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PROGRAMMEOF EVENTSSEPTEMBER 7–30 2017

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Pennine Lancashire is shaped by textiles; they are woven through its social and urban fabric. By the end of the 19th century the area, stretching along the banks of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, was producing 85% of the world’s cotton goods and it was this global trade that brought thousands of workers to drive its mills over the ensuing centuries, building a creative, industrious and diverse population that shapes the area today.

Taking place in galleries, museums and former textile mills across Blackburn, Hyndburn, Burnley and Pendle throughout September, the festival presents something for everyone with exhibitions, residencies, workshops, a craft fair hosted by Selvedge magazine and major art installations and performances including the premiere of Suzanne Lacy’s film produced with the people of Pendle.

Drawing on this rich heritage, Fabrications is the UK’s first festival that celebrates and explores textiles and the textile industry through the eyes of artists.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARTISTS & EVENTS VIST

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4 LOCATIONS6 PERFORMANCE & INSTALLATIONS8 EXHIBITIONS13 EVENTS15 ARTIST TOURS17 WORKSHOPS19 HERITAGE OPEN DAYS20 LIST BY DATE21 VENUE DETAILS AND PRACTICAL STUFF23 THANKS

Cover, page 3 and back cover photography by: Catherine CatonDesign by: sourcecreative.co.uk

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VENUESA Higherford Mill

B Pendle Heritage Centre

C Northlight (Formerly Brierfield Mill)

D Brierfield Town Hall

E Gawthorpe Hall

F Sandygate Square

G Weaver’s Triangle Visitors Centre

H Burnley Mechanics

I Towneley Hall

J Gatty Park

K Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery

L Cotton Exchange

M The Making Rooms

N Prism Contemporary Gallery

O Community Clothing

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PERFORMANCE AND INSTALLATIONS

This new film installation is the result of artist, Suzanne Lacy working with the people of Pendle, Lancashire, exploring the cultural and spiritual backgrounds of the community and the socio-economic circumstances that brought them together and now seemingly conspire to keep them apart.

The Circle and The Square is a moving testament to this process that culminated last year when, over three days in September 2016, the community came together to film themselves in the huge empty spaces of Brierfield Mill where many used to work.

Using the two vocal forms of Shape Note singing and Sufi chanting, the installation includes multi-vocal conversations about the past, present and future of the region following the demise of the textile industry and will be accompanied by presentations of Shape Note, Dhikr, Nasheed and mill ballads.

The installation will be accompanied by a project archive and resource room at Brierfield Town Hall that charts the histories of the area and its communities and tells the story of the project through films and books.

Please see the website for more details and events during the installation.

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—— Fri 15th—Sat 23rd Sep—— Weekdays 4—7pm—— Weekends 10am—4pmNorthlight, Brierfield & Brierfield Town Hall, Brierfield—— FREE

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Made in China. Sold in Britain. Worn by you.

From the factory floor to the catwalk, from Shanghai to London, World Factory weaves together stories of people connected by the global textile industry, exploring mass production and global capitalism, METIS invites you to play a provocative game. Which card will you draw? Will you be an ethical factory owner or will profits always come first? In the rag trade, can anyone ever really win? Featuring stunning video and a powerful score, the show gives audiences a first-hand experience of the sharp end of fast fashion. Presented for the first time out of the theatre, in the stunning space of a former textile factory, Brierfield Mill.

This is a once in a lifetime interactive theatrical experience not to be missed.

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—— Thu 28th—Sat 30th Sep—— Thu 28th 8pm—— Fri 29th 3pm & 8pm—— Sat 30th 2pm & 8pmNorthlight, Brierfield Mill, Brierfield—— £10 FULL PRICE £5 CONCESSIONS AND RESIDENTS OF PENDLE, BURNLEY, HYNDBURN AND BLACKBURN (ID MAY BE REQUESTED)

—— Please see the website for details

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Sunday Best takes us on a journey through Pendle’s clothing history capturing personal recollections of style and dress from residents recalling their memories of fashion from the early 1950’s to the late 1980s.

