The Red Dress: Rudh Workshops
Various dates / Free - donations welcome
The world’s largest collaborative embroidery project is coming to Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery in January, and you can help the museum create its own artwork to mark the occasion.
The Red Dress has travelled all over the world, being hand-embroidered by people across many continents and cultures. Finally completed in 2023, it’s now touring venues across the UK and beyond - every stop on its journey a new stitch in the story.
The museum’s creative response to The Red Dress is being led by community artist Bec Applebee in the shape of the ‘Rudh’ project.
Rudh (‘red’ in Cornish) will result in a cape created out of a series of patches embellished with the work of many hands, to be unveiled at the end of the exhibition.
There are a small number of workshop spaces available to the public to take part in Rudh. Dates and times are as follows:
Thursday 14 January: 6 - 8pm
Saturday 16 January: 10.30am - 12.30pm, 1.30 - 3.30pm
Saturday 23 January: 10.30am - 12.30pm, 1.30 - 3.30pm
The workshops will include time practicing slow looking with The Red Dress and exploring other areas of the museum for inspiration. Then, on fabric patches and using a range of materials to embellish their work, participants will have a chance to respond creativity to The Red Dress, incorporating their own lived experiences and hopes for the future.
Important Info:
· The workshops are free of charge, though donations are suggested for members of the public keen to support the museum and its future work
· No prior embroidery experience is required
· All materials will be provided
· Spaces are extremely limited, please only book a space if you can commit to attending
· Participants will be invited to see the final work as it is unveiled at the end of the project.
We are committed to being a museum for everyone. Detailed accessibility information and an Access Guide can be found at www.cornwallmuseum.org/visit
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Various dates / Free - donations welcome
The world’s largest collaborative embroidery project is coming to Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery in January, and you can help the museum create its own artwork to mark the occasion.
The Red Dress has travelled all over the world, being hand-embroidered by people across many continents and cultures. Finally completed in 2023, it’s now touring venues across the UK and beyond - every stop on its journey a new stitch in the story.
The museum’s creative response to The Red Dress is being led by community artist Bec Applebee in the shape of the ‘Rudh’ project.
Rudh (‘red’ in Cornish) will result in a cape created out of a series of patches embellished with the work of many hands, to be unveiled at the end of the exhibition.
There are a small number of workshop spaces available to the public to take part in Rudh. Dates and times are as follows:
Thursday 14 January: 6 - 8pm
Saturday 16 January: 10.30am - 12.30pm, 1.30 - 3.30pm
Saturday 23 January: 10.30am - 12.30pm, 1.30 - 3.30pm
The workshops will include time practicing slow looking with The Red Dress and exploring other areas of the museum for inspiration. Then, on fabric patches and using a range of materials to embellish their work, participants will have a chance to respond creativity to The Red Dress, incorporating their own lived experiences and hopes for the future.
Important Info:
· The workshops are free of charge, though donations are suggested for members of the public keen to support the museum and its future work
· No prior embroidery experience is required
· All materials will be provided
· Spaces are extremely limited, please only book a space if you can commit to attending
· Participants will be invited to see the final work as it is unveiled at the end of the project.
We are committed to being a museum for everyone. Detailed accessibility information and an Access Guide can be found at www.cornwallmuseum.org/visit
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