School of the Art Institute of Chicago class workshop (September 2011) in research for the Walking the
Warp Manchester movement performance; dress color study

Anne Wilson, Walking the Warp Manchester

Performance date: February 25, 2012  (from 1pm)

The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
New movement performance developed in collaboration with the Centre for Advanced Training (CAT) at The Lowry, with professional dance leads Bridget Fiske and Jonathan Poole. Sound artist and sculptor Shawn Decker is the composer. Costume color development by students at Manchester Metropolitan University; project lead Stephanie Howe.

Exhibition - Cotton: Global Threads, February 11 - May 13, 2012
Curator - Jennifer Harris

The Whitworth Art Gallery, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M15 6ER UK

http://www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk/

Late winter and spring 2012 sees all the ground floor galleries at the Whitworth combining to tell a compelling story about the production, consumption and global trade in cotton... Historical textile displays engage in dialogue with the work of 7 contemporary artists working in a range of disciplines whose work addresses one or more of the exhibition themes. They include Yinka Shonibare MBE, Lubaina Himid, Chicago-based Anne Wilson, Mailian artists Abdoulaye Konaté and Aboubakar Fofana, and Grace Ndiritu, while Liz Rideal’s work will illuminate the exterior of the building throughout the hours of darkness.