TO BOLDLY SEW: TEXTILE ART BY ALICE KETTLE
Renowned British textile artist Alice Kettle is to stage an expansive exhibition as a collaborative project presented and curated by Brookfield Properties, a leading commercial developer, landlord and a 30-year patron of the arts, and the Crafts Council, the national charity for contemporary craft.
To Boldly Sew: Textile Art by Alice Kettle extends across two of Brookfield Properties’ exhibition spaces in London’s Square Mile at 99 Bishopsgate and 30 Fenchurch Street. Open to the public from 5 July to 29 September, the exhibition brings together a collection of Kettle’s significant and new works, showcasing the breadth of her practice and technical mastery from her over 40-year career.
Image: Alice Kettle's Exhibition 'To Boldly Sew' at Brookfield Properties' 99 Bishopsgate in London. Ⓒ David Parry/PA Media. Image above: Alice Kettle's Exhibition 'To Boldly Sew' at Brookfield Properties' 99 Bishopsgate in London. Ⓒ David Parry/PA Media.
The exhibition follows Kettle’s win of the fourth annual Brookfield Properties Craft Award, a leading contemporary craft prize for UK-based artists awarded at the Crafts Council’s Collect Art Fair each year, in recognition of her significant contribution to the national story of contemporary craft and making. As part of a prize package worth the equivalent of £60,000, the winning artist is the subject of a solo exhibition at Brookfield Properties’ landmark venues in London and has artworks acquired for and accessioned into the Crafts Council Collection – a major public asset which holds over 1,700 objects acquired from the 1970s onwards...............................................
To Boldly Sew: Textile Art by Alice Kettle extends across two of Brookfield Properties’ exhibition spaces in London’s Square Mile at 99 Bishopsgate and 30 Fenchurch Street. Open to the public from 5 July to 29 September, the exhibition brings together a collection of Kettle’s significant and new works, showcasing the breadth of her practice and technical mastery from her over 40-year career.
Image: Alice Kettle's Exhibition 'To Boldly Sew' at Brookfield Properties' 99 Bishopsgate in London. Ⓒ David Parry/PA Media. Image above: Alice Kettle's Exhibition 'To Boldly Sew' at Brookfield Properties' 99 Bishopsgate in London. Ⓒ David Parry/PA Media.
The exhibition follows Kettle’s win of the fourth annual Brookfield Properties Craft Award, a leading contemporary craft prize for UK-based artists awarded at the Crafts Council’s Collect Art Fair each year, in recognition of her significant contribution to the national story of contemporary craft and making. As part of a prize package worth the equivalent of £60,000, the winning artist is the subject of a solo exhibition at Brookfield Properties’ landmark venues in London and has artworks acquired for and accessioned into the Crafts Council Collection – a major public asset which holds over 1,700 objects acquired from the 1970s onwards...............................................
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