14 February-12 April 2026
Oliver Bliss
Made in the Middle
Midlands Art Centre, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham B12 9QH
Featuring 37 exceptional artists whose work highlights the wide range of innovative contemporary crafts being made in the Midlands today. Along with the variety of processes, expertise, skills and thinking on display, the exhibition also conveys powerful stories about the world we live in and reflects the influence of global migration on regional creativity. Exhibits are available to buy or commission.

11 March-31 May 2026
Nina Gronw-Lewis
Metamorphosis
Farfield Mill, Garsdale Road, Sedbergh, Cumbria LA10 5LW
Showcasing shortlisted entries selected by judges Jan Beadle, Cas Holmes, and Marie Wallin, including Dance till your Slippers Fly Off by Nina Gronw-Lewis. The display in the Loft Gallery explores transformation, growth, and change through texture, colour, and form. Each piece reflects a unique interpretation of metamorphosis, offering visitors a rich and thought-provoking experience of textile artistry.

17-26 April 2026
Helen MacRitchie
dictionary
Art Pavilion, Mile End Park, Clinton Road, London E3 4QY
Prism Textiles’ annual exhibition, this year the theme is ‘Dictionary’.

24 April-4 October 2026
Alice-Marie Archer
Field to Fashion
Museum of Making, 1 Silk Mill Lane, Derby DE1 3AF
A second chance to catch Alice-Marie Archer’s participatory knitted quilt made in V&A Dundee. The exhibition explores the journey of raw British fleece from flock into fibre, where people, place and purpose create the clothes which we cherish. Celebrating the skillset of exceptional pioneers and textile practitioners including farmers, weavers and dyers linked through their craft.