ALWAYS BEING PHOTOGRAPHED?
An exhibition by Brenda Miller

Friday 24th private view 6pm
Saturday 25th - Sunday 26th September
10-4pm

Brenda Miller's research has focused on finding ways to connect a curiosity in the everyday to a collection of wider interests. These range from her realisation that an autobiographical content is important in her work, to marginality, minimalism and materiality. On the surface these can appear to be disparate sources.

Brenda Miller has been working with Milliken’s and wool shops in the area. The exhibition at SVA is an opportunity to see this work close to where it was inspired and the first time for those featured to see images on show. The project with Milliken’s evolved into short films set in their factory in Cam. One has been selected and shown in several venues around the country.

While working on these, Brenda was distracted by a sign in the wool shop in Wotton saying that it was closing due to retirement. This sparked a desire to talk and meet people working in other wool shops in the area. Eventually a series of knitted images of women was produced. These include Eileen from Yarnarama in Stroud and Hazel from the Ashleys Wool Shop in Cirencester.

There will be an evening opening on Friday from 6-8pm where visitors will be able to meet the artist, an invitation to view an experimental art action on Saturday at 12.30pm and to join an informal Tea & Textiles gathering on Sunday afternoon (2-4pm) where visitors are welcome to come for a relaxed conversation around textiles and maybe a bit of knitting.

Artists talk Friday 6.30pm
Textiles action performance Saturday 12 noon
Tea and textiles Sunday 2-4pm