The charming and insightful stories that create Sunday Best came as a result of months of 1:1 recording sessions in homes, workplaces, day care centres, colleges and schools, where people told their sometimes humorous or hard won clothing histories. These stories became a social commentary on fashion choices bespoke to the Pendle area, brought to life in an archive collection. Sunday Best stands not only as a fashion archive but a reminder of Pendle’s colourful, inventive and creative spirit.

SUNDAY BEST —— CERISE WARD, HELEN OXLEY AND CLARE EVANS

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—— Sun 24th—Sat 30th Sep —— 1 —4pmBrierfield Town Hall, Brierfield—— FREE

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Debbie Smyth is a textile artist most identifiable by her statement thread drawings; these playful yet sophisticated contemporary artworks are created by stretching a network of threads between accurately plotted pins. Her work beautifully blurs the boundaries between fine art drawings and textile art, flat and 3D work, illustration and embroidery, literally lifting the drawn line off the page in a series of “pin and thread” drawings for Fabrications.

Debbie will be in residence at Blackburn’s historic Museum and Art Gallery during the summer of 2017, exploring their eclectic and fascinating collections; culminating in a dynamic, site responsive art work, that can be witnessed, growing within the museum’s beautiful watercolour gallery space.

Many thanks to Blackburn Yarn Dyers and Three Bears Yarn for supply of the yarn for this project.

A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME... DEBBIE SMYTH

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—— Thu 7th Sep—Tue 14th Nov—— Wed—Sat 12—4.45pmBlackburn Museum and Art Gallery, Blackburn—— FREE

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Luminary presents embroidered installations by Serena Partridge inspired by Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth and the textile collection she created. In this 50th anniversary year of Miss Rachel’s death, Luminary celebrates her as maker, teacher and collector. It is presented in her home, Gawthorpe Hall, an Elizabethan gem in the heart of industrial Lancashire.

Serena Partridge creates small-scale accessories and garments inspired by historical costume and storytelling. Her works are presented as museum acquisitions, encased with labels that blur boundaries between fact and fiction.

Luminary is a Gawthorpe Textiles Collection commission and part of Meeting Point2 by Arts&Heritage; presenting 10 new artist commissions in museums across the North East, North West and Yorkshire. Meeting Point2 is funded by Arts Council England Museum Resilience Fund.

LUMINARY —— SERENA PARTRIDGE PADIHAM E

—— Thu 7th Sep— Sun 5th Nov—— Wed—Sun 12—5pmGawthorpe Hall, Padiham—— £4 ADULTS

£3 CONCESSIONS CHILDREN/NT MEMBERS FREE

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Earlier this year, four employees of Burnley fabric company Panaz had their lives, loves and work experiences turned into four new patterns for fabrics and wallpaper for their homes.

Fascinated by the connection between homelife, personality and work environments, Grennan and Sperandio asked the four employees to become clients for these bespoke products.

The artists invited Glenn, Peter, Martine and Anita to become the centre of their work, holding intensive design sessions in their kitchens, living rooms and workplaces.

They created patterns featuring coy carp, Whitesnake, Tibetan mandalas and King Charles Spaniels. The four new fabrics and wallpaper were used as upholstery, curtains, bed linen and on living room walls and are now presented in response to items in the collection at Towneley Hall.

Originally commissioned for Art in Manufacturing, National Festival of Making 2017

This collection of work explores architectural structure, pattern and embellishment with unfamiliar threads and embroidery methods in contrasting contexts: from the industrial mattress factory of Silentnight to rural folk art found in the French Alps. Brought together in Blackburn’s historic Cotton Exchange, this work celebrates the presence of the human hand and the importance of investing time and creating opportunity for playful construction and making.

