Ruthin Craft Centre, Park Road, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales UK, LL15 1BB

Morning: 11.30am to 1.00pm Afternoon: 2.30 to 4.00pm

Please telephone 01824 704774 to book a place on either session. Places are limited.

A day of meeting, talking, looking and listening to celebrate the life and work of Alison Morton (1946-2021) to take place during the exhibition, Alison Morton Weaver at Ruthin Craft Centre. Philip Hughes director, Ruthin Craft Centre and Sue Hiley Harris, Trustee, Theo Moorman Trust for Weavers will talk about Alison, the exhibition and the Trust. Weavers-in-residence Daisy Buckle and Llio James will discuss their experience working on Alison's looms. There will be an opportunity to see and handle work not in the exhibition and to acquire some of Alison's books, equipment and weaving.

The talks and viewing the additional material will take place in the education room in two separate sessions. The content and format of each will be the same.

Outside the session times Philip Hughes, Theo Moorman Trustees Sue Hiley Harris and Frances Pritchard, Lesley Jackson, author, Alastair Morton and Edinburgh Weavers: Visionary Textiles and Modern Art and weavers-in-residence Llio James and Daisy Buckle will be in the gallery and available to discuss Alison, the exhibition, the residency and the Trust. Participants need to make their own arrangements for tea, coffee and lunch.

The exhibition Alison Morton Weaver continues in Gallery 1 until 3 April 2022. Please telephone 01824 704774 to pre-book a copy of the accompanying publication Alison Morton Weaver, £15.00

Alison Morton (1946–2021) was one of the most dedicated loom weavers of her generation, latterly renowned for her beautiful understated linen cloths and hangings. For the last fourteen years of her life, she was a Trustee of the Theo Moorman Trust for Weavers, a role to which she brought great commitment, as well as invaluable humour and experience. Ruthin Craft Centre, in partnership with the Theo Moorman Trust for Weavers and the support of the Alison Morton Estate, have put together a comprehensive exhibition in memory of Alison.

The exhibition features a range of Alison’s work from different periods, and recreates aspects of her studio and working life. To this end both of Alison’s looms and associated equipment are in the gallery. An exciting photo-essay and video by Matthew Evans, accompanies the exhibition, as he photographed and documented Alison working on a project.

Park Road, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales UK, LL15 1BB. Tel: +44 (0)1824 704774

Open Tuesday – Sunday, 10am – 5.30pm FREE admission FREE on-site parking

Celebrating Alison Morton Saturday 26 March 2022 at Ruthin