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About EAST
East Anglian Stitch Textiles (EAST) was formed in 1995 in response to a demand for a self-supporting framework for local artists in the southern half of East Anglia, UK.
The membership of this group commenced with ten artists and now has fourteen.
The group is mentored by Anthea Godfrey, until recently Principal Lecturer at the London College of Fashion and current Chairman of the Embroiderer's Guild.
What makes this group's work special is their success in combining a range of exciting techniques with thought provoking themes. As a result an EAST exhibition evokes powerful reactions from its audience.
Several members of the group are also available for workshops and talks - either on an individual or a group basis. Further information will be posted on the website in due course, but contact the group using the details below if you want more information.
The picture below shows the EAST 13 exhibition - at Braintree Museum Gallery, in autumn 2008 - but click on our Gallery section of the website for more pictures.
Membership of the EAST group is by application and selection. We currently have fifteen members and we are not looking to expand at the present time, but if you want further information about the group, or information on how to join our waiting list contact the EAST Secretary by email - secretary@easttextile.co.uk (putting the word EAST at the beginning of the subject line of your email), or by post (enclosing an SAE):
84 East Bridge Road
South Woodham Ferrers
CM3 5SD |
Past exhibitions have included:
1997 - Braintree District Museum - "Icons"
1999 - Braintree, London and Harrogate - "Tales of Another Place"
2002 - Braintree, Bury St Edmunds and Knebworth - "Take 11"
2004 - saw the start of a two year programme entitled "Spirit of the Cloth" with venues including Braintree District Museum, the Knitting and Stitching Shows in London and Harrogate, the Manor House Museum, Bury St Edmunds, and the Snape Maltings Gallery near Aldeburgh in Suffolk.
2005-7 - "Stitched Up" commenced at the ICHF Show in Harrogate (2005) before travelling to Voirrey Embroidery Centre in April 2006. It then returned to Braintree District Museum in September 2006. In 2007 the exhibition continued at the Pond Gallery at Snape Maltings, the Crome Gallery in Norwich (as part of the Norwich Textile Trail) and the ICHF (Fashion and Embroidery) Show at Harrogate.
2008-9 - "EAST 13" - Braintree Museum Gallery, Essex, Rhodes Gallery, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire and Pond Gallery, Snape Maltings, Suffolk.
From autumn 2009 - EAST @ The Warner Textile Archive at The Textile Gallery of the Knitting and Stitching Shows - London and Harrogate.
Threads of Time - is a permanant exhibition by EAST usually on display in the Galleries of Braintree Museum, Braintree, Essex.
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