Originally commissioned for Art in Manufacturing, National Festival of Making 2017

THE SOCIAL FABRIC —— GRENNAN & SPERANDIO

BURNLEY I

HUMAN HANDS PRESENT ——BELLA MAY LEONARD

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—— Thu 7th—Sat 30th Sep—— Sat—Wed 12—5pm Thu 12.30—5pmTowneley Hall, Burnley—— FREE ENTRY—— PARKING CHARGES

APPLY

—— Thu 7th—Sat 23rd Sep—— Wed—Sat 12—4.45pmCotton Exchange, Blackburn—— FREE

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EXHIBITIONS

Local textile designer, Lisa Scarlet Ryan has been leading workshops with communities in Burnley to produce this vibrant exhibition of experimental textile work inspired by the larger installation works commissioned for Fabrications.

Recent BA Fine Art Graduate from Blackburn College Sarah Earnshaw exhibits her thread based works.

Developed around the idea of memory, and her own personal history, Sarah stitched onto fabric to replicate the haziness of childhood memories and home. Themes for her work revolve around childhood memories, specifically within the home environment.

Prism Contemporary was established in 2017 with a dedicated program designed to provide a professional contemporary space for the students of Blackburn College.

SHARED THREADS AT THE MECHANICS

BURNLEY H

RECOLLECTION THROUGH THREAD——SARAH EARNSHAW

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—— Thu 7th—Sat 30th Sep—— Mon—Fri 11am—3pm—— Sat 11.30am—2.30pmBurnley Mechanics, Burnley—— FREE

—— Thu 7th—Sat 23rd Sep—— Wed—Sat 12—4.45pmPrism Gallery, Blackburn—— FREE

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EVENTS

Travelling North for the first time, the Selvedge Fair is beautifully curated by the team behind Selvedge magazine and features some of the best in contemporary textiles and craft.

A collection of 26 makers and merchants will come together to showcase and sell their work. Free workshops will be offered throughout the day, led by textile designer Priscilla Jones and Kate Whitehead, and the fair will host a demonstration from milliner, Chrissie King. See page 18 for more details.

Book your place on the free workshops via the website www.selvedge.org. Spaces are limited to 8 per workshop, so book now to avoid disappointment. *you need to be in receipt of a full price ticket to join the workshops*

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—— Sat 23rd Sep—— 11am—5pm Pendle Heritage Centre, Barrowford—— £5 VIA THE WEBSITE

www.selvedge.org

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Two days of open conversations, workshops and films exploring the fabric of our identity; the textiles heritage that is woven into the DNA of Pennine Lancashire.

FRI 29TH—— Creative Lancashire presents a series of informal panel

conversations with artists who work with textiles and professionals from the textile industry. Providing an insight into the ways the textiles industry, skills and materials remain part of our lives and connect us to the rest of the world. Followed by an exclusive performance of World Factory (see p.7) at Brierfield Mill at 3pm.

Booking essential via www.creativelancashire.org

SAT 30TH—— Drop into the Fabrications Exchange throughout the day to

join in conversations and creative activities with makers including: Hand stitching with artist Claire Wellesley-Smith, sharing objects from your own textile past with our heritage and fashion experts, helping map where families came from to work in the textile industry, getting your portrait stitched by Harriet Riddell and watching a medley of films, both current day and heritage treasures from national archives.

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—— Fri 29th—Sat 30th Sep—— 11am–5pmThe Chimney Room, Sandygate Square, Burnley—— FREE BUT BOOKING REQUIREDSee the website for programme and booking details.

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Artist Claire Wellesley Smith and the participants of the Local Colour residency project, will lead tours of the historic dye works within the grounds of Gatty Park in Accrington.

Claire specialises in projects that use local, natural colour, created from home-grown and locally foraged plants. Dyes and stitches on reclaimed cloth are used with slow processes and methods of production that allow time for consideration.

