The British Tapestry Group
| Formation | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Type | Craft organisation |
| Purpose | The British Tapestry Group promotes and explores the concept of woven tapestry as a contemporary art form. |
Region served | United Kingdom |
Membership | Founding membership of five tapestry weavers, Ros Bryant, Janet Clark, Beryl Hammill, Shirley Ross and Nicola Wheeler. In 2025 several hundred members |
| Leader | Chair: Paulette Furnival |
| Website | www |
The British Tapestry Group (BTG) in 2005 which emerged from peer-to-peer support of a handful of tapestry weavers to a wider group based on similar principles. It now forms one of the organisers of many significant exhibitions each year, both regionally and nationally of Contemporary British Tapestry.[1]
Exhibitions
The BTG list their exhibitions on their website The British Tapestry Group Exhibitions.
Recent exhibitions include a series of exhibitions to celebrate their 20th Anniversary, Picking up the Thread: the Past, Present and Future of Tapestry
Tapestry 08 made a major impression on the mainstream Crafts Magazine in their review of the Bankfield Museum, Halifax exhibition shortly after their establishment.[2]
External links
References
- ↑ "About where and how BTG started and what we hope for the future". www.thebritishtapestrygroup.co.uk. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ↑ "Tapestry 08". reader.exacteditions.com: 67. September 2008. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
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