Staff – Goldsmiths Design Blog

DOMESTIC MONSTERS

Exhibition: 12 April – 31 May, weekdays 11.00 am – 5.00 pm

Private View: 5 May, 5.00 pm – 8.00 pm

DOMESTIC MONSTERS examines ways of thinking about what it means to maintain a practice that emerges from and is shaped, inspired and (at times) limited by domestic space and labour. Making this (unfinished/ongoing) work public acknowledges the invisible, ad hoc and responsive infrastructures of support, conversation and ‘thinking together’ that have gently coaxed these monsters into being.

Corinne Quin
Juliette Kristensen
Katherine May
Laura Potter
Naama Schendar
Nina Trivedi
Ruby Hoette

@domestic_______monsters

The exhibition is generously supported by the Goldsmiths Textile Collection/ Constance Howard Gallery with special thanks to Jane Cameron and Shanique Thompson. If you are attending the gallery and need help with any mobility requirements, please contact textiles@gold.ac.uk or call 0207 717 2210 in advance to ensure we can accommodate your needs.

“Althea McNish: Colour Is Mine” opening this week

Image courtesy of the William Morris Gallery

“Althea McNish: Colour Is Mine”, co-curated by Rose Sinclair, is opening at the William Morris Gallery this weekend. The exhibition is free to visit between 2 April and 11 September 2022 (donations are welcome).

The show has been receiving media attention and coverage, and it has been featured, amongst other outlets, in The Guardian and on the Liberty London blog.

“Althea McNish: Colour is Mine” extended until September

The exhibition “Althea McNish: Colour is Mine”, co-curated by Rose Sinclair from Goldsmiths Design for the William Morris Gallery, has been extended.

The new duration for the project is 2 April-11 September 2022.

Image: Painted Desert, designed by Althea McNish for Hull Traders (1961). Screen printed cotton. Object no: T.10266. Copyright the Whitworth, the University of Manchester

“Althea McNish: Colour is Mine” exhibition co-curated by Rose Sinclair

When: Saturday 2 April – Sunday 26 June 2022

Where: The William Morris Gallery, free entry

“The William Morris Gallery is pleased to announce Althea McNish: Colour is Mine, the first major retrospective of Althea McNish (1924 – 2020). McNish was one of the UK’s most influential and innovative textile designers and the first designer of Caribbean descent to achieve international recognition. Drawing on extensive new research, the exhibition will explore McNish’s extraordinary career and her transformative impact on mid-century design, along with her enduring influence today. Highlights will include items from McNish’s recently uncovered personal archive – much of which has never been seen before. Also on display will be examples of McNish’s original designs alongside her most celebrated textile and wallpapers.”

The exhibition is being curated by Rowan Bain, Principal Curator at the William Morris Gallery and Rose Sinclair, Lecturer in Design Education at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Find more information on the William Morris Gallery website

Image: Golden Harvest, textile, designed by Althea McNish for Hull Traders (c.1960s). Screen printed cotton, private collection.