LOCAL COLOUR —— GATTY PARK

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ARTIST LED WALKS—— Sat 16th & Sat 23rd Sep—— 11am, 1pm & 3pm—— FREE BUT BOOKING REQUIREDSELF GUIDED WALKS —— Sun 17th—Sat 30th SepGatty Park, AccringtonPlease see the website for details

ARTIST TOURS

Suzanne Lacy (Artist, Writer and Lecturer at USC Roski School of Fine Arts) and a panel of artists and curators unpick the practice, process, product and people involved in the project; discussing the aesthetics and ethics of socially engaged practice and the challenge of presenting it in the gallery.

Laurie Peake (Director of Super Slow Way) will chair the discussion and will be joined by a panel including Ailbhe Murphy (Artist and Director of Create Ireland), Rauf Bashir (Director of the Free Spiritual Centre and Building Bridges Pendle) Paul Hartley (Director of In-Situ), William Titley (Artist, Lecturer at UCLAN and Founding Director of In-Situ) and Alistair Hudson (Director of Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art).

The morning includes lunch and the opportunity to view The Circle and The Square at nearby Northlight Mill, Brierfield.

THE CIRCLE AND THE SQUARE—OPEN PANEL DISCUSSION

BRIERFIELD D

—— Friday 15th Sep—— 9.30am—1pmBrierfield Town Hall, Brierfield—— FREE BUT BOOKING REQUIREDPlease see the website for details

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ARTIST TOURS

Harriet Riddell will cycle along the Pennine Lancashire stretch of the Leeds & Liverpool canal, pulling her sewing machine in a trailer behind her, inviting local people who use the canal on a daily basis to jump on the bicycle and pedal to create electricity and power the sewing machine. Harriet will then stitch portraits of the people and the canal life onto locally woven textiles supplied by Queen Street Mill, Burnley where cloth is woven on historic Lancashire looms. Follow Harriet’s journey via twitter and Instagram using the hashtag #WeftalongWaterway and see the outcomes of her residency exhibited as part of the Fabrications Exchange on the 29th& 30th September.

WEFT ALONG THE WATERWAY —— HARRIET RIDDELL

LEEDS & LIVERPOOL CANAL

—— Fri 1st—Wed 6th SepAlong the Leeds & Liverpool Canal—— FREE

Artist Jeni McConnell takes you on a walking tour of the Cookson & Clegg company, - from its leatherworking origins, through many years of military uniform manufacture to today making quality clothing under Patrick Grant, to discover how deeply the company story is embedded in the physical landscape of Blackburn. Don a specially made, flying cap inspired by the leather headwear made in the factory for the new age of pilots in the early 1900s and begin your tour at the Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery taking in the past sites of Cookson & Clegg’s ‘manufactories,’ interwoven with oral histories and mechanical soundscapes.

Originally commissioned for Art in Manufacturing, National Festival of Making 2017

CORDWAINERS & CURRIERS —— JENI MCCONNELL

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—— Fri 8th—Sat 9th Sep—— 11am & 2pmMeeting point: Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery—— FREE BUT BOOKING REQUIREDPlease see the website for details

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UCLan’s Fashion Design Department has collaborated with a group of post graduate students from the MA Textiles course and the Ground Up community group, to present a series of textile graffiti inspired works using thread, rope, crochet and embroidery that responds to the places that form the foundations of the region’s textile heritage.

—— Thu 7th—Sat 30th Sep—— Look out for Threadifitti across Fabrications festival sites

THREADIFITTI —— AMANDA ODLIN-BATES, CHRISTOPHER MOLLOY, LISA RYAN, SALINA SOMALYA, CHRISTOPHER WINCOTT

VARIOUS

WORKSHOPSMAKING ROOMS——BLACKBURN M

Screen Print Your Own T-Shirt—— Sat 9th & Sat 23rd Sep —— 10am—2pm—— www.makingrooms.org/events/—— £8.00 (INCLUDES T-SHIRT)

