The New Quilt 2024 Preview: Lynne Hargreaves

Of cabbages and kings by Lynne Hargreaves of Legana, Tasmania celebrates her father and his veggie patch.

Born in the UK, Lynne worked as a graphic designer moving into design training in 1978. 20yrs in vocational and tertiary education followed. Joining the cultural sector and arts management in 1998 she retired to Tasmania in 2017 from the position of Director of Exhibitions & Collections at the Art Gallery of WA. She has worked in partnership with institutions such as the Louvre, Tate, V&A, St Petersburg State Theatre and most recently the MoMA, New York to present renowned artworks in Perth. Entering a new chapter of her career she now has a focus on her own textile art practice. 

Art quilting draws upon her design background and she is excitedly discovering the wonders of thread and fabric. Her current experiments feature combinations of thread-painted photographs with varying contemporary and traditional piecing techniques. Working from her own or family photographs images are manipulated, printed in large scale then pieced and over worked with machine and hand stitching.

 

Plan an art excursion!  

The New Quilt 2024, on exhibition at Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Windsor, NSW from 4 May to 23 June 2024. Official opening and awards ceremony from 6pm on Friday 3 May 2024. RSVP to the gallery. 

Gallery hours: Open 6 days a week Monday, Wednesday-Friday 10am-4pm Saturday-Sunday 10am-3pm. Closed on Tuesday and public holidays.