Material Matters involved women of different ages and cultures in the creation of sewn wall hangings inspired by each person’s emotional attachment to a textile that has a story to tell: a grandmother’s quilt, a child’s dungarees, a Palestinian embroidery, a wedding dress. This exhibition shares the works created during the project by women at workshops across Scotland.
Think lunchtime is just about what’s on your sandwich? Think again! Pull up at chair at our weekly Story Café, sit back with your cuppa and travel the world, one tale at a time. We’ve read about barefoot, pioneering climbers in Snowdonia, globe-trotting, fearless matriarchs from India, and fabled heroines on dangerous quests in Afghanistan.
In the first of her visits to GWL this spring, Ajay Close will be in conversation with GWL's own Donna Moore about her novel 'A Petrol Scented Spring' which looks at a turbulent time in Scottish suffragette history and portrays the real people on both sides of the struggle.