TOTE-ally awesome wearable electronic bag—— Sat 16th & Sat 30th Sep —— 10am—12pm (noon)—— www.makingrooms.org/events/—— £15.00 (INCLUDES BAG)

COMMUNITY QUILT PROJECTB F O

—— Sat 9th Sep, Community Clothing, Blackburn —— 10am—4pm

—— Sat 23rd Sep, Selvedge Fair, Pendle —— 11am—5pm

—— Sat 30th Sep, Fabrications Exchange, Burnley —— 11am—5pm

The Community Quilt is a modern heirloom, stitched by over 80 people so far. Each block tells a story: locally woven cloth, remnants of a wedding dress, childhood pants! During Fabrications come and sew a small piece of this quilt, learn a new skill, work collaboratively and share your own textile tale.

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WORKSHOPSSELVEDGE FAIR B

Millinery Demonstration — Chrissie King

—— Sat 23rd Sep —— 1pm—— Selvedge Fair, Pendle Heritage Centre,

Barrowford—— FREE—— To book your place go to www.selvedge.org *Book in advance to avoid disappointment.

You must be in receipt of a full price ticket.*

Chrissie King is a milliner. She opened her shop ‘Hat Therapy’ 12 years ago in Hebden Bridge and has been making hats and accessories for about 15 years.

Chrissie first studied millinery skills and describes herself as ‘not a fussy maker, I prefer strong clean sculptural shapes.’

For this demonstration Chrissie will be demonstrating fabric manipulation with a fabric called JINSIN, twisting and then sewing it all by hand to create a headpiece.

Kate Whitehead Workshop

—— Sat 23rd Sep —— 2—4pm—— Selvedge Fair, Pendle Heritage Centre,

Barrowford—— FREE—— To book your place go to www.selvedge.org *Book in advance to avoid disappointment.

You must be in receipt of a full price ticket.*

In Kate’s weaving and embroidery she explores the potential of the forgotten, overlooked and abandoned. Kate revels in discovering humble, quiet fabrics like calicos and cottons; the more worn, faded and story-laden the better; and giving them a second chance.

Join Kate in a 2 hour workshop, bring a piece of fabric/ garment that has a special story, memory or meaning, so you can discuss, fold, stitch and dip dye.

Sculptural Spoons - Priscilla Jones

—— Sat 23rd Sep —— 2—4pm—— Selvedge Fair, Pendle Heritage Centre,

Barrowford—— FREE—— To book your place go to www.selvedge.org *Book in advance to avoid disappointment.

You must be in receipt of a full price ticket.*

Explore the possibilities of making wire spoons from fabric, wire and wax. During the workshop you will create lots of different shapes from lightweight wire that can easily be manipulated with your fingers tips. They can be decorated however you wish using trimmings, buttons and hand stitch.

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HERITAGE OPEN DAYSHIGHERFORD MILL——BARROWFORD AOpen Studios Day

—— Sat 9th, Sun 10th & Sat 23rd Sep —— 10am—4pmDrop in and meet the artists and makers who make their work in this historic former textile mill.

WEAVERS TRIANGLE——BURNLEYG

—— Sat 9th—Sun 10th Sep —— 2—5pmLook around the former wharfmaster’s house and canal toll office. Displays about Burnley’s textile industry, its workers, and the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.

—— Sun 10th Sep —— 2.15pm—— Meet at Visitors CentreA guided walk along the canal towpath lasting about one hour. Please wear suitable shoes or boots. —— For more details call 01282 452403

TOWNELEY HALL——BURNLEY I—— Fri 8th—Sun 10th Sep —— Tours from 12—4pmThe ‘jewel in Burnley’s crown’: a fascinating building, with period rooms covering several centuries of life at the hall. See the hidden spaces and learn about the history of Towneley Hall by joining in a tour. Entrance to the hall is free – but please note that car parking charges apply.

Whilst you’re there why not visit the Libertas textiles exhibition from the Natural Progression Textile Group & of course look out for the Grennan&Sperandio works within the Collection.

