grants previously awarded
Grants awarded in 2024
The Trust had an unprecedented number of very good applications in 2024. We were pleased to be able to make twelve awards in all. Six main awards following an interview, and for the first time six small grants were made without interview.
The main Awards were:
Patrick Stratton £1,000
the purchase of a new loom plus studio time
Sven Steinmetz £4,000
research project for the study and replication of a 19th century seamless woven corset
Pamela Abad £2,000
studio time
to develop a series of tapestries
Kendall Clarke £2,000
tuition with a tapestry weaver
Studio rent and time to develop a new body of work
Alice Fox £3,000
Flax processing and equipment
Studio time for the development of a new body of flax-centred work
Sophia Fenlon and Stephanie Rolph (joint application) £4,000
A grant towards payment for residencies in the Netherlands, including:
Cost of Bespoke Industrial Weaving Training at Textiel Lab
Cost of Footwear Construction training course at Schoenkwartier
Small grants without interview were made to:
Sara Brennan £1,000
Studio rent and photography of her work for a catalogue
Production of two pieces of work for a two person exhibition in North Wales
Shelly Goldsmith £1,000
Filming and editing of a project to document a body of tapestry work revealing the back story to thinking and process
Chantal Allen £600 for:
The purchase of a fan (ondulé) reed and experimental yarns to create a new body of work
Jill Walker £550 for:
The purchase of a large floor scaffolding loom and specialist yarn in order to create larger tapestries and work on multiple warps across the frame
Margaret Jones £750
Studio time
Grants awarded in 2022
£1,500 for a ‘Kasuri Weaving Workshop’ in Sweden and equipment to finish setting up a second-hand loom.
£2,000 to research and experiment using flax and other bast fibres, with a view to creating a collection of table linens.
£2,000 to attend a natural dyeing workshop and a contribution towards studio time and rent.
£2,000 towards paper making and casting workshops and a contribution towards studio rent.
£1,000 for yarns and the production of promotional materials for a new range of interior and exhibition pieces.
£2,500 for the purchase of a cone to hank winder and a contribution to time in the studio.
ALISON MORTON MEMORIAL AWARDS 2022
Daisy Buckle - Residency
Llio James - Residency
Anna Pritchard - Loom
ADDITIONAL Grants awarded in 2022
Rachael Matthews - An Award towards supporting the introduction to weaving she is making to the activities of the East London Textile Arts.
Angela Parker- An Award towards the further research and writing of a comprehensive book about weaving Krokbragd, including it’s history, and new samples of the technique. To be published.
Jessica Cutler - An Award towards purchase of a loom.
Elizabeth Ballon - An Award towards purchase of a loom.
Grants awarded in 2020
£2,500 towards rent for a new studio with space to accommodate students and potential buyers.
£2,500 to buy time to develop professional skills to support the community-based textile studio, Life and Loom.
£1,300 for cordage and repair and cleaning of Jacquard machines towards the restoration of two early nineteenth century Jacquard linen looms.
£500 towards the creation of woven tapestries through her role as artist on the expedition In the Footsteps of Matthiesson’s Snow Leopard to Nepal.
Grants awarded in 2018
£2,500 to continue the development of a body of work combining metal and barb wire and interactive audio elements within the tapestry.
£3,000 to fund an interpreter to complete her research for a book on the tsumugi silk ikat industry on the small island of Kumejima off the coast of Japan.
£1,700 to visit and receive mentoring from Sheila Hicks who is currently exhibiting at the Centre Pomdidou is Paris and help towrads studio rent.
£500 to develop a new body of tapestry weaving based around her strong environmental interests in global warming.
£1,000 towards studio rental to develop hand woven linen hand towels and to research and establish links with the linen industry in Northern Ireland.
Grants awarded in 2016
£500 for purchase of yarn for a research and development project exploring light and pattern.
Grants awarded in 2014
£550 for promotional material and to attend a Touring Exhibition Group marketplace.
Grants awarded in 2012
Grants awarded in 2010
£2,000 to 'buy time' to explore a new project on plant forms and weave a new body of work.
£2,000 to fund a trip to the Guislain Museum in Ghent and provide time to weave a new body of tapestry work.
Grants awarded in 2008
£1,500 as a contribution towards costs of producing a catalogue to accompany solo exhibition.
£2,000 to research and develop theme of 'mending' to start new body of tapestry work.
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£2,500 for purchase of materials and period of experimental development into weaving large woven circles from strips.
grants awarded in 2006
£2,880 to visit Wissa Wassef Tapestry School and Coptic Museum in Egypt, buy computer and materials and attend two screen printing courses.
grants awarded in 2004
£3,000 for studio rental, materials, photography/documentation and living expenses whilst weaving piece for exhibition.
£2,400 for studio rental and childcare for 12 weeks to weave piece for exhibition in Budapest.
grants awarded in 2002
grants awarded from 1991 to 2000
A Legacy in Weaving gives an account of the weavers who received grants from 1991 to 2000. It is available for purchase. Details can be found on the resources page.