Dowse exhibition ‘Softy’ threads stories of care and craft

The Dowse Art Museum has been collecting textiles since it opened in the 1970s and has now amassed an impressive collection which tells a larger story about how textiles have evolved and shifted across time.

Within the collection are a range of artists who create textiles in different ways, and use their works to express their unique stories. Curator Milly Mitchell-Anyon has delved into this collection and pulled at some of the threads to weave a story of softness and vulnerability in the new exhibition Softy.