—— To book a place on a tour call 01282 477 130 or email [email protected]

GAWTHORPE HALL——PADIHAME

—— Sat 9th Sep —— 12—5pm (last entry 4.30pm)Enjoy a free visit to Burnley’s ‘little Downton’. Gawthorpe Hall is a Jacobean house, nestled in the shadow of Pendle Hill, home of the Shuttleworth family for over 400 years. See the original plaster ceilings, decorative panelling and luxuriant Victorian rooms showing off furniture, ceramics and portraits. And use the spiral staircase to visit the Victorian kitchen (not usually open) to see what the housekeeper is making.

Luminary exhibition tour with artist Serena Partridge

—— Gawthorpe Textiles Collection—— Sun 10th Sep —— 12.30, 2pm & 3.30pm—— Booking essential please see website for

details

COTTON EXCHANGE——BLACKBURN L—— Sat 9th—Sep —— Tours at 10.15am, 10.45am,

11.15am, 11.45am, 12.15pm, 12.45pm, 1.15pmGuided tours of the Cotton Exchange. Find out how volunteers are rescuing and restoring this iconic building and how you can get involved. Take in Bella May Leonard’s work at the same time.

—— Pre-booking required. Tickets must be pre-booked, contact: Mrs H Thomson on 07850 959898 or email [email protected]

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LIST BY DATEDATE EVENT VENUE PAGE

1—6th Sep Weft along the Waterway - Harriet Riddell Leeds & Liverpool Canal 16Wed 7th—Tue 14th Nov A Little Bird Told Me... — Debbie Smyth Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, Blackburn 9Thu 7th—Sat 23rd Sep Human Hands Present – Bella May Leonard Cotton Exchange, Blackburn 11Thu 7th Sep—Sun 5th Nov Luminary - Serena Partridge Gawthorpe Hall 10Thu 7th Sep—Sat 30th Sep Shared Threads Burnley Mechanics, Burnley 12Thu 7th—Sat 30th Sep The Social Fabric — Grennan & Sperandio Towneley Hall, Burnley 11Thu 7th—Sat 23rd Sep Recollection through Thread — Sarah Earnshaw Prism Gallery, Blackburn 12Thu 7th—Sat 30th Sep Threadifitti — Amanda Odlin-Bates, Christopher Molloy, Lisa Ryan,

Salina Somalya, Christopher WincottVarious 17

Fri 8th Sep Cordwainers & Curriers — Jeni McConnell Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, Blackburn 16Sat 9th Sep Community Quilt Project Community Clothing, Blackburn 17Sat 9th Sep Cordwainers & Curriers — Jeni McConnell Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, Blackburn 16Sat 9th Sep Screen Print your own T-shirt Making Room, Blackburn 17Fri 8th—Sun 10th Sep Heritage Open Days Weekend Various 19Fri 15th Sep The Circle and The Square - Open Panel Discussion Brierfield Town Hall, Brierfield 15Fri 15th—Sat 23rd Sep The Circle and The Square — Suzanne Lacy Northlight, Brierfield 6Sat 16th Sep Local Colour - Guided Walk with Claire Wellesley Smith Gatty Park, Accrington 15Sat 16th Sep TOTE-ally awesome wearable electronic bag Making Room, Blackburn 17Sun17th - Sat 30th Sep Local Colour — Self Guided Walks Gatty Park, Accrington 15Sat 23rd Sep Community Quilt Project Pendle Heritage Centre, Barrowford 17Sat 23rd Sep Local Colour — Guided Walk with Claire Wellesley Smith Gatty Park, Accrington 15Sat 23rd Sep Kate Whitehead Workshop Pendle Heritage Centre, Barrowford 18Sat 23rd Sep Millinery Demonstration — Chrissie King Pendle Heritage Centre, Barrowford 18Sat 23rd Sep Sculptural Spoons — Priscilla Jones Pendle Heritage Centre, Barrowford 18Sat 23rd Sep Selvedge Fair Pendle Heritage Centre, Barrowford 13Sat 23rd Sep Screen Print your own T-shirt Making Room, Blackburn 17Sun 24th—Sat 30th Sep Sunday Best — Cerise Ward, Helen Oxley and Clare Evans Brierfield Town Hall, Brierfield 8Thu 28th - Sat 30th Sep World Factory — METIS Northlights, Brierfield 7Fri 29th & Sat 30th Sep Fabrications Exchange The Chimney Room, Burnley 14Sat 30th Sep Community Quilt Project The Chimney Room, Burnley 17Sat 30th Sep TOTE-ally awesome wearable electronic bag Making Room, Blackburn 17

