A NEW exhibition at Rugby Art Gallery and Museum explores the intriguing connections between photography and textiles.
Curated by Birmingham City University's Marlene Little, the exhibition celebrates the long-standing relationship between photography and textiles. The featured artists all have different approaches to fusing the photographic and the textile - whether stitching directly into film or a photograph, collaging photographs on to textile canvases, or developing unique stitched drawings from photographic source materials.
The exhibition includes works by UK artists Julie Cockburn, Jess Edwards, Rosie James, and Marlene Little, and pieces by Danish artist Kirstine Roepstorff, Australian Patrick Snelling, and Sissi Farassat from Austria.
The exhibition also includes a display of glass plates and photographic images from the Redding Photography Collection. The collection was produced by a local photographer from the 1950s to the 1970s and captures a unique view of Rugby's social history.
A number of free family activities run throughout the exhibition, including the chance to dress up in period costume inspired by photographic portraits, and the opportunity to draw and make sheets.
The art gallery and museum also joins the Big Draw event on Saturday 12 October, offering visitors the chance to experiment with drawing. The free event runs from 10.30am to 3.30pm.
The exhibition is supported by Birmingham, City University.

Julie Cockburn - Jess Edwards - Rosie James - Marlene Little - Kirstine Roepstorff - Patrick Snelling - Sissi Farassat -
Curator Marlene Little -