Leek Textile Weekend – 20-21 Jan 2024

We’re delighted to be working with League of Artisans to convene a community steering group for this exciting and ambitious project. The group will help shape the programme, and ensure that local voices and stories are well represented.

Join League of Artisans for a weekend packed with celebrations to honour Leek’s rich textile heritage through community-focused activities, talks and exhibitions that weave threads of past into the present, spinning new connections with Indian artisans whose knowledge helped transform local industry.

Explore the silk, natural dyes, block prints and embroidery that made Leek world-famous. Delve into the historic collaboration of William Morris and Sir Thomas Wardle. Discover the influence of Indian artisans and their expertise in plant dyes and wild silk, and applaud the magnificent work of the Leek Embroidery Society.

Through community-focused activities, talks and exhibitions, the vibrant threads of the past will be weaved into the present, spinning new connections with Indian artisans whose knowledge helped transform local industry.

Leek Textile Weekend is not just about honouring the past but discussing how the knowledge that shaped fashion’s past can transform its future.

Leek Textile Weekend is a taster session for a full week of heritage textile events later in the year – the first annual Leek Textile Week. Keep an eye out for more information about events coming soon!

Reserve your seat for Leek Textile Weekend here

• 16th Jan 2024 5pm @ online
• 20th Jan 2024 9.30am-4.30pm @ Foxlowe Arts Centre
• 20th/21st Jan 2024 @Nicholson Museum and Art Gallery

Leek Textile Weekend is supported by UK Government, Arts Council England, Staffordshire Moorlands District Council, OUTSIDE and League of Artisans.