PERFORMANCE & INSTALLATIONS EXHIBITIONS EVENTS ARTIST TOURS WORKSHOPS HERITAGE OPEN DAYS

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VENUE DETAILS & PRACTICAL STUFF A HIGHERFORD MILL

Gisburn Road, Barrowford, BB9 8PL

higherfordmillartists.wordpress.com

Car parking is behind the Malt Kiln up a cobbled drive just passed the mill on the right as you travel towards Blacko

B PENDLE HERITAGE CENTREPark Hill, Colne Road, Barrowford, nr. Burnley, Lancashire BB9 6JQ

pendleheritage.co.uk

Ground floor access only

C NORTHLIGHT (FORMERLY BRIERFIELD MILL)Brierfield, BB9 5PL

Parking at Brierfield Station car park

Toilets

Ground floor access

D BRIERFIELD TOWN HALLColne Road, Brierfield, Nelson, Lancashire BB9 5NP

Parking at Tunstill Square BB9 5DW (rear of the Town Hall.)

Access from rear

E GAWTHORPE HALLBurnley Road, Padiham, near Burnley, Lancashire, BB12 8UA

www.nationaltrust.org.uk/gawthorpe-hall

F SANDYGATE SQUAREBurnley, BB11 1RN

Off Trafalgar St entrance next to UTC

G WEAVERS TRIANGLE VISITORS CENTREManchester Road, Burnley BB11 1JZ

weaverstriangle.co.uk

Parking at Centenary Way

Toilets

Limited disabled access please see website

H BURNLEY MECHANICSManchester Road, Burnley BB11 1BH

burnleymechanics.co.uk

I TOWNELEY HALLTowneley Hall Museum, Towneley Park, Burnley BB11 3RQ

towneley.org.uk

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VENUE DETAILS & PRACTICAL STUFF J GATTY PARK

Accrington, BB5 4AE

K BLACKBURN MUSEUM AND ART GALLERYMuseum Street, Blackburn BB1 7AJ

blackburnmuseum.org.uk

Blackburn Mall

L COTTON EXCHANGE71-73 King William St, Blackburn BB1

Blackburn Mall

M THE MAKING ROOMS1 Exchange Street, Blackburn BB1 7JN

makingrooms.org

Blackburn Mall

N PRISM CONTEMPORARY GALLERY20 Lord Street West, Blackburn BB2 1JX

Blackburn Mall

O COMMUNITY CLOTHING14—16 Lord Street West, Blackburn BB2 1JX

Blackburn Mall

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THANKSMany thanks to our partners Canal & River Trust, the four local authorities connected by the canal: Blackburn, Hyndburn, Burnley and Pendle Borough Councils, Newground, our creative colleagues in APPL (Arts Partners Pennine Lancashire) and the University of Central Lancashire, without whose support Fabrications would not be possible.

We are, above all, privileged to work alongside incredibly committed residents and voluntary sector groups that exist here and to be able to draw from the deep well of artistic talent we have in the region and beyond.

We would also like to extend our thanks to all the venues who have hosted and presented work and the many artists who have contributed to creating this inaugral Fabrications Festival which we hope will be the first of many.

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