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Spotlight on Soft Power artist Kani Kamil

Our current exhibition, Soft Power: Lives told through textile art, features work by 26 contemporary and historic artists who all use textile art as a way to tell stories and communicate...

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Woven Resistance Textiles by Afghan Refugee Women

We caught up with the founder of CEO of Polly and Other Stories, Amneh Shaikh-Farooqui, whose three artworks, Eating Culture, Sleepover and The Gift of Giving, feature in Soft Power....

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Curator Bank - Mentoring support for South West artists

We are pleased to share that we are collaborating with Visual Arts South West as part of their new initiative, Curator Bank, which will offer mentoring support to artists in the...

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Giant new experimental drawing through space by Luke Jerram

New site-responsive public artwork from internationally renowned Luke Jerram to be installed at the historic RWA Art Gallery this summer 

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Summer of Textiles

This summer we are proud to be celebrating textile art in our ‘Summer of Textiles’ - a season of exhibitions, events and installations that are set to be bursting with...

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Sharing Love: Bristol Refugee Artists Collective exhibition

Sharing Love is an upcoming exhibition curated by Bristol Refugee Artists Collective (BRAC) that will feature in the RWA alongside the upcoming exhibition, Soft Power: Lives told through textile art....

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