Repurposed, Recycled, Revealed, the new exhibition by Helen Winthorpe Kendrick will open at Darlington Library Art Gallery on Saturday 9th November and close on Thursday 19th December 2024. The Art Gallery at Darlington Library is open Monday to Saturday, during standard Darlington Library opening hours.
Helen has shared several exhibitions of her work in Darlington Library previously, and there’s an opportunity to meet the artist and ask questions about their practice in the Art Gallery at Darlington Library, from 1pm to 3pm on Saturday 9 November 2024. Each of Helen’s previous exhibitions in Darlington has explored different themes, and with Repurposed, Recycled, Revealed. she advises:
There is growing emphasis in todays’ society to reduce waste and to recycle wherever possible. There is a huge amount of energy required to produce fabrics and sadly, a huge quantity of clothing goes into waste. As a textile artist, I am aware of the great attraction to buy beautiful fabrics and interesting threads with which to work. As a result, I have a room stuffed with threads and fabric that I have not yet used along with textiles from many sources, and short lengths of thread that may one day become useful. In this exhibition my aim is to use what I have, to revitalise and finish projects from the cupboard, to give fabrics another purpose and to turn my stash into something useful. As William Morris said: ‘If you want a golden rule that will fit everything, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.’
We welcome your thoughts on exhibitions in the Art Gallery at Darlington Library, where local artist, Roger Birchall, exhibition of paintings is on display until Thursday 7th November 2024.
