next date: Friday, 17 January 2025 | 06:00 PM to 08:00 PM

Catherine Fitz-Gerald

17 January - 14 February 2025

Opens: Friday 17 January 6 pm
Opening Speaker: Bec Young, Access2Arts, CE

Have you ever wondered “If fabrics could speak what stories they would tell? What stories of making, family, history or culture?”

The artist has known that fabrics bind stories within their weft and warp from an early age. Her mother is a dressmaker and many of her memories of her are intertwined with the fabrics that passed through her creative hands.

Catherine reached out to the community and asked them “If your fabric could speak, what story would it tell?”

In this exhibition, focused on community engagement and inclusion, we celebrate our creative community through stories gathered over two years. 40 participants aged from 4 to 92 share sometimes quite ordinary fabrics and the extraordinary memories that linger in the fibres.

Discover these textile tales in an audio-described experience, combining paintings, photography and digital storytelling where memories persist and fabrics endure.

Winner of the Adelaide Fringe Best Visual and Design Award 2024 and UnitCare Services Best Digital Media Award SALA 2024.

Artist Talks and Demonstrations

Artist Talk
Saturday 18 January 2 pm - 3.30 pm

Celebrate our creative community as Catherine explores the themes emerging from their stories.

Artist Demonstration
Saturday 25 January 2 pm - 3.30 pm
Catherine will be painting a still life of fabric in the gallery throughout the day, questions are welcome.

Artist Talk and Sensory Tour
Saturday 1 February 2 pm - 3.30 pm
‘Memories of my dressmaker mother’. How it all began, exploring the threads of memory with Catherine.

Artist Talk
Saturday 8 February 2 pm - 3.30 pm
Celebrate our creative community as Catherine tells more of their stories.

 

Exhibition concludes on Friday 14 February at 4 pm.

Image credit: Catherine Fitz-Gerald, Mrs Wilkins Supper Cloth, Oil on Polycotton.

When

Location

Pepper Street Arts Centre, Pepper Street Arts Centre, 558 Magill Road, Magill, 5072, View Map