'Soft Hair and woven Threads'

Curated by Chira Grasby
"Humans have used textiles as a creative form of communication since ancient times, weaving stories both figuratively and literally. Nowadays artists around the globe are finding ways to transform traditional crafts into the world of art, and challenge our notions of standard canvas surfaces. Common among them is a desire to erase preconceived ideas about art materials, and shift our approaches to storytelling into more modern and conceptual pathways."

This exhibition is presented as part of the ART WORKS program.

ART WORKS is a collaborative program of residencies, curatorial mentorship and creative engagements, designed in partnership with the City of Adelaide to provide a city-based platform for artists, curators and writers to pursue new ways of working and engaging with audiences.

Now in its sixth year, ART WORKS 2023 presents multiple Artist in Residence opportunities within the City of Adelaide ArtPOD and an Early Career Curator and Writer in Residence Program mentored by Guildhouse, presenting three exhibitions within the Adelaide Town Hall and Mankurri-api Kuu / Reconciliation Room.

These extensive artist engagements deliver on the City’s Cultural Strategy 2020-24 for Adelaide to be recognised as a cultural incubator where people, enterprises and audiences’ flourish.
ART WORKS is delivered by Guildhouse in partnership with the City of Adelaide.