Textile Forum South West

Region: South West | City: N/A

On the left: TFSW 'ColourWays' screen printing workshop
with Carole Waller, August 2006.

On the right: Work from the 3 day TFSW 'ColourWays' photoshop and digital printing workshop with Sonja Andrew and Chris Harper, August 2006.

Textile Forum South West (TFSW) is a contemporary ‘textile hub’ for the southwest. It is a non-profit making, voluntary organisation to promote and develop textiles in all forms for the educational, cultural and economic benefit of the region. It is a point of exchange for people who love making, thinking or talking about TEXTILES.

Textile Forum South West aims to develop activities that raise the profile of textiles. The Forum promotes networking and textile debate and creates opportunities for practitioners (such as updating textile skills and introducing new concepts and practice). Recent activities and events include conferences, exhibitions, seminars and workshops.TFSW encourages regional collaboration and is steered by a management committee of 15-20 textile professionals. This includes representation from textile practitioners (including regional textile groups), museums and galleries, industry and commerce, education, and arts organisations.

Membership of TFSW is open to anyone over 18 years of age with a professional or personal interest in textiles and is not limited to those living in the region. We have over 150 members and the Forum encourages active participation by all, especially those who enjoy sharing their passion for textiles.
Membership benefits include:

- Opportunity to participate in TFSW exhibitions.
- Email newsletters and updates about TFSW activities and national textile events and opportunities (paper newsletters are available).
- Opportunity to participate in textile workshops, meetings, seminars and conferences.
- Reduced prices for TFSW publications and events that require a fee.
- Access to the TFSW website discussion page, via a member password. (Login to this part of the website is dependant on the type of web browser you have).
- Priority booking at TFSW events.
- Opportunity to join TFSW subgroups.

Contact details

Email: contact@.textileforumsouthwest.org

http://www.textileforumsouthwest.org

Amy Houghton, membership secretary

P.O. box 133, St Ives, TR26 2WY.