Artists' Residencies
The Bainside Studio on Level 4 of the Mill is our dedicated residency space, thanks to a grant by The Bainside Trust.
Past residencies have included textile artists Lynne Stein and Jeanette Appleton, printmaker Nicholette Goff and composer and weaver Nigel Morgan.
If you are interested in a residency at Farfield Mill or in hiring The Bainside Studio for a short period, please contact Elizabeth Eaton.
Jeanette Appleton
August 2010
Jeanette will be ‘in residence’ in the Bainside Studio on Level 4 from 8 to 22 August, during which she will be running two, 2-day workshops, Colour in Felt Making and Lines and Layers in Felt Making. Her work will be displayed and on sale in the Loft Gallery from 25 August to 10 October.
Jeanette spends most of her time in Spain and has an enthusiastic following here in the UK. Farfield Mill is offering an opportunity to work with this leading contemporary textile artist to improve and develop your own skills – whether you’re a beginner or an artist well established in your practice. You will also have the opportunity for your work to be shown alongside Jeanette’s in the exhibition which follows her residency. Her workshops tend to sell out very quickly, so book early!
PAST RESIDENCIES
Lynne Stein
Artist-in-Residence, March 2010
Coinciding with her exhibition, Land Marks, in the Dover Gallery, textile artist Lynne Stein was in residence from 13 to 17 March.
During that time, Lynne ran a two-day adult workshop, Rag-Rugs: A Contemporary Approach and four workshops for local primary and junior schools.
Nigel Morgan
Artist-in-Residence, August 2009
Composer and weaver Nigel Morgan was at Farfield Mill for a fortnight working on a commissioned score for the Italian quartet, Gatto Marte. He wove an experimental piece on one of the Mill's floor looms and gave two afternoon concerts including the première of a new composition in collaboration with textile artist Alice Fox (one of her stitched textiles is shown below right).
Here is Nigel's blog which he wrote during the time of his residency: www.nigel-morgan.co.uk/files/Nigel_Morgan-Farfield_Diary.pdf
Further information: nigelweaving.wordpress.com and www.nigel-morgan.co.uk/fifteen-images
Jeanette Appleton
Artist-in-Residence, August 2008
Jeanette Appleton is an internationally-renowned textile artist working mainly in felt. Her exhibition Sow:Sew was in the Howgill Gallery at Farfield Mill during August 2008 and she was in residency here for most of that month, too. During her residency, Jeanette ran adult workshops, all of them selling out. Two of those workshops (‘Felting with Jeanette Appleton’ and ‘Development & Ideas with Jeanette Appleton’) were open to the public, while a third workshop focused on mentoring Farfield Resident Artists.
The work produced as a result of Jeanette's residency and workshops came together as a new exhibition, Collaborations, in the Howgill Gallery during September 2008.
Nicholette Goff
Artist-in-Residence, October 2008
Nicholette Goff is a nationally-recognised artist working in sculpture, installation and print-making. More recently, she has developed a process of direct printing from the trees and plants in her immediate environment, which meant her residency at Farfield Mill (coinciding with her exhibition, Plant
Nicholette led a 2-day adult workshop and also spent a day showing children from the two local primary schools, Dent and Sedbergh, how to print from natural items found in and around Farfield Mill’s grounds.
